Madison McGhee always believed that her father died from a heart attack – but that all changed in 2012. The Charleston, Virginia, native, who was 16 at the time, was visiting her family at her grandmother’s house. She suddenly had a strange feeling that she couldn’t breathe. The patriarch was on her mind. “I remember...
A new poll shows formerPresident TrumpleadingPresident Bidenin Virginia by three percentage pointsas Republicans look to flip the state after Biden trounced Trump by 10 points in the Old Dominion State in2020. Virginia has voted for Democrats in each presidential election since President Barack Obama’s first campaign for the White House in 2008. The new Virginia...
One person was killed and six others injured when a pickup truck collided with the horse-drawn buggy they were traveling in, Virginia State Police said. The crash happened just before 7 p.m. Sunday in the 2700 block of Cumberland Road in the Farmville area of Cumberland County, police said in a news release. The area...
A group of cavers in Virginia made a miraculous discovery on Sunday while exploring an underground cave littered with animal skulls and bones – a dog that was still alive. Dave Jackson and Jesse Rochette, of Colorado-based educational cave simulator company CaveSim, told The Associated Press that they were exploring Giant Caverns with a local...
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed an executive ordercalling for the establishment of “cellphone-free education” in public schools in an effort to fight back against what he describes as an “alarming mental health crisis and chronic health conditions affecting adolescents.” The measure, which was signed by the Republican on Tuesday, orders state agencies and its...
A Colorado teenager visiting friends in Virginia for Independence Day died after jumping into an electrified lake. Jesse Hamric, 18, was visiting friends in Virginia with his family when he jumped into Smith Mountain Lake outside Roanoke on Thursday morning, the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office said, according to WDBJ. After Hamric entered the water, his...
The Biden administration on Monday rejected claims from Congress and homebuilder groups that new energy efficiency standards for home construction will make a bad economic situation even worse. In late May, the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and Department of Agriculture enacted updated energy efficiency standards for new home construction that reflect 2021...
An artifact that originally belonged to President George Washington recently landed in the hands of a Virginia history enthusiast – and then a museum – all thanks to Goodwill. The piece is currently on display in the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. Collector Richard “Dana” Moore stumbled across the artifact – which is...
