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Traveling this holiday weekend? VDOT launches new mobile app to help you avoid traffic
ReporterTraveling this Memorial Day weekend? The state wants to help you to avoid traffic. The Virginia Department of Transportation (V-Dot) has launched a new and improved 511 traffic information system. The phone service has a better voice recognition...Tags: Highway Transportation, Transportation, Apple iPad, Holiday Vacations, Virginia Department of Transportation
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Lawsuit settled against former Franklin County Sheriff and former deputy over Jennifer Agee murder
Tuesday marks one year since police say a former Franklin County deputy shot and killed his ex-wife at a gas station parking lot in Roanoke. On Thursday, Jennifer Agee's family settled a civil lawsuit for $900,000. They sued her ex-husband, Jonathan...
Tags: Laws, Shootings, Murder, Spain, Trials
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UPDATED: Interstate 81 blasting won't be finished before Memorial Day weekend
A Virginia Department of Transportation spokesman said Thursday morning that blasting will be suspended on Friday, May 25 and Monday, May 28. An earlier news release from VDOT only listed Monday's suspension. ---------------------- Blasting on...
Tags: Montgomery County (Virginia), Virginia Department of Transportation, Human Interest, Holidays, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Make getting there half the fun when you travel with kids
REPORTERWhether you are heading off on a short family trip for the holiday weekend, or embarking on a long summer vacation, kids often get bored in the car. To avoid hearing your children say the infamous phrase, "Are we there yet?" AAA Mid-Atlantic has...Tags: AAA, Health, Holiday Vacations, Drugs and Medicines, Travel
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Gas prices down for sixth straight week, just in time for Memorial Day travel
WDBJ7 ProducerGas prices continue their way down for the sixth straight week, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. AAA Mid-Atlantic reports the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded now sits at $3.69 a gallon. That's down from $3.73 a gallon last week....Tags: AAA, Travel, Human Interest, Trips and Vacations, Holidays
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AAA: Gasoline prices down across Virginia
Gas prices have continued to retreat nationwide, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. In Virginia, AAA Mid-Atlantic says the price of a gallon of regular gasoline now averages $3.53 a gallon statewide. That's 5 cents less than last week and a penny...
Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), AAA, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Gasoline Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Mules will lead the way when visitors return to Explore Park this summer
Reporter"Get it done boys, come on." Mikel Carmon urges her two mules, Lester and Festus, down a wooded path in the heart of Virginia's Explore Park. Beginning Memorial Day Weekend, covered wagon rides will bring visitors back into the park. A preview...Tags: Music, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Human Interest
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Fact or Fiction? Gasoline Mythbusters
Anchor/ReporterGas prices are still hovering around the $3.50 mark for regular unleaded, but we haven't even hit Memorial Day or the 4th of July yet. Mythbuster 1 Will we see five dollar gas prices this summer? The answer is no, barring any kind of doomsday nuclear...Tags: AAA, Sunoco Incorporated, U.S. Department of Energy, Petroleum Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering
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