Monday, December 31, 2012
Four men were charged in the robbery of a 7-Eleven on South King Street in Arlington.
Three men robbed a 7-Eleven store on Christmas Day, making off with cash, cigarettes, beer and chips, according to the Arlington County Police Department. A fourth person waited in a nearby parked car during the robbery, which occurred at 1:35 a.m. Tuesday at the store, 4689 S. King St., police reported. The four men were caught by Virginia State Police and transported to Arlington. Loren Curtis Wright Jr., 27, of Alexandria, was charged with robbery, use of a firearm in the commission of a crime and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Alan Darrell Jones Jr., 22, of Temple Hills, Md., Oheneba Osei Tutu, 18, of Alexandria, and Castan Emanuel Gordon Jr., 19, of Lorton, were charged with robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Jackpot had climbed to a record $580 million; several people in Virginia won $1 million.
If you bought a Powerball ticket at the 7-Eleven at 5267 Lee Highway in Arlington, you may want to check your tickets. John Hagerty, spokesman for Virginia Lottery, said a $1 million ticket was sold there. Hagerty said $1 million tickets were also sold in Richmond, Daleville and Harrisonburg. The winning numbers for the Wednesday, Nov. 28 drawing were: 5 23 16 22 29 with Powerball number 6. Between Oct. 3 and Nov. 28, Virginia raised $13.3 million in profit from the sale of lottery tickets, Hagerty said. By law, that money must go to K-12 education. Winning tickets of the more than $500 million jackpot were sold in Missouri and Arizona. In Virginia, a big winner taking a lump sum payment would have meant getting a check for $255,742,…
Monday, July 11, 2011
Monday is free Slurpee day at thousands of 7-Eleven locations in celebration of today’s date, July 11 (or 7/11).
The drink has been giving people brain freezes since the late 1950s. 7-Eleven entered into a licensing agreement with ICEE 1967, and renamed the beverage to sell it exclusively at 7-Eleven stores. This month, 7-Eleven is releasing a new flavor, Alienade, in collaboration with the movie “Cowboys & Aliens,” which will hit theaters July 29. Alienade is a combination of strawberry, raspberry and lemonade. There are also multiple collector’s cups available for purchase through the promotion. 7-Eleven this summer also released a “MixMaker Straw” device for Slurpee consumers. The straw lets Slurpee drinkers “create a cool cup of liquid art.” Want a free Slurpee? Check out these 7-Eleven locations to grab your free Slurpee: 3503 Fairfax Dr., …
