Friday, July 11, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1861, Union troops under Gen. George McClellan defeated a Confederate force at the Battle of Rich Mountain. The victory eventually led to the creation of West Virginia. The state offers a sales tax holiday for back-to-school shoppers each year. Will you take advantage of the […]

Thursday, July 10, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1706, Grace Sherwood was ducked in consecrated water to determine whether she was a witch. Because she survived the ordeal, she was declared guilty and spent seven years in prison for witchcraft. Gov. Tim Kaine pardoned her in 2006. Employees at a Virginia Christmas tree […]

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1755, a combined French and Native American force defeated the British at the Battle of the Monongahela. General Edward Braddock was mortally wounded in the fight, while his aide-de-camp George Washington played a key role in saving the British from utter annihilation. As The Dome […]

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1790, the Virginia Gazette and Petersburg Intelligencer published a manifesto by the Virginia Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. It stated, “that slavery in all its forms, in all its degrees, is an outrageous violation, and an odious degradation of human nature.” Rescue experts from […]

Monday, July 7, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1741, the Honorable Robert Dinwiddie presented a second seal to the Norfolk Borough Council. A different seal had been presented the previous year. One seal survives, but nobody knows which version it is. Last week, we noted that Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, […]

Monday, June 30, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1862, Confederate forces attacked a Union position at Glendale as part of the Seven Days Battles near Richmond. The president of UVA stepped down amid controversy over DEI. The Virginia Flyover provides details in our Top Stories. And what was that fireball blazing across the […]

Friday, June 27, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1788, George Mason introduced a draft bill of rights at the Virginia convention to ratify the Constitution. His version contained 20 items and was instrumental in shaping the final version.  Housing and Urban Development has found a new home in Virginia. We explain the move […]

Thursday, June 26, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1844, President John Tyler married his second wife, Julia Gardiner. He was 54 at the time, and she was 21, making her the youngest first lady in history.  ICE agents are having a busy week at the Chesterfield courthouse, and many of us are sweating […]

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1788, Virginia ratified the Constitution, becoming the 10th state to do so. At the time, Virginia was the largest and most influential of the United States. Virginia asked, but the Supreme Court said no. We have details in our Top Stories. Should felons automatically regain their […]

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1775, colonial rebels, including James Monroe, broke into the Governor’s Palace in Williamsburg, which Lord Dunmore had evacuated weeks earlier. The patriots took more than two hundred guns and three hundred swords. The current heat wave is the Top Story across the Commonwealth. The Virginia […]