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Wintry storm ices roads across much of US Southeast

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A lingering storm kept dumping immobilizing snow, sleet or freezing rain across five southern states, leaving dangerously icy roads and hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. Authorities urged people to stay home Monday in areas where driving was dangerous. Accidents on snow-covered interstates caused major delays Sunday, hundreds of flights […]

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Five more deaths reported in Virginia after Michael rips through

Hurricane Michael, which ripped through the Southeast, leaving a trail of death and destruction from Florida to Virginia, finally moved off the coast, over the Atlantic Ocean overnight. Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane – the strongest on record to hit the area – wreaking havoc and […]

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Two-headed Copperhead snake likely headed for an educational facility

WAYNESBORO, Va. (AP) — A wildlife and conservation research hospital says a two-headed snake recently found near the nation’s capital may be sent to an educational facility. The Wildlife Center of Virginia says the two-headed Eastern Copperhead was found in a northern Virginia neighborhood last week. It says a state herpetologist brought the snake to the hospital […]

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UMaine officials unaware of medical condition that could have caused football player’s death

ORONO — University of Maine football coaches said Wednesday that they were unaware of any medical condition that might have contributed to the death of freshman player Darius Minor. Minor, an 18-year-old from Locust Grove, Virginia, collapsed and died during a supervised light workout at Alfond Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. He is the first player […]

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Laurie Ann Taylor

ORANGE, Va. — Laurie Ann Taylor, 53, of Orange, Va., passed away June 13. Laurie was born to the late Ronald Robert Dumont and the late Jeannette Boyon Bisson in Lewiston. She was married to Christopher L. Taylor of Orange. Laurie was a CNA. Along with her husband, Laurie is survived by her daughter, Danielle M. […]

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Telstar sophomores head to Jamestown Colony for lessons

BETHEL — The Telstar Regional High School sophomore class will travel to Jamestown Colony in Williamsburg, Virginia, on Tuesday to learn about life in the 18th century. They will return Saturday. Planned activities include a self-guided tour of Colonial Williamsburg, a Capital Trail walk, a tour of the College of William and Mary, and a […]

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Train carrying GOP lawmakers, including Bruce Poliquin, hits truck; one on truck dead

.@RepPoliquin‘s tweet: He was on board, only has a few minor bruises. #mepolitics https://t.co/S6nrONSSxp — Larry Gilbert Jr (@LarryGilbertSJ) January 31, 2018 CROZET, Va. (AP) — A train carrying dozens of Republican members of Congress to a policy retreat in the countryside slammed into a garbage truck in rural Virginia on Wednesday, killing one person […]