Morning News Weekends

Morning News Weekends

Morning News Weekends

Saturdays & Sundays from 6 – 8am

Wendy Edwards gives you all the info you need for the weekend with updates on news, traffic and weather.

Saturday, April 2, 201604/02/2016

Emily Taylor

A smartphone gun. What could possibly go wrong? To weigh the truth of that, here’s Emily Taylor of U.S. Law Shield.

Saturday, April 2, 201604/02/2016

Chief Andrew Pullen

The fire service is built around brotherhood. It’s a service where you build relationships with people – they become close friends. So it only makes sense that when firefighter Victor Breeden was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma, the world would come together for the man who has always been there for everyone else. Chief Andrew Pullen details.

Sunday, March 27, 201603/27/2016

Author D. Michael MacKinnon

The Forty Days: A Vision of Christ’s Lost Weeks is a vision of the forty days Jesus walked the earth after the resurrection written by Douglas Michael MacKinnon.

Saturday, March 26, 201603/26/2016

Michael Guthrie

Michael Guthrie joins Wendy Edwards to talk about a special Easter Sunrise Service.

Saturday, March 26, 201603/26/2016

The Easter Bunny

Updates on what’s happening this weekend for families who celebrate Easter.

Saturday, March 26, 201603/26/2016

Will Norton and Isabella Ronchetti

Renaissance School students Will Norton and Bella Ronchetti, have been chosen as finalists in the Virginia Festival of the Book’s youth High School Poetry & Prose Contest.

Saturday, March 26, 201603/26/2016

Tech Talk

Bryant Harrison joins the program for his weekly Tech Talk.

Saturday, March 12, 201603/12/2016

Laara Gervais

Laara Gervais joins Wendy Edwards to talk about the Scottsville logo contest.

Sunday, March 6, 201603/06/2016

New SAT challenges

Jean Burk joins us to discuss the new challenges facing SAT test takers.

Saturday, March 5, 201603/05/2016

Literacy Volunteers

Wendy Edwards is joined by guests from Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle.

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