Category Archives: Local News

(Spotsylvania)-  A suspect who was barricaded inside a tractor trailer in Spotsylvania has been taken into custody by a SWAT team early this morning. The Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office has ...Read more

(DC)-  An outgoing Virginia congressman is blasting a report that accused him of using staff for personal errands.  The U.S. House Committee on Ethics said yesterday that Tom Garrett advised ...Read more

(DC)- The Smithsonian is out of money and will be closing down starting today.  The popular 17 museums and National Zoo in the Washington, DC area were able to remain open since the partial ...Read more

(Richmond)- Virginia’s well-known slogan is turning 50 this year.  The motto “Virginia is for Lovers” first hit the public’s eye in an issue of the Modern Bride magazine ...Read more

(Richmond)- Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe says Democrats shouldn’t give an inch regarding the partial government shutdown.  McAuliffe told CNN’s State of the Union that ...Read more

(Richmond)- Virginia’s police agencies are encouraging New Year’s party-goers to find a safe ride home.  Law enforcement will be out tonight targeting impaired drivers as part of the ...Read more

(DC)- The government shutdown is putting blood donations across the region at risk.  Nonprofit health organization Inova said that a big chunk of its donors are federal employees in DC and that ...Read more

(McLean)- The Claude Moore Colonial Farm in Virginia is closing after a years-long dispute with the National Park Service.  The farm’s funding was being questioned as well as their ...Read more