Three separate trials will be held next year to adjudicate charges against the former superintendent of a northern Virginia school system as well as the system’s primary spokesman.… Read more
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Deal Could Make Disabled Students’ Classmates Wear Masks
Disabled students can request that their peers be required to wear masks in class in 12 Virginia schools under the terms of a settlement reached Monday.… Read more
Virginia Del. Ronnie Campbell Dies After Cancer Battle
Republican Virginia Del. Ronnie Campbell, a former state trooper and member of the House of Delegates from the Shenandoah Valley, died this week after a battle with cancer, the House speaker’s office announced Tuesday.… Read more
Numbers on Panel Examining Va. Beach Mass Shooting Dwindle
Several members of a state commission tasked with conducting an independent investigation of a 2019 mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, have stepped down in recent months — raising doubts among some whether the panel can perform its job.… Read more
Confederate Monument Set to be Removed from Virginia Capital
Work to relocate Richmond’s final city-owned Confederate monument should start this week after a judge refused a request to delay the removal of the statue of Gen. A.P. Hill from its prominent spot in Virginia’s capital, an official said.… Read more
Free Ride: DC Unveils Bold Plan to Boost Public Transit
The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare for the District of Columbia and other major cities that public transit was a lifeline for essential workers and that even modest fares could be a burden to them. So the nation’s capital is introducing a groundbreaking plan: It will begin offering free bus fares to residents next summer.… Read more
House Report: Snyder had Role in ‘Toxic’ Commanders Culture
The Washington Commanders created a “toxic work culture” for more than two decades, “ignoring and downplaying sexual misconduct” by men at the top levels of the organization, according to a report published Thursday by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform.… Read more
Deputy Who Killed Teen’s Family was on Psych Hold in 2016
A Virginia sheriff’s deputy who killed the family members of a 15-year-old California girl he tried to sexually extort online had been detained in 2016 for a psychiatric evaluation over threats to kill himself and his father, years before he joined law enforcement, according to a police report.… Read more
Superintendent Fired After Investigation Into Assaults
A northern Virginia school board has fired its superintendent after a special grand jury accused him of lying to the board about the sexual assault of a student.… Read more
Walmart Employees Hurt in Virginia Shooting Out of Hospital
The last two patients who were wounded when a Walmart employee in Virginia opened fire on his co-workers in an employee break room have been released from the hospital.… Read more
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3 Trials to be Held Against Loudoun School Administrators
Three separate trials will be held next year to adjudicate charges against the former superintendent of a northern Virginia school system as well as the system’s primary spokesman.… Continue Reading
Deal Could Make Disabled Students’ Classmates Wear Masks
Disabled students can request that their peers be required to wear masks in class in 12 Virginia schools under the terms of a settlement reached Monday.… Continue Reading
Virginia Del. Ronnie Campbell Dies After Cancer Battle
Republican Virginia Del. Ronnie Campbell, a former state trooper and member of the House of Delegates from the Shenandoah Valley, died this week after a battle with cancer, the House speaker’s office announced Tuesday.… Continue Reading
Numbers on Panel Examining Va. Beach Mass Shooting Dwindle
Several members of a state commission tasked with conducting an independent investigation of a 2019 mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, have stepped down in recent months — raising doubts among some whether the panel can perform its job.… Continue Reading
Confederate Monument Set to be Removed from Virginia Capital
Work to relocate Richmond’s final city-owned Confederate monument should start this week after a judge refused a request to delay the removal of the statue of Gen. A.P. Hill from its prominent spot in Virginia’s capital, an official said.… Continue Reading
Free Ride: DC Unveils Bold Plan to Boost Public Transit
The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare for the District of Columbia and other major cities that public transit was a lifeline for essential workers and that even modest fares could be a burden to them. So the nation’s capital is introducing a groundbreaking plan: It will begin offering free bus fares to residents next summer.… Continue Reading
House Report: Snyder had Role in ‘Toxic’ Commanders Culture
The Washington Commanders created a “toxic work culture” for more than two decades, “ignoring and downplaying sexual misconduct” by men at the top levels of the organization, according to a report published Thursday by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform.… Continue Reading
Deputy Who Killed Teen’s Family was on Psych Hold in 2016
A Virginia sheriff’s deputy who killed the family members of a 15-year-old California girl he tried to sexually extort online had been detained in 2016 for a psychiatric evaluation over threats to kill himself and his father, years before he joined law enforcement, according to a police report.… Continue Reading
Superintendent Fired After Investigation Into Assaults
A northern Virginia school board has fired its superintendent after a special grand jury accused him of lying to the board about the sexual assault of a student.… Continue Reading
Walmart Employees Hurt in Virginia Shooting Out of Hospital
The last two patients who were wounded when a Walmart employee in Virginia opened fire on his co-workers in an employee break room have been released from the hospital.… Continue Reading