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Virginians continue to gravitate toward vodka crafted in old-fashioned pot stills. Tito’s Handmade Vodka far and away led sales at Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority stores this year, the ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Tito’s Handmade Vodka is once again raising a glass at the top. New sales data shows Tito’s led all products at Virginia ABC stores during fiscal year 2025–bringing in about ...

Virginia’s now-famous “Trashed Panda” has inspired a trio of new cocktails as the raccoon’s viral liquor-store escapade continues to charm the internet Hanover County Animal Protection and ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A furry “suspect” that ransacked a Virginia ABC (Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority) store before passing out in a bathroom after becoming “intoxicated” has inspired ...

While the story itself is true, the video was generated by artificial intelligence. In early December 2025, a video supposedly showing legitimate footage of a raccoon breaking into a liquor store, ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The story of a raccoon breaking into a Virginia ABC store in Hanover County and passing out drunk in its bathroom garnered national attention — and now, there’s video of ...

LEFT BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. WELL, IN VIRGINIA, INVESTIGATORS SAY SOMEONE BROKE INTO A LIQUOR STORE AND THE SUSPECT WAS NOT WHO THEY NORMALLY SEE ON THESE TYPES OF CALLS. IT WAS A RACCOON ...

Authorities responding to a break-in at a Virginia liquor store apprehended an unlikely suspect: a drunk raccoon. The raccoon broke into the Virginia ABC store in Ashland, Virginia, in the early ...

A “very intoxicated” raccoon went on a drunken rampage inside a Virginia liquor store — then passed out face-first in the bathroom, local officials said. The masked bandit was found snoozing in a ...

An unlikely suspect was taken into custody after a break-in at a Virginia liquor store this week—an intoxicated raccoon that authorities say ransacked the shop and later passed out in a bathroom.

Hanover County Animal Protection officers "apprehended" the raccoon and brought it to the animal shelter following its wild weekend Amy McCarthy is an Editor at PEOPLE. Her work has appeared at Eater, ...