Virginia State Police warn of a new phone scam where the caller claims to be a VSP detective and says they have a warrant for a sex offender violkation which can be cleared up by making payment over the phone. VSP says they never demand payments in this manner and any sex offender enforcement is … Read more
Making a video call to a state prison inmate will get a little cheaper next month. According to 8 News the Department of Corrections is lowering the per-minute rate from 40 cents to 20 cents on August 1. Video calls began over a decade ago through a partnership between the department and the non profit … Read more
A federal jury convicted a Gloucester County felon on drug and firearm charges related to a 2020 road rage shooting. Prosecutors say Nathan DeAlbert Mattocks was shooting at another vehicle in the area of Hickory Fork Road. When Mattocks was arrested officers found the drugs and firearms in his vehicle. He was also convicted of … Read more
The Virginia Department of Transportation is beginning the preliminary engineering work for replacing the Robert O. Norris Jr. Memorial Bridge. According to the Rappahannock Record the new state budget allocated $5 million for that work which has already started. Funding to replace the bridge was approved last year by the Commonwealth Transportation Board as part … Read more
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative announces an opportunity to support a new federal grant for local schools to purchase all-electric school buses. Last May the Environmental Protection Agency announced the Clean School Bus program including a list of school districts identified as priorities for funding. The EPA is now accepting applications for a $500 million rebate program … Read more
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office reports they’ve been contacted about the mobile speed radar unit in Lively not displaying the proper speed limit. Officials say the unit uses cellular data for configuration and service in that area is poor so deputies will try moving it to a different location. The speed limit is 35 in … Read more
River Bliss Events & Rentals’ first Picnics In The Park event is this Friday at Warsaw Town Park from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. 10% of all ticket sales will be going to victims of the Prince St. fire. Tickets are $25 per person. Each ticket holder will receive a luxury picnic setup, table game … Read more
For the 5th year in a row Virginia community colleges are not raising tuitiom this fall. The State Board for Community Colleges unanimously approved the measure last week. The board was expecting to implement a tuition hike of up to 4% but additional state funding meant the increase wasn’t needed. Around 144,000 students attend community … Read more
Virginia’s unemployment rate decreased to 2.8% in June according to household survey data released by the Virginia Employment Commission. Close to 14,000 more people found work even though the net number of jobs last month dropped by 2,700. Most of those cuts were in the the government sector. Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate continues to … Read more
It happens every summer – blood donations drop because people are on vacation – but this year the American Red Cross says June had fewer blood donations in a single month than any other in recent years. To help raise awareness Govenor Glenn Youngkin will be donating blood today and encourages Virginians to do the … Read more