Here are some of the top headlines from other news outlets around Southwest and Southside:

Politics:

Abingdon Town Council seeks to define loitering. — Bristol Herald Courier.

Number of state employees who telework increases. — Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Halifax County supervisors reject spending more money for new high school. — Halifax Gazette-Virginian and South Boston News & Record.

Economy:

Broadband coming to Virgilina section of Halifax County. — Halifax Gazette-Virginian.

Construction for broadband expansion to start soon in Pittsylvania County. — WDBJ-TV.

Grayson County’s first ABC store opens. — Galax Gazette.

State will issue permits to kill vultures; aimed at farmers who suffer from vultures attacking livestock. — Galax Gazette.

Flooding:

FEMA continues to assess Buchanan County. — WDBJ-TV.