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.