Virginia safety patrols to cover 260 miles on holiday weekends
The Virginia Highway Department safety service patrol will cover 260 miles of interstates during Christmas and New Year weekends to aid disabled motorists. Trucks operate with safety gear and two way radios linking to police and rescue services. Contamination found in South Run sediments alarms officials though public water remains safe.
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Virginia Highway Department
Arlington
Prince George
Norfolk
Interstate 495
Gainesville
Dixie Caverns
U.S. 220
Cloverdale
I-495
Shirley Highway
Virginia
South Run
Vint Hill Farms Station
Fauquier County
Lake Manassas
Prince William County
State Water Control Board
Manassas
State Health Department
Water Board
Langley adviser blocks gay rights bookstore ad
Fairfax County Langley High School adviser Hud Clark refused to allow the Saxon Scope to publish an advertisement for Lambda Rising, a Northwest Washington bookstore. Clark said the ad is inappropriate for high school readers, drawing editor Lauren Simon’s charge of censorship.
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Langley, Va
Fairfax County
Hud Clark
Langley High School
Clark
Lauren Simon
Washington
Lambda Rising
Greek tanker Aegis President docks after harbor clearance
The 685-foot Greek oil tanker Aegis President with 9 million gallons of heavy fuel oil docked at Newport News Hamp ton roads after anchoring off Cape Henry. Coast Guard officers boarded to plan off loading as repairs proceed. A decision on unloading was expected later that day.
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Portsmouth
Hampton Roads
Cape Henry
Aegis
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Newport News
Coast Guard
Coast Guard Marine Safety Office
Baby Jesus Found After Church Nativity Mystery
In Berryville the missing nativity statue from First Presbyterian Church was found in a basement box after a spotlight repair reveal. The statue was not stolen but overlooked during Christmas rush and returned to its cradle for services.
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Berryville
Star
Jesus
First Presbyterian
Taylor
Mild Christmas Brings Warm Weekend Winds to Shenandoah Valley
Forecaster Harold Hess of the National Meteorological Center predicts mid-50s temperatures for the weekend as winds from the Gulf of Mexico push through the Shenandoah Valley. Colder readings may arrive Monday with a change in wind direction, a rare sustained Gulf breeze for this time of year.
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Star
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Shenandoah Valley
Harold Hess
National Meteorological Center
Hess
Gulf
of Mexico
Jurors Taken To the Hospital In Prostitution Case
In Lynchburg two jurors from the Pittsylvania County prosecutor sex ring trial were hospitalized after one fainted and another complained of nerves and a respiratory ailment. The 12 jurors paused deliberations until the two returned as the case against Whitehead Wayne Holley Aubrey Henderson proceeds with racketeering and conspiracy charges.
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Lynchburg
Pittsylvania County Commonwealth
U.S. District Court
Whitehead
Wayne Holley
Blairs
Aubrey Henderson
Danville
Virginia
Holley
Henderson
Glen Williams
North Carolina
South Carolina
Weather Update Northern Valley and Virginia Forecast
Partly cloudy and warmer through Saturday with highs in the lower to mid 50s and mid 50s to around 60 in Virginia. Tonight's lows in the mid to upper 30s. A chance of showers in extreme western Virginia late Saturday. Extended outlook calls for mild Sunday and cooler Monday Tuesday with rainfall totals none today and varied historical rainfall figures.
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Virginia
Front Royal Man Faces Conspiracy to Commit Arson
A 34 year old Front Royal man, Charles Robert Armel Jr., is charged with conspiracy to commit arson while on work release from Warren County Jail. He allegedly conspired with an undercover deputy to burn a home on 13th Street and was charged on December 20. He remains jailed pending General District Court appearance. Melody Cochran of 403 Criser Road is charged with welfare fraud between January and July 1977 and released on recognizance pending a December 28 court date.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Lynn C. Armentrout
Charles Robert Armel Jr
13Th St
Armentrout
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