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A drug distribution conviction has landed a Tappahannock man a two-year stint in prison. Ranaz Tremaine Newbill, 29, entered a guilty plea to a charge of distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substance on November 19 in Essex County Circuit Court. In a plea agreement accepted by Judge John S. Martin, Newbill was sentenced to 10 years in […]

A 32-year-old Essex County man facing aggravated malicious wounding and felony abduction charges was denied bond during a November 19 appearance in Essex County Circuit Court. The charges against Montell Deon Sayles, of Center Cross, originate from an August 2022 incident. Sayles was accused of later bribing the victim in order for her to renounce her statements about the incident. […]

The Essex County Planning Commission has agreed to postpone a vote regarding changes to cell tower restrictions until its January meeting so it can receive input from the county’s legal counsel. No public comments were made regarding proposals under consideration by the Planning Commission involving cell towers. A cell tower is a structure with electronic equipment and antennas that transmit […]

CleanArc Data Centers will invest $3 billion to construct a new state-of-the-art data center campus in Caroline County. At full capacity, the project will create 50 new jobs in the Commonwealth. Officially breaking ground on November 20, the new project (VA1), will offer nearly 1 gigawatt of critical grid capacity, supporting the growing demand for scalable, sustainability-focused, and hyperscale-ready digital […]

purchasing tickets, according to Dels. Cliff Hayes, D-Chesapeake, and Michelle Maldonado, D-Manassas. Last year, legislators introduced at least 20 bills in the General Assembly that tried to define or regulate AI use and expand consumer protections. A majority failed or were vetoed. Maldonado plans to introduce an AI bill that limits what chatbots can say to humans in therapeutic and […]