A 4th District Firehouse Primary; More Va., Headlines

Staff Report, Virginia Mercury

December 14, 2022

• Pushing back against a report by the Los Angeles Times, Washington County Sheriff Blake Andis said his deputies went to the home of former law enforcement officer Austin Lee Edwards only to retrieve department-issued weapons and check for other victims. Edwards killed three people in California last month and died by suicide during a shootout with police.—SWVA Today, Los Angeles Times

• The remains of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill were dug up from a Richmond intersection Tuesday as heated exchanges took place among onlookers, some of whom wore vests with Confederate battle flags.—Washington Post

• Democratic Sens. Jennifer McClellan and Joe Morrissey formally announced their runs for the Richmond-area congressional seat left vacant by the death of former Rep. Donald McEachin. Morrissey also criticized party leaders for scheduling the firehouse primary for next Tuesday instead of Saturday.—Richmond Times-Dispatch

• The owners of a Bristol building where a new abortion clinic opened are suing their new tenant to try to break the lease, claiming they weren’t told abortions would be performed there. The building owners are being represented by a Republican member of the House of Delegates.—Cardinal News

• An escaped bull wandered into a doctor’s office in Orange County before being lassoed by chaps-wearing cowboys.—Culpeper Star-Exponent

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