The Louisa man charged after ammunition was found in his backpack in Turks and Caicos pleaded guilty Tuesday.Preview: The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a lawsuit challenging the seizure of land in southwest Virginia for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Landowners in Franklin, Montgomery and Roanoke counties sued the pipeline in 2020 over the use of eminent domain to take their property. The case reached the Supreme Court once and was returned to a lower court. A second appeal to the Supreme Court was turned down on Monday. The owners of the pipeline hope to begin pumping natural gas through the structure in the next few weeks
A new report finds DUIs in Virginia are trending upward. AskDave.com analyzed data from the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration from 2018 to 2022 and found drivers that were under the influence during deadly crashes rose more than 44-percent than previous years. DMV info reports more than 14-thousand people were convicted of DUIs in Virginia in 2022. A AAA spokesperson tells WAVY the upward trend in DUIs is going the wrong way. And he warns we are about to enter the 100 deadliest days of the year. The summer months bring about more teen drivers, drivers under the influence, and travelers on unfamiliar roads.