New details are emergening in the shooting death of a Gloucester woman. Court papers obtained by 13 News Now show thw man who is the woman’s husband admitted to killing her at a Burke View Drive home because she suffered from medical issues and she asked him to kill her. According to the Gloucester County … Read more
The Lancaster By The Bay Chamber of Commerce is looking for a new Executive Director as Anne Paparella accepted a new opportunity in Richmond. The ED oversees all of the chamber’s operations and serves as coordinator advisor, membership recruiter, event planner and member advocate. The position reports to the Board of Directors Prsident. The full … Read more
The Lancaster County board of supervisors is searching for funding to pay for the recently approved capital improvement plan. According to the Rappahannock Record that includes a $60 million middle/ high school and another $4 million in other county projects. The board heard a presentaion from Davenport Public Finance on possible financing sources and timing … Read more
The AARP Community Challenge guves the Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic a $1,000 grant from to implement a food pantry and vegetable garden at the clinic. According to the Gazette-Journal the Challenge is a program to make tangible improvements in communities that jump-start long-term change. The food pantry and garden will provide clinic patients with better … Read more
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking for help solving a nearly five-year-old homicide case from Middlesex County. According to 8 News agents are looking for tips in the death of Margaret Thornton Lammers who was found dead in her family’s vacation home in Deltaville, Virginia on July 11, 2017. Police doing a welfare check, … Read more
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative invited area students last month to participate in its 2022 Youth Tour held in Williamsburg, For one week the students learned about the electric cooperative industry, met with local legislators and toured historic sites. They also had an opportunity to develop comraderie with their peers. REC has given local students from across … Read more
More than 300 Virginia government employees have resigned after a change in the Commonwealth’s telework policy took effect July 5. According to 8 News most of those are Department of Transportation workers. The new policy allows telework options where appropriate. Telework became the norm with the pandemic but this May Gov. Glenn Youngin announce the … Read more
The Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Drinking Water announced the launch of a Lead Testing in Drinking Water at Schools and Child Care Centers program. This voluntary program will test for lead in drinking water to help public schools and child care centers identify lead occurrences in their drinking water and reduce exposure. The … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is again encouraging mask wearing as about a third of the country is at a high COVID-19 transmission level. More than 100,000 new cases have been reported every day over the past two weeks, but officials say that number could actually be higher as the data may not … Read more
The Merry Point Ferry in Lancaster County returned to service on Thursday after repairs were completed to a broken guide cable. The Virginia Department of Transportation expedited delivery of a replacement cable to restore ferry service which was initially suspended last Friday. The hours of operation are Tuesday through Friday, 7:00 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. and … Read more