A man has been charged with murder more than a year after his wife was reported missing in Amherst County. A search conducted last week discovered human remains on property owned by Elsie Mae Wiggington. The Amherst County Sheriff's Office announced yesterday that the remains belonged to Wiggington, who was reported missing in June of last year. Wiggington's husband Frederick has now been charged with murder and use of a firearm in connection with her death. He was jailed last week on a charge of concealing a dead body
State Utility officials OK lowering Appalachian Power's transmission rate.Preview: Governor Youngkin is happy with a slight increase in student test scores during the last school year. The Virginia Department of Education announced yesterday that 70-percent of all school divisions in the state showed improvement in reading for grades three through eight. Seventy-five-percent of students in those grades also showed improvement in math. High school students tested also showed improvements in math and science, while reading scores declined slightly. Chronic absenteeism also declined by 16-percent. The governor praised the results as a turn-around from pandemic-related learning loss and urged districts to keep pushing to improve scores during the upcoming school year.