What's News Today, Thursday, August 14th

(WSLS) - Army Major General Harold Greene will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Greene was killed August 5 in Afghanistan when his group was ambushed at an Afghan training facility outside Kabul. 20 others were hurt. The 55-year-old New York native is the highest-ranking fatality in the war in Afghanistan.

Funeral services will be held this morning for 20-year-old Sprint car racer Kevin Ward Jr. He died Saturday after being hit by Tony Stewart's car at a dirt track race in New York. The investigation is still on-going.

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Centra is holding the first of two public forums on healthcare tonight in Bedford. It's to gather feedback from the community after Centra took full ownership of Bedford Memorial Hospital in July. The meeting is at 6 p.m. at Liberty High School.

Dairy Queens ranging from Rocky Mount to Wytheville and everywhere in between will be donating at least one dollar of every Blizzard sold today to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. The money raised will go to Carilion Clinic Children's Hospital. Click here to find a location near you.


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