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New this week: 'Bridgerton,' 'Atlanta' return, Maren Morris
Read full article: New this week: 'Bridgerton,' 'Atlanta' return, Maren MorrisThis week’s new entertainment releases include new music from Maren Morris and Machine Gun Kelly, Donald Glover’s “Atlanta” returns Thursday on FX for its long-awaited third season and “Bridgerton” arrives on Friday for season two.
Roanoke woman wins $200,000 from Virginia Lottery scratch off
Read full article: Roanoke woman wins $200,000 from Virginia Lottery scratch offROANOKE, Va. – A Roanoke woman said she had just gotten off work when she pulled out two Jewel 7s tickets that she’d bought earlier. As Laverne Becks scratched the tickets, she had no idea that the second one would make her $200,000 richer. “I scratched the second ticket, and I fell on the floor!” she told Lottery officials. She said she bought the lucky ticket at the Food Lion on Peters Creek Road NW in Roanoke and plans to use the money to buy herself a new car.
New box set has trove of rare, unreleased Elton John songs
Read full article: New box set has trove of rare, unreleased Elton John songsLOS ANGELES – Elton John is opening up his vault and releasing an expansive collection of rarely heard and unreleased tracks. John announced Thursday that the eight-CD collection, “Elton: Jewel Box," will be released on Nov. 13. The collection includes “Sing Me No Sad Songs,” an unreleased studio demo from 1969. The “Jewel Box” collection includes 148 songs, 60 of them unreleased, that span recordings from 1965 to 2019 and his early collaborations with songwriter Bernie Taupin. The songs just poured out of us, and the bands were just unbelievable in the studio,” John said in a statement.
'Something told me to go...and get that ticket': Pulaski woman wins $200,000 in Virginia Lottery
Read full article: 'Something told me to go...and get that ticket': Pulaski woman wins $200,000 in Virginia LotteryPULASKI COUNTY, Va. - A Pulaski County woman who told the Virginia Lottery that she doesn't play very often has won $200,000. Corrina Akers of Dublin scratched a Jewel 7s ticket and top home the top prize. Akers told the Virginia Lottery. The odds of winning the top prize in the Jewel 7s game are 1 in 734,400. Akers is the fourth person to claim the top prize in Jewel 7s, which means six unclaimed $200,000 tickets are still out there, according to the Virginia Lottery.