SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1951, Eastern Airlines Flight 601 from Newark, New Jersey, crashed in open fields at Curles Neck Farm near Richmond. Miraculously, all 53 passengers and crew members survived the emergency landing. Be sure to watch our Sunday video below to learn more about Curles Neck Farm.  […]

The Virginia Flyover The Virginia Creeper Trail will fully reopen on March 31, 2027, more than two years after Hurricane Helene forced the closure of its damaged section.              ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   […]

FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2026 Good morning! On this day in 1775, Virginia’s Third Revolutionary Convention convened at St. John’s Church in Richmond amid the collapse of royal authority. Delegates formed a military structure for defense, created the influential Committee of Safety as an executive body, and solidified the colony’s transition toward self-governance and independence. Virginia […]

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2026 Good morning! On this day in 1952, Stewart Copeland, drummer and co-founder of The Police, was born in Alexandria. Copeland has scored numerous films, composed for opera and ballet, and earned multiple Grammy Awards. His father, Miles Copeland, played trumpet with pre-war swing bands, including Glenn Miller’s, before becoming a founding […]

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2026 Good morning! On this day in 1954, a temperature of 110 degrees was recorded in Balcony Falls near Natural Bridge. It was the hottest temperature in state history and set Virginia’s all-time high record—still unmatched—during a scorching summer that tested residents across the region. A popular restaurant has reopened on the […]

TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2026 Good morning! On this day in 1865, Annie Jones was born in Marion. She grew a beard as a small child and became P.T. Barnum’s famous “Bearded Lady,” a sideshow star who campaigned against the word “freak” before dying of tuberculosis at 37. Thomas Jefferson’s boyhood home just went on the […]

Monday, July 13, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1787, Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, built on a plan by Thomas Jefferson and the western lands Virginia had ceded. It banned slavery north of the Ohio River and laid the groundwork for the eventual admission of new states to the country. Several Virginia baseball […]

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The Virginia Flyover Virginia moved up to No. 3 in CNBC’s Top States for Business rankings, and UVA Health is bringing a first-of-its-kind melanoma treatment to patients closer to home. All this and more in Top Stories.                 ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ […]

FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2026 Good morning! On this day in 1706, Grace Sherwood, the “Witch of Pungo,” underwent a witchcraft “ducking” ordeal in Virginia’s Lynnhaven River. Bound and thrown from a boat, the accused midwife untied herself underwater and rose to the surface, appearing to float. This act “proved” her guilt to observers. She was […]