High school track athlete charged with assault after baton incident in Virginia

LYNCHBURG, Va. -- A high school track athlete in Virginia has been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after a track baton incident left a competing runner with a concussion and possible fractured skull. Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom …

Couple visiting from Virginia for bowling tournament struck by truck; 80-year-old husband killed

PORT ALLEN — An 80-year-old man is dead and his wife is in the hospital after the couple, who was visiting the capital region from Virginia for a bowling tournament, was struck by a pickup truck on Lobdell Highway in Port Allen. Robert DiDomenico was …

Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice to hold hiring event March 18

NORTH CHESTERFIELD, Va. — The Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) will hold a hiring event next week in an effort to bolster staffing at Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center. The event is planned for Tuesday, March 18, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at …

West Virginia Southern Region Open Town Hall announced

Beckley, WV – The County Democratic Executive Committees of Braxton, Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, Nicholas, Raleigh, Webster, and Wyoming Counties are proud to announce an Open Town Hall for the Southern West Virginia Region with our federal elected …

$1 million Powerball ticket sold in West Virginia

HURRICANE, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A lucky Powerball player in Putnam County is holding a $1 million winning ticket. The ticket was purchased at Par Mar #17 on Main Street in the Hurricane area. It matched all five white ball numbers drawn on Wednesday—11, 13, 28 …

Former longtime Civil Engineering magazine editor Virginia Fairweather dies at 89

Virginia Fairweather, a former editor-in-chief of ASCE’s Civil Engineering whose guidance of the magazine from 1983 through 1998 took her to civil engineering sites and gatherings worldwide, has died. She was 89.  After graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a …

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Legendary Sportswriter John Feinstein Dies at 68 in Virginia

MCLEAN, Va. — John Feinstein, a celebrated sportswriter for The Washington Post and best-selling author, passed away Thursday at the age of 68. His brother, Robert, confirmed the news, stating Feinstein died at his home in McLean, though the cause of death …

Virginia authorities in Dominican Republic assisting with search