JAMES CITY COUNTY, Va. — Authorities now say one of two convicted felons who escaped from a Virginia psychiatric hospital on Easter Sunday has been taken into custody. Officials at Eastern State Hospital in James City County called troopers earlier in the day to alert them that patients Austin Preston Leigh, 31, and Bryant Marcus … Read more
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By BEN CRAFT, The News Virginian WAYNESBORO, Va. (AP) — When Ellen Morris received her master’s degree in graphic design, she had mixed feelings. The diploma marked the completion of his academic journey, from a graphic design degree from Bridgewater College to his graduate program at Radford, but was overshadowed by progress on Morris’s personal … Read more
By PETER DUJARDIN, Daily Press HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Larry Rhames Jr. wasn’t doing well a couple of years ago. Some good friends and relatives had died. He lost his job as a cook at a restaurant in Hampton. That meant she had no health insurance, which she needed for her antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications. … Read more