Tag Archives: Sussex County

• News

  Crash closed Interstate 95 in Sussex

  All lanes have since reopened.
• News

  Sussex supervisor has day in court

  Rufus Tyler walked out of the Sussex County Courthouse, Wednesday afternoon, still the chairman of the Board of Supervisors
• News

  VDOT offers discount toll fees for locals

  The discount would only go to locals, not the estimated 21,800 people who travel from nearby cities to Emporia or Sussex for work or other reasons.
• News

  Lawyer hired to fight governor’s proposed I-95 toll

  There’s been a fair amount of opposition since Governor Bob McDonnell announced a plan to add tolls to Southern Virginia — an now some towns, cities and counties affected have hired a lawyer.
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  Billboards aim to block I-95 toll proposal

  Sussex County business and government leaders left a meeting with the governor’s staff and VDOT Thursday concerned their objections are not being heard.
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  VSU student gets jail time for high-speed chase

  Audreanna Transou plead guilty Tuesday in connection with the chase, including reckless driving.
• Mark Holmberg Reports / News

  HOLMBERG: Small town has big campaign against fat tolls on I-95

  Opponents in the small town believe cars will jump on US Route 301 to escape the tolls and cause a bottleneck in the community.
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  Police: Man jumps in front of semi on Route 460

  Virginia State Police investigating a bizarre fatal accident in Sussex County where a pedestrian was killed.
• News

  ‘Smiling suspect’ arrested for Va. bank robbery

  A suspected robber caught on camera smiling at a bank security camera was arrested and has confessed to the crime
• News

  Neighbors fed up with lawmakers’ blighted home

  Neighbors said the house has been in a state of disrepair for the past decade and that the owners have been cited numerous times to clean up the property.
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  FBI investigates string of central VA bank robberies

  The FBI says it is investigating a series of armed bank robberies in Chesterfield and Sussex they now believe are all connected.
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  Fire at Sussex County plant, smoke visible for miles

  Smoke may be visible for the next few days.