The Supreme Court of Virginia has reversed a ruling by the Virginia Court of Appeals and, as a result, will require a Patrick County man to reimburse the state Medicaid program over $22,000. Larry Dale Puckett, 61, of Pedigo Ridge Road in Claudville, was sentenced in 2021 to a 12-year active sentence for stabbing Justin Sinclair Hawks of The Hollow Road, multiple times in the chest and side in 2019.
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The community is rallying together in support of first responders battling a fire in Patrick County. A hotel owner closed its doors to regular patrons to fire crews.
By nightfall on Wednesday, the Tuggles Gap wildfire in the Ravens Den, Tuggles Gap, and Blue Ridge Parkway area of Woolwine in Patrick County had grown to more than 850 acres and was only 35% contained.