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GOP Has Lock on South, and Democrats Can't Find Key
Times Staff WriterThe generation-long political retreat of Democrats across the South is disintegrating into a rout. President Bush dominated the South so completely in last month's presidential election that he carried nearly 85% of all the counties across the region --...Tags: Polls, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Bill Clinton, John Edwards, Leon County (Florida)
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Va.-based fund invests in Bills Khakis
Richmond Times-DispatchInvestor Pete Snyder announced Tuesday that his venture capital fund has put money into a clothing company with products manufactured in Southwest Virginia. Snyder's investment company, Alexandria-based Disruptor Capital, made an investment in Bills...Tags: Alexandria (Alexandria, Virginia), Media Industry, Meredith Corporation, Fox News Channel (tv network), Politics
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June trial on for three Castlewood High School students
Bristol Herald Courier, Va.A June trial is still on for three Castlewood High School students accused of sexually assaulting a male classmate, a judge decided Wednesday. Those students -- Kenneth Otto Purkey, Jonathan Corey Lasley and Nicholas Wythe Kiser -- appeared in Russell...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bristol (Bristol, Virginia), Prosecution, Lawyers, Justice System
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SWVA Drug Court seeing some success
WDBJ7 ReporterDressed in what looks like their Sunday best, family and friends pack into pews. The scene resembles a church. Normally, the Russell County Courthouse is all about dispensing justice, but this day is different and Judge Michael Moore, says it clearly so...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Substance Abuse, Drugs and Medicines, Justice System, Judges
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Several area schools awarded honors from the Board of Education
WDBJ7 ReporterA few area schools received big honors from Richmond Wednesday. The Board of Education Excellence awards were given to 51 schools across the state. The only school in Roanoke City to receive the award was Crystal Spring Elementary. It met all...Tags: Montgomery County (Virginia), Charlotte County, Bob McDonnell, Education, Pulaski County (Virginia)
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First storm-related death for Virginia reported in Russell County
Virginia has recorded its first storm-related death. State police say a 22-year-old Russell County man was killed early Thursday after his vehicle ran off Route 632 in southwest Virginia, went over an embankment and landed upside down in a creek....
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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Obituary: Bessie Vanover
Bessie Vanover 1958-2013 LIBERTY — Besse Jean Luttrell Vanover, 54, of Liberty, died Wednesday. Born Dec. 13, 1958, in Russell County, Ky., she was a daughter of the late William and Ruby Luttrell. She was the widow of Kirmon Michael Vanover.... -
Southwest Virginia man enters gambling plea
A southwest Virginia man has pleaded guilty to running a regular high-stakes poker game.
U.S. Attorney Timothy Heaphy says 61-year-old Shelby Mullins of Abingdon pleaded guilty Monday to operating an illegal gambling establishment and failing to file a...Tags: Gambling, Trials, Trials
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Suspect in Boyle home invasion pleads guilty, avoids trial
tkleffman@amnews.comA Stanford man pleaded guilty Monday just before he was to go on trial in Boyle Circuit Court on charges related to a Junction City home invasion in 2010. Shawn Durham, 25, entered an open guilty plea to two counts of first-degree robbery and burglary...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Prosecution, Abusive Behavior, Theft
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Lynchburg School Board names interim superintendent
The Lynchburg School Board has named a tempoary superintendent.
Dr. Larry Massie will be the acting leader until the school board has the opportunity to search for a permanent replacement.
Dr. Massie will begin his post on August 1st.
---------------...Tags: Curricula, Colleges and Universities, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Education, Teaching and Learning
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Updated: Road conditions in the News7 viewing area
Here is a news release from VDOT:
BE ALERT TO SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 – 10 p.m.
BRISTOL –The Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) asks motorists to...Tags: Travel Alerts, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Road Transportation, Bland County, Buchanan County
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Latest Alabama News
BIRMINGHAM, Ala (WBRC-TV MyFoxAL.com)-- Here is the latest Alabama news from The Associated Press. SECURITY BREACH Hard drive missing from Birmingham VA Medical Center WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Department of Veterans Affairs said yesterday that...Tags: Veterans Affairs, Bribery, Gaming, Birmingham , Office Equipment and Supplies
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