A Lynchburg daycare worker faces child cruelty charges.Preview: A close call with a commercial plane and an Air Force Jet near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport remains under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration. The Delta Airlines flight was taking off from the airport Friday afternoon when the near miss occurred. The aircraft were close enough that collision warning alarms went off in the plane's cockpit, with no injuries reported. The incident happened just south of DCA airport, near the spot where a jet and Army helicopter collided in January, killing 67 people. Early reports say the planes came within 500 feet of one another, although that has not been confirmed by the FAA.
More than a dozen guns and almost a hundred pounds drugs are off the streets of Virginia. It comes after a recent investigation and operation conducted by Virginia State Police. Nineteen firearms were recovered, and nearly 92 pounds of narcotics were seized. Law enforcement officials also recovered one explosive device. The investigation took place between March 20 and March 27.
Egg prices are dropping as chicken flocks begin to recover from the bird flu as migration season begins. The average wholesale price of a dozen eggs was three dollars last week, down from a record eight-dollars-and 15-cents back in February. The U.S. lost more than 12 percent of egg-laying hens in the first three months of the year.