Evan Jones
Stink bug populations took a hit this past winter — the result of abnormally cold temperatures — but the numbers have recovered some, and this is the time of year they try to get inside homes for the coming winter. Experts say sunny mild October days are favorites for this activity, so as WFIR’s Evan Jones reports, you are more likely that usual to see them on days like today.
Supporters of traditional marriage say Monday’s Supreme Court action does not end the legal battle over same-sex marriage. And they say for now, at least, it opens the door to far more possibilities over who can marry — and under what circumstances. WFIR’s Evan Jones has the story.
The search for the Lyons sisters’ bodies — and anyone who may have killed them — takes an additional direction today at the Bedford County Courthouse, as a special investigative grand jury is empaneled. WFIR’s Evan Jones reports that this grand jury has some unusual powers.
Ed Gillespie
Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie says recent Secret Service security lapses are part of a much greater lack of accountability in the Obama administration. He appeared yesterday on our Lynchburg sister station WLNI — before Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigned — but Gillespie says the White House problems go far beyond one agency. WFIR’s Evan Jones has the story.
Cassandra Morton
Investigators in the Lynchburg area are now trying to determine if the man charged with a UVA student’s disappearance might be connected with a 23-year-old woman’s unsolved murder five years ago. Cassandra Morton’s body was found on a mountain near Liberty University several weeks after she disappeared. WFIR’s Evan Jones has the story.
A ribbon-cutting is set for today in Bedford, where a former factory building is being transformed into 32 new apartments. It was once home to the Clark Plug Tobacco warehouse, more recently a furniture factory, and now set to be home to The Bedford Lofts. As WFIR’s Evan Jones reports, the developer sees the potential for much such projects in communities Bedford’s size.
Hannah Graham
Morgan Harrington
Even as Jesse Matthew, Jr. waived extradition in Texas, the Police Chief in Charlottesville said they may have a suspect, but no sign of Hannah Graham. And as WFIR’s Evan Jones reports, the chief’s request for help evokes memories of where Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington’s body was found almost five years ago.
With less than six weeks to go until election day, a new poll shows Mark Warner with a 19-point lead over Ed Gillespie, despite the challenger’s efforts to portray Warner as a rubber stamp for President Obama. Warner leads the Roanoke College poll of likely Virginia voters 46 to 27 per cent. As WFIR’s Evan Jones reports, Warner continues to hold unusually high approval numbers for a statewide elected leader, which means continuing challenges for his Republican opponent.
Libertarian Robert Sarvis gets five per cent support. Click here for full poll results and methodology.
Hannah Graham
Alexis Murphy
Nelson County Commonwealth’s Attorney Anthony Martin is trying to put to rest any suggestions that the disappearances of Hannah Graham and Alexis Murphy might be related. Martin released a statement today stating there is no credible evidence right now that suggests any third party was involved with Randy Taylor in the Murphy disappearance last year, and no evidence at all that Jesse Matthew Junior had involvement in any way in the Murphy case.