Woman Back From Vacation Wins $1M Virginia Lottery Prize While Out Of The Country Woman Back From Vacation Wins $1M Virginia Lottery Prize While Out Of The Country
Woman Back From Vacation Wins $1M Virginia Lottery Prize While Out Of The Country Genese Rogers left her Virginia home to head out on vacation and came back a millionaire. The Woodbridge woman was out of the country when the winning ticket numbers were announced in Virginia's "New Year's Millionaire Raffle," but when she came back stateside, she was in for a heck of a welcome home present. Days after stepping out of the plane back in Virginia, Rogers found out that she had one of the five top-prize winning $1 million tickets. "I literally just started screaming," she exclaimed while giving the thumbs up at Lottery Headquarters. A smiling Rogers says that she isn't a re…
Check Your Tickets! Winners Of Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle Announced Check Your Tickets! Winners Of Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle Announced
Check Your Tickets! Winners Of Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle Announced Five newly minted millionaires may be sitting on a Virginia Lottery ticket worth seven figures and might not even realize it.  Lottery officials have announced the winning numbers for Virginia's New Year's Millionaire Raffle, which included five $1 million winners and seven $100,000 prizes. The odds of winning the million dollar prize were 1 in 125,000.  Winning million dollar tickets were sold at:  Ticket 007094: Paddy’s 32 Steakhouse & Pub on Center Street in Stafford; Ticket 125311: Wawa on Plank Road in Fredericksburg; Ticket 168420: 7-Eleven on East Market St…
Amber Alert Issued For Virginia Child 'In Extreme Danger' After Abduction (DEVELOPING) Amber Alert Issued For Virginia Child 'In Extreme Danger' After Abduction (DEVELOPING)
Amber Alert Issued For Virginia Child 'In Extreme Danger' After Abduction (Developing) An Amber Alert was issued on Saturday morning after a 2-year-old was abducted in Virginia. The Virginia State Police and Virginia Missing Children's Clearinghouse say that at around 7:15 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, Zuri Dorsey was possibly taken by Deandre Alante Dorsey in Virginia Beach, officials say. According to police, the girl was last seen at her home in the 1300 block of Sapphire Drive.  The child was described as having brown hair, brown eyes, standing at around 2-feet tall, weighing 34 pounds. She was last seen wearing only underwear.  Dorsey, 27, was described as being …
Grown Man Busted Bringing Handgun Into High School Football Stadium In Virginia: Police Grown Man Busted Bringing Handgun Into High School Football Stadium In Virginia: Police
Grown Man Busted Bringing Handgun Into High School Football Stadium In Virginia: Police Friday Night Lights nearly turned into Friday Night Fights after a man was busted with a handgun walking into a football game in Prince William County. Albert Trayvon Smith, 29, is facing several criminal charges after he was caught on campus at Potomac High School at a non-school-related football game late in the afternoon on Saturday, Nov. 18, according to police. The Virginia Beach resident was caught by off-duty officers who were working security at the game. According to police, while checking bags at the entrance of the football stadium, they found a gun inside Smith's belongings, an…
Five Virginia Billionaires Make Forbes 400 List Of 'Richest In America' Five Virginia Billionaires Make Forbes 400 List Of 'Richest In America'
Five Virginia Billionaires Make Forbes 400 List Of 'Richest In America' Virginia is home to five of the richest people in America, according to Forbes. And four of them have only gotten richer. The residents on the Forbes 400, the definitive list of the richest people in the nation, are worth $4.5 trillion in total, tying the 2021 record, according to the business outlet. The Virginia billionaires on the list are: 19. Jacqueline Mars, of The Plains, Fauquier County. Mars is an American heiress and investor whose net worth is $38.9 billion. She is 83 years old 76. Pamela Mars, fourth generation of the Mars family who is worth $9.7 billion. She is 63 years old…
These 10 Virginia Schools Won Prestigious National Blue Ribbon Awards These 10 Virginia Schools Won Prestigious National Blue Ribbon Awards
These 10 Virginia Schools Won Prestigious National Blue Ribbon Awards Ten Virginia schools won the prestigious National Blue Ribbon School Award. The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday, Sept. 19 recognized 353 schools across the country as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2023.  The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student groups on assessments. The ten Virginia schools that won are: Charlottesville Catholic School (Non-Public), Charlottesville Edwin W Chittum Elementary School, Chesapeake Fancy Gap Elementary School, Fancy Gap J.W. Adams Combined School, Pound Kett…
See Taylor Swift: Eras Tour Movie Comes To Virginia Theaters (And Tickets Are Just $19.89) See Taylor Swift: Eras Tour Movie Comes To Virginia Theaters (And Tickets Are Just $19.89)
See Taylor Swift: Eras Tour Movie Comes To Virginia Theaters (And Tickets Are Just $19.89) Couldn't get tickets to see Taylor Swift's The Era Tour in person? You're very much not alone. But don't worry, Swifties, there's a way to experience the pop culture juggernaut. Get tickets now to see TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR Concert Film only in theaters in North America beginning 10/13. Taylor Swift "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" will be premiering at AMC Theatres across Virginia starting on Friday, Oct. 13 (obviously) with tickets going on sale Thursday, Aug. 31. Showtimes will run Thursdays to Sundays.  Standard showings are priced at $19.89 (cute!) for adults and $13.13 for se…
'I Never Win': Virginia Beach College Student Wins Rare $500K Top Lottery Prize 'I Never Win': Virginia Beach College Student Wins Rare $500K Top Lottery Prize
'I Never Win': Virginia Beach College Student Wins Rare $500K Top Lottery Prize Lilian Gutierrez Silva doesn’t play scratcher games very often.  In fact, the Virginia Beach woman said she doesn’t even understand them. “I never win!” she said. However, when she was at Malbon Brothers Corner Mart on General Booth Boulevard in Virginia Beach, her cousin bought a ticket, so she decided to give it a try.  Her ticket ended up winning the $500,000 prize. “I showed the ticket to my cousin and said, ‘Tell me if I won or not,” she later told Virginia Lottery officials. Turns out, she’d just hit the top prize in the Funky Fortune game. Funky Fortune is one of dozens…
Virginia Mom Of Twins Killed In Florida Bar Fight With Couple: Report Virginia Mom Of Twins Killed In Florida Bar Fight With Couple: Report
Virginia Mom Of Twins Killed In Florida Bar Fight With Couple: Report A mom of twins with Virginia ties was shot and killed during a fight at a Florida bar this week. Tierra Binion, 25, was fighting with Rachel DeRise, 23, at Mugs & Jugs bar and drive-through in Pensacola on Wednesday, Aug. 23, WEAR News reports citing the Escambia County Sheriff's Office.  The two were "mutually combative," but the fight went from inside the bar to the parking lot, where DeRise's boyfriend, Christian Ketchup, punched Binion — knocking her out cold, the outlet said. Ketchup and DeRise are accused of beating Binion, of Virginia Beach, as she lay unconscious on the ground b…
Alexandria Mom Jessica Schroth Dies, 48 Alexandria Mom Jessica Schroth Dies, 48
Alexandria Mom Jessica Schroth Dies, 48 Alexandria resident Jessica "Jessy" Schroth died Tuesday, Aug. 8, after a recent illness, according to her obituary. She was 48 years old. Born in Peru, Jessy earned her doctor of dental surgery in Brazil, before her MBA in healthcare from George Washington University in May 2022. At GWU, she was accepted into the golden Key Hnor Society, and then the Presidential Management Fellows Program at HUD, her obit says. Jessy previously lived in Somerville, NJ; Madison and Green Bay, WI; Virginia Beach, VA; and Tampa, BL. Jessy is survived by her loving husband, John Schroth; her son, T…
Crash Slows Traffic Along I-264 In Virginia Beach Crash Slows Traffic Along I-264 In Virginia Beach
Crash Slows Traffic Along I-264 In Virginia Beach A vehicle crash was slowing traffic along I-264 in Virginia Beach Wednesday morning, Aug. 16. The accident happened on the eastbound side at mile marker 20.8 near near Lynnhaven Parkway, just before 8:30 a.m., the VDOT website says. Photos at the scene show fire engines and emergency response vehicles. Motorists can expect delays with the east center lane, right center lane, and right outside lane closed.
Jackpot! Navy Sailor From Virginia Beach Wins Historic $1.8M Playing VA Lottery Jackpot! Navy Sailor From Virginia Beach Wins Historic $1.8M Playing VA Lottery
Jackpot! Navy Sailor From Virginia Beach Wins Historic $1.8M Playing VA Lottery A US Navy sailor from Virginia Beach is $1.8 million richer. Byron Bundoc was unwinding in his car in the driveway of his Virginia Beach home, playing the Virginia Lottery's Jackpot Spectacular on his phone. He'd been watching the jackpot steadily growing in that game and, as he sat there playing, he suddenly realized he had won — big: Bundoc had hit the $1,817,588 jackpot. That's the largest prize ever won in the US in an online instant game. "It was surreal," he told Lottery officials. “I called my brother and said, ‘You’re not going to believe this!'" Jackpot Spectacular is a uni…