Drs. Travan and Travis Jasper, identical twins, are co-directors of the emergency department at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Their path to heading the ER started when they were 12, during a hospital visit experience that motivated them to achieve something greater. Steve Hartman talks with the Jasper twins about turning trauma into triumph, and…
Norfolk, Virginia — L. Louise Lucas, a powerful Virginia state senator and vocal Trump critic who played a central role in the state’s redistricting effort last year, has been arrested in connection with an alleged bribery and racketeering scheme, a Justice Department spokesperson said Thursday. According to a 45-page indictment filed in the Eastern District…
Christine Quaiff has captured dozens of lost dogs for grateful owners around Richmond, Virginia. Her most recent case was a desperate search for two Goldendoodles, Bailee and Tobey, who escaped from Annie Olup’s car after she was in a near-fatal accident. Steve Hartman reports on how one tenacious searcher helped enable a tearful reunion. Source…
Christine Quaiff is a hunter of sorts, often going deep into the woods around Richmond, Virginia, to track and trap family members. “When someone loses their dog, that’s their child,” Quaiff told CBS News. Quaiff has found dozens of lost dogs over the last few years. She’s part of a growing national network of lost…
Christmas came early for the Metro Richmond Zoo because, like the song, the organization did indeed get a hippopotamus. And it was a rare one: A pygmy hippo. Pygmy hippo parents Iris and Corwin gave birth to a female calf on Dec. 6, the zoo announced last week. The baby pygmy hippo weighed a healthy…
If you visit the emergency room at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, there’s a good chance you might meet one of the Jasper twins. Drs. Travan and Travis Jasper are co-directors of Chippenham’s emergency department. But their story is singular, inspirational and completely improbable. “To be here, it’s amazing,” Travis Jasper told CBS News. “And…
Frank Beard, longtime ZZ Top drummer, has died, the band confirmed to CBS News. He was 77. A cause of death was not immediately provided, but the band’s publicist said in a statement, “He was in hospice care when he passed away at his ranch in Richmond, TX with family members at his side.” He…
Republican Douglas Ollivant is projected to win the GOP primary for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. He will face Democratic Rep. Eugene Vindman in November. Ollivant is a former official at the White House’s National Security Council who graduated from West Point. Vindman also served as a lawyer on the National Security Council, and he and…
Shannon Taylor has won the Democratic primary in Virginia’s 1st District, CBS News projects, defeating six other candidates seeking the chance to unseat incumbent GOP Rep. Rob Wittman. He’s held the seat since 2007 and has President Trump’s endorsement. Taylor, the Commonwealth’s attorney for Henrico County, was the front-runner in the race. The 1st District…
Voters are going to the polls in five states, including Michigan, where Democrats are watching the expensive and contentious Senate primary contest between populist Abdul El-Sayed and moderate Rep. Haley Stevens. They’re running for retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters’ seat, which is among a handful that Democrats must hold in order to have any chance…
