A 75-year-old man was found dead in the water near Beech Drive in Union Hall after being reported missing Wednesday evening, authorities said.

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) is in the midst of celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, which takes place from April 13 to 19, 2025.

The Pittsylvania 911 Center is experiencing a power outage, causing a complete loss of communication capabilities, with calls being temporarily rerouted to the City of Danville.

Rockbridge County Fire-Rescue is launching the PulsePoint app on Feb. 14 to enhance community health and engagement in Rockbridge County and the cities of Buena Vista and Lexington.

Roanoke’s 911 Center is stepping into the future with the launch of its new Next Generation 911 (NG911) system, a cutting-edge digital network that’s transforming the way emergency calls are handled.

Rockbridge County residents may face difficulties reaching 911 due to a network outage affecting multiple carriers, but emergency calls are being rerouted, and texting 911 remains operational.

911 phone lines are working again after an overnight outage in Wythe County.

The issues with both 911 landline and cellphone calls to the Floyd County 911 Center have now been fixed.

Prank 911 calls can now come with anywhere from a Class One Misdemeanor to a Class Five Felony.

A North Sea storm has led to dozens of train and ferry cancellations in northern Denmark and southern Norway.

LaToya coached the caller through the baby’s arrival, and the baby was delivered safely, the post said.

911 service is not currently functional for AT&T customers.

The Martinsville-Henry County 911 Center launched a new online database for citizens to enter mental health information.

This week marks National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week to honor the work that 911 dispatchers do to keep the community safe.

But while the world is sad over Thompson’s passing, he at least had 19 more years of living after nearly dying during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But Rome’s producer, Danny Schwartz, asked that he fly out a day later to accommodate the show’s schedule. Thompson told Schwartz that wouldn’t work and he was unhappy at the suggestion, but after Schwartz insisted, Thompson changed his flight. Ten years after that day, Thompson went on Rome’s radio show to reminisce, starting with a message Thompson’s assistant relayed to him. “Let me tell you something, if you’re ever in Washington, D.C., you look me up,” Thompson told Schwartz.

SOUTH BOSTON, Va. – Firefighters found the body of a 75-year-old woman as they were working to extinguish a house fire in South Boston on Tuesday. The 911 came in at 11:41 a.m. for a house fire at 1929 Crawley Ave. Firefighters arrived to find a two-story home engulfed in heavy smoke and flames, according to the South Boston Police Department. The house was declared a total loss after the heavy fire damage, according to police. Virginia State Police’s Bomb and Arson Unit is assisting South Boston police in the investigation to determine the fire’s cause and origin.

BEDFORD, Va. – Bedford County deputies have arrested a man they say barricaded himself in a home after three people were shot. Around 11:30 p.m. on Monday, Bedford County 911 received a call from the 100 block of Shepherd Lane reporting gunshots. They told deputies that the man who shot them was still inside the home. The suspect, who deputies later identified as 56-year-old Mark Edwin Turner, barricaded himself in the home for about two hours. "When deputies attempted to make contact he refused to come out," said Lt. Kyle Williams with the Bedford County Sheriff's Office.