A sampling of stories that time didn't allow me to feature on the air today.
The annual beginning of the school year reminds me to point out yet again that the safest way for students to get to school is, by far, the school bus. The Virginia DMV reports there were 572 accidents involving school buses in Virginia last year, but zero fatalities. In the majority of those accidents, the bus driver was found to be not at fault. Here's the DMV's news release.
The Norfolk SPCA has taken in more than a dozen dogs from a shelter in Chowan County, North Carolina, which ran out of room after Hurricane Irene. The Norfolk shelter will put the displaced dogs up for adoption. www.NorfolkSPCA.com
Firefighters say the Great Dismal Swamp wildfire is about 90 percent contained but is still not out. A spokesman for the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge says it will take substantially more rain than the foot or so provided by Hurricane Irene to completely extinguish the fire.
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