Wednesday, August 20, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1619, the crew of the White Lion docked at Point Comfort and traded some African prisoners—captured from a Portuguese ship—for food. The incident marked the beginning of slavery in North America. Most of us had good and bad years in school. We’d love to know […]

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1969, Hurricane Camille reached Virginia as a tropical depression. It caused one of the worst natural disasters in state history, killing 124 people and causing $116 million in damage, which is more than $1 billion in today’s currency. Virginia Beach residents are used to seeing surfboards […]

Monday, August 18, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1785, workers laid the cornerstone for the Virginia Capitol. It was the first public building in the United States built in the Classical Revival style. Five Virginia school districts face federal funding cuts for refusing to change their locker room and bathroom policies. The Virginia […]

Friday, August 15, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1940, floodwaters began receding along the New River after the remnants of a passing hurricane had pushed it to a record high the day before. The river crested nearly 22 feet above flood stage, about 5 feet higher than after Hurricane Helene last September. A […]

Thursday, August 14, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1775, the first Hessian soldiers—Germans hired by the British to fight against colonial independence—came ashore in Isle of Wight County. Eventually, 30,000 Hessians were deployed in North America. In our Top Stories today, the Republican candidate for governor makes her case at stops around the […]

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1878, three men walking in a field felt cold air coming up from a hole in the ground in Page County. They had discovered Luray Caverns, the largest series of underground chambers east of the Mississippi. As the National Guard began patrolling the District of […]

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 2017, the Unite the Right rally brought white nationalists to Charlottesville to protest the planned removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. James Alex Fields Jr. drove a car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing Heather Heyer and injuring more than a dozen others. […]

Monday, August 11, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1864, Confederate General Jubal Early pulled out of Winchester, leaving the city open to Union General Philip Sheridan. A Virginia judge closed the door on the Digital Gateway data center project for now. The Virginia Flyover has more in Top Stories and a fish story you’d better believe.  […]

Friday, August 8, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee, smarting from his defeat the previous month at Gettysburg, submitted a letter of resignation. Confederate President Jefferson Davis refused to accept it, writing that there was no man “more fit to command, or who would possess more of the confidence of […]

Thursday, August 7, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1863, the 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry clashed near the Town of Waterford with a large Union scouting party in what was called the Skirmish at Walker’s Hill. The Virginians suffered heavy losses. William & Mary is set to welcome students for the academic year, but […]