Friday, July 18, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1774, George Washington chaired a meeting at the courthouse in Alexandria where the influential Fairfax Resolves, which he wrote with George Mason, were adopted. When it comes to cancer, early detection is key. In our Top Stories, The Virginia Flyover has an update on a […]

Thursday, July 17, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1775, the Third Virginia Convention began in Richmond after the British governor, Lord Dunmore, had fled the colony. Among other actions, the delegates set up a Committee of Safety to recruit volunteers to fight the British.  Google will offer Virginians a chance to master AI […]

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1944, Irene Morgan was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a Greyhound bus bound for Baltimore. Two years later, the Supreme Court struck down the state law that required racial segregation on commercial interstate buses.  A speeding incident turned deadly on the […]

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1954, the temperature at Balcony Falls, near Natural Bridge, was measured at 110 degrees, the highest temperature ever recorded in Virginia. It won’t be that hot today, but keep alert for heavy rainfall as a stormy summer brings more flood risks to Virginia. We have […]

Monday, July 14, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1958, Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple who had married the previous month, were arrested at their home in Caroline County and charged with violating the state’s anti-miscegenation law. In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in their favor in Loving v. Virginia, overturning such […]

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, […]