Format: 2013-05-21

Jimmy Dean Dead at 81

Country music legend and Varina resident Jimmy Dean died Sunday night at the age of 81. He was best known for his smash hit about a workingman hero, “Big Bad John,” and as an entrepreneur for his sausage brand. But here, his friends remember how he used to share with them stories and songs like this one in 1996.

Killer Leads Police to Remains

Virginia State Police say a man who entered a guilty plea last year to charges that he killed his wife now has led persistent investigators to the place where the body was left.

Black Widow | Brown Recluse

What’s Bugging You A fond look at the animals we love to hate. Tune-in each Tuesday morning at 8:35 a.m. on WCVE Public Radio.

Black Widow Spider

Bess Beetle

What’s Bugging You A fond look at the animals we love to hate. Tune-in each Tuesday morning at 8:35 a.m. on WCVE Public Radio.

Bess Beetle

Battersea Foundation Raising Funds

Battersea, the home of Petersburg’s first mayor, Colonial patriot John Banister, stands on the banks of the Appomattox River. An effort is underway to fund its restoration and preservation.

Robinson and Brown Face Off For 27th District House Seat

Tomorrow voters in Chesterfield County will decide who will replace State Delegate Sam Nixon to represent the 27th House district. Craig Carper reports.

Virginia Supreme Court rules against Anglican conservatives

The Virginia Supreme Court has overturned a judge’s decision allowing congregations that broke away from the Episcopal Church to keep their property, and sent the case back to Fairfax County Circuit Court . Charles Fishburne reports.

EPA Wins Fight Over Regulation of Air Pollution

The United States Senate has turned back an attempt to limit the EPA’s power to further regulate air pollution from vehicles and industrial facilities. Charles Fishburne reports.

Historical Society Showing Oddities

A new exhibit, Bizarre Bits: Oddities from the Collection, opens tomorrow at the Virginia Historical Society. It’s a roomful of items you might not expect to see there.

State Supreme Court Rules in Church Dispute

The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the decision of a Fairfax Circuit Court in an Episcopal Church property dispute was in error.