Outgoing House Appropriations committee chairman Lacey E. Putney, I-Bedford was honored with a standing ovation before Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell presented his 2014-2016 budget to members of the ...

Former Del. Lacey E. Putney returned to the Virginia Capitol on Wednesday for a final, fond farewell. Putney, 89, who died on Aug. 26, was remembered as “the gentleman from Bedford” by House Speaker ...

WASHINGTON — Virginia’s longest serving legislator will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Richmond, House Speaker Bill Howell’s office announced. Former Del. Lacey Putney died Saturday. The ...

RICHMOND -- Del. Lacey Putney of Bedford already had the distinction of being the longest serving member in the history of the General Assembly and, for a brief period, speaker of the House of ...

Bedford Co., VA - When Delegate Lacey Putney announced his retirement after more than 50 years in the General Assembly, it cleared the way for two new names on the ballot Tuesday in the 19th district.

Nine Virginia governors — five in person, four on video — paid tribute Tuesday night to Del. Lacey E. Putney, I-Bedford, who is retiring after 52 years in the legislature. Putney, the powerful ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers plan to honor former Del. Lacey Putney, the state’s longest-serving member of the General Assembly, at a Capitol service this week. Putney will lie in state ...