Thousands of flight cancellations have been reported at airports as people head back home from Thanksgiving break. FlightAware reporting over 2,000 cancellations and over 13,000 delays on Sunday alone. Despite chaos at the airports, passengers flying out of Richmond said that RIC was not as busy as they expected.
“She came to a facility just crying. She lost everything. She didn’t have insurance. She didn’t know what to do. And I knew. I called the office and said this is the lady we have to help,” explained Shiles.
Community members have requested a recreational biking area, and now Charlottesville has been approved and authorized for funding a new 8.6-acre project to fulfill that request.
People tailgating for the last game of the season share feelings of pride, that it was about time JMU’s program was brought to the highest level of college football.
Captain Ryan Lemaire with Ocean Springs Police says 30-year-old William Burnett Oliver of Ocean Springs was taken into custody without incident Friday afternoon.
On Thanksgiving morning staff, at the Wildlife Center of Virginia prepared meals to feed 100 different guests of all shapes and sizes. The staff provided unique meals to a number of animal species that are currently staying at the animal hospital.
Our Community Place in Harrisonburg held its annual Thanksgiving meal for those in need on Thursday. OCP serves around 100 people each Thanksgiving and expanded the meal this year, in addition to the meal served at OCP volunteers delivered 40 meals to people in need around the community.
“It’s a hard balance to hold that reality that this just makes it very clear that there are no actual safe spaces, we can try and we can be brave but safety for LGBTQ+ people is not a guarantee,” Director Hyacinth Bellerose said.
“We’re together, we are a package deal. If I’m somewhere he is with me. If he is somewhere, I’m with him. Very rarely are we not together,” Kristy Mackenzie said.
If a large fire breaks out while you’re cooking up your Thanksgiving feast, you should call 911, but the Harrisonburg Fire Department shared tips on how to extinguish smaller fires.
The annual tax tribute ceremony dates back to 1677 when an agreement was signed allowing Native Americans to give fresh game to the colonial government as an alternative to paying taxes.
AAA reports that 1.42 million Virginians are expected to travel for Thanksgiving this year which is up from last year and only six percent shy of 2019 numbers. It estimates that 54.6 million people will be traveling nationwide and 91 percent of them will be doing so on the road.
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has ordered that the flags of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia are to be flown at half-staff over the state Capitol and all local, state and federal buildings and grounds in the Commonwealth of Virginia in respect and memory of the victims of the Chesapeake shooting, their families, and the entire Chesapeake community.
‘Memories of Elvis’ on Dec. 2 and 3, will feature Rockin’ Joey and Michael Hoover, two performers who have traveled around the world paying tribute to the ‘King of Rock and Roll.'
It is the final weeks of open enrollment for Medicare plans, and a Harrisonburg financial institution says this is the time of year they see a rise in different scams.
City Council committed a portion of its American Rescue Plan Act funding to this project as the COVID-19 pandemic enhanced the need for a permanent, low-barrier shelter and services.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is launching a public awareness campaign to deliver a stark warning about the dangers of fentanyl, counterfeit drugs and opioids.
According to police, a 2020 Ford passenger shuttle bus was allegedly traveling north on I-81 in the left lane when it encountered a person in the travel lane. The bus was unable to avoid striking the man, according to the VSP.
Randy’s Do It Best Hardware is holding a grand reopening event on Small Businesses Saturday at its new Mount Jackson location. The store moved into the old Save-A-Lot Grocery location in May after a February fire destroyed its original Mount Jackson location.
Crews were working to repair damage done to the Truist bank on W. Broad Street in Waynesboro Tuesday after a truck ran into the side of the building Monday night.
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