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Florida Man Wins $5M Virginia Lottery Jackpot To Shut Down Scratch-Off Game Florida Man Wins $5M Virginia Lottery Jackpot To Shut Down Scratch-Off Game
Florida Man Wins $5M Virginia Lottery Jackpot To Shut Down Scratch-Off Game A Florida man is heading home a multi-millionaire after scoring the final top prize in a popular Virginia Lottery scratcher, officials say. Andrew Lubbers of Palm Coast hit it big on a $326,000,000 Fortune ticket he bought at the Food City on Wood Avenue in Big Stone Gap, according to Virginia Lottery officials on Tuesday, April 1. Lubbers said he knew right away he had won the game’s $5 million top prize. He had the option to take the full amount over 30 years, but instead chose the one-time cash payout of $3.125, before taxes. The Food City store also wins — earning a $10,000 bonus for …

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Police & Fire
Virginia Cop Killer With 'No Remorse' Gets Second 100-Year Sentence: AG Virginia Cop Killer With 'No Remorse' Gets Second 100-Year Sentence: AG
Virginia Cop Killer With 'No Remorse' Gets Second 100-Year Sentence: AG A Virginia man who shot and killed a police officer on his 29th birthday before bragging that he had "no remorse" will spend the rest of his life behind bars, authorities announced. Michael Donivan White was sentenced to 100 years in prison by the Wise County Circuit Court for the first-degree murder of Big Stone Gap Police Officer Michael Chandler, who was killed in the line of duty on Nov. 13, 2021, officials said. The sentencing comes just weeks after White received another 100-year sentence from a federal court for multiple offenses tied to the officer’s murder, along with firearm charg…

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US Marshals Make Additional Arrest Months After Fatal Virginia Shooting: Police US Marshals Make Additional Arrest Months After Fatal Virginia Shooting: Police
US Marshals Make Additional Arrest Months After Fatal Virginia Shooting: Police A second suspect wanted in connection to the murder of Quatrail Raynard Smalls in Prince William County last winter has been arrested in Alexandria, authorities announced. In July, Tyus James Terrell was arrested following a lengthy search for his alleged role in the fatal shooting that left the 26-year-old Big Stone Gap resident with fatal injuries. Prince William County Police/GoFundMe photo On Monday, Sept. 30, US Marshals located Woodbridge resident Keavon Teddrick Coleman, 27, in Alexandria, where he was taken into custody. Shortly before 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, residen…

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