The 230-year-old town of Abingdon takes a step toward the future this week as it unveils its free wireless mesh network. As explained by the helpful folks at How Stuff Works, a wireless mesh network links together dozens or even ...
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Read More »The 230-year-old town of Abingdon takes a step toward the future this week as it unveils its free wireless mesh network. As explained by the helpful folks at How Stuff Works, a wireless mesh network links together dozens or even ...
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Read More »As we noted in the Daily Alert today, U.S. District Judge James P. Jones took away Buchanan County’s “Big Coon Dog” jury verdict. The opinion is available at the Western District’s Web site. The county, whose elected officials took bribes ...
Tagged with: Federal Courts
Read More »The Web site for the House of Representatives has been overwhelmed this week by a deluge of visitors trying to e-mail their representatives and download the financial bailout bill that was defeated Monday, according to CNET. Yes, Washington, you have ...
Read More »A former Giles County Circuit Court clerk is on trial in Roanoke accused of running a Ponzi scheme to defraud investors of millions of dollars. As reported by The Roanoke Times, however, his attorney claims Ted James Johnson Jr. was ...
Tagged with: Federal Courts Fraud
Read More »Once a week during football season, Circuit Judge William D. Broadhurst trades his black robe for zebra stripes to work as a referee for college football games. The jurist who sits on the bench in Roanoke on weekdays can be ...
Read More »A disabled railroad worker’s lawsuit was dismissed last week because a judge found that, under Virginia law, his podiatrists could not testify that his foot condition was caused by workplace conditions. The opinion excluding the podiatrists’ testimony on causation comes ...
Read More »The Senate has confirmed Alexandria attorney Anthony Trenga’s nomination to a federal judgeship in the Eastern District of Virginia, reports the Associated Press. Trenga was one of five lawyers Senators Jim Webb and John Warner recommended for the federal bench ...
Read More »The FBI has released a cryptic statement indicating that the agency has a lead on a vehicle possibly connected to the five-year-old Short family murder case in Henry County. WSLS reports that the FBI is not adding much in the ...
Read More »Sparked by two recent accounts of intimidation, some Shenandoah Valley legislators are considering whether the display of a hangman’s noose should be categorized as a hate crime in the Virginia code. According to this account in the Daily News Record, ...
Tagged with: Civil Rights
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