An Axton man died late Thursday in a single vehicle accident, according to the Virginia State Police.
Jacob Matthew Boyd, 27, of Axton, was operating a 1998 Dodge R15 truck Thursday on Virginia 674, just north of U.S. 58 east in Henry County, Virginia State Police Sgt. Bob Carpentieri said in a release.
If the state requires local school systems to increase their payments to the Virginia Retirement System, they should be allowed to spread the payment hike over several years, said Henry County Schools Superintendent Jared Cotton.
The groundhog wasn’t the only one to see his shadow Thursday.
More than 250 parents visited classrooms at Patrick Henry Elementary School for Shadow Your Child Day, an annual event in which families are invited to see firsthand what students are learning. The visitors also participate in activities and eat lunch.
Jim Tobin, executive director of Piedmont Community Services, praised a settlement reached last month that provides a blueprint for the future of Virginia’s intellectual and developmental disabilities system.
A settlement agreement reached between the commonwealth and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Virginia’s intellectual and developmental disability system will help the state create a community-based system of service, according to Gov. Bob McDonnell.
The more things change, the more they stay the same — even after more than 2,500 years.
That was the theme Wednesday as the Aquila Theatre Company presented “Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives” for a crowd of about 100 people at Piedmont Arts Association in Martinsville.
RICHMOND (AP) — Virginia’s growing wine industry seems to be bearing fruit, according to an economic impact study released by Gov. Bob McDonnell’s office Thursday.
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