Release info via Morgan Drumheller Johnston “Cindy Baker a born-and-raised “Nelson County Girl” was diagnosed in March of 2018 with stage 4 metastatic Breast Cancer and is inoperable. There is no cure for this type of Breast Cancer only treatments to make it as small as possible, keep it from spreading and hopefully allow her […]
Central Virginia Blue Ridge Though we’ll still see some scattered showers across the Blue Ridge Area today, they will be tapering off as we head into the afternoon and evening with clearing skies overnight. The bulk of the rain fell over the past couple of days. Our BRL-Nature Foundation At Wintergreen station had picked up […]
Roseland / Beech Grove Nelson County, Virginia With winter seemingly trying to hang on forever, the sunshine and warmth were a welcome change this past Saturday at the Seafood & Brews event held at Devils Backbone. Countless folks turned out for great seafood, great beer and a day of music and fun! The season is […]
Nellysford Nelson County, Virginia By Tommy Stafford In just a few weeks the doors to Tuckahoe School in Nellysford’s Stoney Creek will close for good. For three decades it’s been a part of Linda Robert’s life. She will retire once the school closes. “I don’t know. A little more time. I’m going to make a […]
Release via Virginia State Police: Virginia State Police Trooper A.J. Garasimowicz is investigating a single-vehicle crash in Augusta County. The crash occurred April 18, 2018, at 6 p.m. on Route 919, three miles north of Route 620. A 2008 Scion was traveling north on Route 919 when it ran off the right side of the […]
LYNCHBURG, VA As of 3 pm, most roads are now open across the Lynchburg District after the strong storms and possible tornadoes that occurred Sunday night. Two locations with significant damage, Route 130 in Amherst County and US 460 Business in Campbell County, are now open. VDOT is working to bring all signals back on […]
Amherst County, Virginia A line of severe storms spawning tornadoes across a large part of Central Virginia Sunday night is responsible for significant damage in Amherst County and The City of Lynchburg. The hardest his area in Amherst is in Elon. Above aerial video from WDBJ-7 Roanoke of the damage in Lynchburg. Additional coverage on […]
Crozet Albemarle County, Virginia Pilot identified Updated via VSP 4.18.18 at 4PM: “At 9:03 p.m., Sunday (April 15), Virginia State Police responded to a report of a downed plane near Saddle Hollow Road in Crozet. The 1996 fixed-wing, twin-engine Cessna crashed in a remote area and one body was recovered from the wreckage. The remains were transported to the […]
Afton / Piney River Hard to believe with all of the severe storm destruction that moved through on the second part of the weekend that yesterday was beautiful and sunny. Two very popular annual events were held on Saturday. The Rockfish River Elementary Earth Day 5K and 1 Mile Family Fun Run kicked off the […]
I continue to watch the risk for some severe storms late this afternoon and evening. Though I think brunt of the weather remains south, we have the real possibility of strong storms with heavy rains. I’ll be updating more as needed. Tommy
