Current council members Joan Foster (independent), H. Cary (Republican), and Randy Nelson (independent) announced they will seek re-election for their fourth (Foster) and second (Cary and Nelson) terms on the Lynchburg City Council. Currently, the incumbents are set to run against self-proclaimed "conservative democrat" Robert W.T. Short Sr. and 2012 council candidate Rhonnie Smith, both running also as independents. The slate to file for city council candidacy closes in March and will follow with a city vote in May to fill the three at-large seats on the city council.
Delegate Scott Garrett's
House Bill 1112 won committee approval Tuesday. The bill is designed to prohibit chemists from using any loopholes in the current laws to develop synthetic marijuana and hallucinatory drugs by altering the compounds of legal drugs and spraying herbs with the chemical compound. The passage of the bill also stiffens the penalty to the offense, sentencing offenders to prison for up to 40 years.
Officials continue to investigate the January 20th car crash that killed passenger Bronwyn Mae Farris, a 15-year-old Jefferson Forest student. Farris, having failed to fasten her seatbelt, was ejected from the 1992 Honda Accord as her 17-year-old peer ran off the side of the road, hitting a sign and overturning the vehicle. Counselors at JFHS prepare to console students in the mourning of their peer.
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