Virginia school board overturns old vote and renames two schools after Confederate icons
The Virginia State Board of Education voted Friday to restore the names of Confederate leaders to high schools and elementary schools, four years after they were removed. The Shenandoah County Board of Education voted 5-1 to rename Mountain View High School as Stonewall Jackson High School and rename Honey Run Elementary School as Ashby-Lee Elementary […]
Confederate names reinstated by vote of Virginia county school board
Virginia county school boards voted this week to reinstate the Confederate names of two schools previously deemed offensive. In response to the death of George Floyd in 2020, the Shenandoah County Board of Education has voted to rename two schools in its jurisdiction after Confederate generals. Stonewall Jackson High School was named after General Thomas […]
In reversal of broader trend, Virginia school board votes to restore schools’ Confederate names
In recent years, there has been a concerted effort to sever ties with the country’s past. Iconoclasts and revisionists have toppled hundreds of statues, renamed species, melted busts, removed church windows, dug graves, renamed places, and done so, as the Biden administration did last year. went so far as to eliminate the settlement devised by […]
McGuire Opens Up 14-Point Lead over Rep. Good in Virginia GOP Primary
State Sen. John McGuire (R-Va., 56) has an overwhelming lead over U.S. Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) in the Republican primary for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, according to an internal poll by the McGuire campaign. are doing. This poll was conducted for the campaign by Battlegrounds Connect and is the first share According to Cardinal News, […]
Virginia middle school students, nearly 1,400 strong, attend day of ‘friends, faith and food’
A group of about 1,400 Catholic middle school students in Northern Virginia strengthened their faith, made new friends and enjoyed fellowship on a recent Saturday. Organizers of this event believe that students are laying an important foundation for lifelong involvement in the church. The 20th annual “BASH” is the largest gathering for middle school students […]
Virginia Judge Agrees To Drop Charges Against Five Deputies In High-Profile Murder Case
A Virginia judge approved motions on Sunday to dismiss the charges against the deputies involved in the death of Irvo Otieno, NBC News reported. The decision to dismiss murder charges against five sheriff’s deputies involved in the death of Otieno, a 28-year-old Virginia man who died during his admission to a psychiatric hospital, has sparked […]
Virginia Democrat Jennifer Wexton uses voice assist to give House floor speech: ‘An inspiration’
Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) addressed the House of Representatives using voice assistance on Monday, more than a year after disclosing her Parkinson’s disease diagnosis. “Last year, I was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, or PSP,” Wexton began her floor speech Monday using audio assistance. “PSP has made it very difficult for me to speak. I […]
Small plane crashes in central Virginia, killing 2
Two people were killed when a small plane bound for South Carolina crashed in Virginia, authorities said. Virginia State Police said in a news release that around 9 a.m. Sunday in Palmyra, the Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office received reports of a low-flying plane and an explosion, leading to the plane catching fire in a heavily […]
Detroit man sentenced to 80 years for fatal shootings of 2 West Virginia women
A Detroit man was sentenced Monday to 80 years in prison for the murders of two West Virginia women. Marquis Jermaine Goodman, 24, was arrested in February for the 2021 shooting deaths of Briar Nicole White, 26, and Kitiana Belcher, 22, in Charleston, West Virginia. Pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder. Detroit man […]
Virginia Midlothian High School students miss prom tickets after venue change to the Hippodrome
A group of Virginia high school students will no longer be able to attend prom after a venue change limited ticket sales for the annual event. Midlothian High School prom tickets sold out within days of being available after school officials advertised the annual prom as a week-long sale to students, according to WTVR. Students […]