A Virginia McDonald’s is banning customers under 21: Here’s why

Are IDs now required to get a happy meal? That seems to be the case for one McDonald’s location in the United States. A McDonald’s in Alexandria, Virginia, is banning dine-in services to customers under the age of 21. Only drive-thru and mobile ordering …

Applications open for AEDs in West Virginia

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - AEDs are known for their life-saving capabilities. Now, with some new funding, applications are open to get AEDs for different organizations who need them. According to a news release from Marshall Health Network, they have …

Feds: Oxygen Loss, Skipped Repairs Contributed to Virginia Jet Crash That Killed Four

The Cessna Citation 560 took off from Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Tennessee around 1:13 p.m. on Sunday, June 4, 2023, according to a final report released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) this week. On board was 69-year-old pilot …

West Virginia Virtual Academy Graduates First Class, Launching Futures in College, Careers, and Military

West Virginia Virtual Academy (WVVA), a statewide, tuition-free online public charter school, is proud to announce a historic milestone: its first graduating class. On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, WVVA will host its inaugural in-person graduation ceremony at the …

Detectives find 65 grams of suspected raw fentanyl while searching Virginia home

The drug investigation began in Culpeper but eventually led officials to Albemarle to find the alleged supplier. ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. — A month-long investigation led to a foot chase and arrest while executing a search warrant in Albemarle County Tuesday …

Editorial: Virginia’s retention of recent college graduates needs improvement

Every May, university campuses across the commonwealth are filled with shouts of joy and raucous applause as thousands of young people receive their degrees. Graduating college is a laudable achievement — the product of hard work, persistence, curiosity …

Column: Virginia’s children are safer, but we still have work to do

Virginia’s legislative season is over, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin has sifted through dozens of bills and issued a record number of vetoes. While the governor vetoed most bills increasing gun safety, he also signed two gun safety measures into law that have …

Rise Broadband visits Virginia Council

Former West Virginia jail supervisor sentenced in coverup of assault that led to inmate’s death

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An ex-jail supervisor in West Virginia was sentenced Thursday to more than 17 years in federal prison for his role in the coverup of an assault by other corrections officers that led to an inmate’s death. Former Lt. Chad Lester was …

Preservation Virginia adds Westham station to Virginia’s Most Endangered List after CBS 6 report

RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond's historic Westham train station, which was built in 1911 and is quickly deteriorating, has been added to Preservation Virginia's "Virginia's Most Endangered List" after a CBS 6 report. The station originally …