The Town of Kilmarnock will hold the Great Kilmarnock Find on Saturday, October 15th at Town Centre Park. The event is open to the public to sell items they may no longer need or to sell hobby items. You’re not allowed to sell firearms, ammunition or parts, alcoholic or tobacco products, pornography, live animals or … Read more
Lancaster County’s fall Household Hazardous Waste and E-Waste collection is October 1 at the Lancaster Court House parking lot from 9:00 a.m.until 2:00 p.m. Lancaster County residents and property owners can bring old household chemicals, old or used petroleum products , pool chemicals,pesticides and used florescent and CFL bulbs for disposal. Electronic items such as … Read more
Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Neck will be hosting parent orientation and open house at the Clubs in Kilmarnock and Burgess. Open house at the club on N. Main St. in Kilmarnock will be Tuesday, September 20 from 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. The Burgess Club on Jessie duPont Memorial Hwy will hold … Read more
Virginia is awarded $46 million in federal funding to replace lead water lines to fight contamination in the commonwealth’s drinking water. The funding goes to the state Office of Drinking Water, which oversees health standards for municipalities and utilities that provide water to households. Officials say dozens of counties have water systems with lead levels … Read more
Saturday is Smithsonian Magazine’s 18th annual Museum Day and over a dozen Virginia museums are participating. If you go to smithsonianmag.com you can get free admission tickets to any of the museums. Each ticket grants the ticket holder and one guest free access to any participating museum only this Saturday. One registration is permitted per … Read more
The Better Business Bureau is warning about new scams resulting from President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. A BBB spokesperson tells 8 News the scammers reach out by phone or mail and claim to be facilitatiors in the loan forgiveness process but in reality they’re just trying to get personal information. Some scammers ask for … Read more
A reminder that the DOT begins a 6-week long project today at the Robert O. Norris bridge which will reduce traffic to a single lane weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Automated flagging devices will direct one-way, alternating traffic through the work zone. All lanes will be open on the weekends. Then on Sept. … Read more
A retired electrician in Kilmarnock is $100,000 richer after winning the top prize in the Virginia Lottery’s “Jokers Wild” scratch-off gane. According to lottery officials it was Scott Blau’s wife who scratched off the ticket while he was on the phone and when she started jumoing around about the win he quickly ended the call. … Read more
Mathews County Public Schools officials take several steps to enhance security for this school year. Division Superintendent Nancy Welch tells News 10 that after the Uvalde school shootings they assembled a crisis team and changed procedures about door locks and addressed other expectations. Welch says they implemented a program called Lightspeed Alert which monitors students’ … Read more
An alumnus of Rappahannock Community College receives a patent for his invention of a trailer floor protector. Darius Pollard was in RCC’s welding program and passed tests in multiple welding technologies plus received certification in shielded metal arc welding. The patent was approved on July 26 and Pollard’s cargo liner has already received ttention from … Read more