WASHINGTON (AP) — A former University of Virginia law student disciplined for sexual misconduct is suing the Department of Education over the way colleges evaluate allegations of sexual assault on campus. The student is not named in the lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Washington. The lawsuit says he was allowed to graduate after … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A judge has declared a mistrial in the prosecution of a Virginia police officer charged with murder in the off-duty shooting of an 18-year-old man at a car wash. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports (http://goo.gl/wkqF2x ) Chesterfield County Circuit Court Judge David Johnson declared the mistrial after a jury said it could … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Power company officials in Virginia say they have restored power to approximately 65 percent of the more than 250,000 customers who lost power Thursday night and early Friday morning as a result of severe thunderstorms. Dominion Virginia Power said in a statement Saturday that as of 7 a.m. power had been … Continue reading
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Thomas A. Graves Jr., a former president of William & Mary and later the director of a museum and opera house in Delaware, has died. The current president of William & Mary, Taylor Reveley, announced Graves’ death in a letter to the school community Friday. Graves was the 23rd president of … Continue reading
BOWLING GREEN, Va. (AP) — Police say the driver of a van that overturned on Interstate 95 in Virginia, killing six people, has been charged with six counts of involuntary manslaughter. Virginia State Police said in a news release on Sunday that driver fatigue is being considered as a factor in the crash, which occurred … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Donald Trump’s Virginia campaign chairman has been tapped to help shape the Republican Party of Virginia’s field operations ahead of Election Day. The RPV said Corey Stewart will join former Gov. Jim Gilmore as co-chairman of the party’s field program. The initiative will be far reaching, the party said, and will … Continue reading
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Poquoson police officer is accused of assaulting a woman he once had a relationship with. Media outlets report 41-year-old Earl McNair Jr. was arrested early Saturday and charged with assault, strangulation, abduction and preventing the victim from using her cellphone. Newport News police spokesman Lou Thurston says officers responded … Continue reading
FERRUM, Va. (AP) — Ferrum College has appointed a new president. The university announced Monday in a news release that Joseph Spooner will serve as the school’s 11th president starting Aug. 1. Chair of the Ferrum College Presidential Search Committee Robert W. Todd announced the appointment following the selection by the College Board of Trustees. … Continue reading
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech is installing indoor emergency phones in buildings around campus. The university announced Tuesday that 145 small blue call boxes that connect users to emergency dispatchers at the press of a button are being installed in central building locations this summer. The phones are being installed in academic and administrative … Continue reading
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Supreme Court has announced that it will not hear an appeal of a Danville judge’s decision allowing the Confederate flag to be removed from a monument at Sutherlin Mansion. Media outlets report the Heritage Preservation Association filed a lawsuit after the Danville City Council adopted an ordinance in August … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at Richmond’s jail. Sheriff C.T. Woody Jr. announced in a statement that an inmate, identified as Rashad Dandridge, was fond unresponsive at the Richmond City Justice Center Tuesday. The sheriff says the medical department treated Dandridge, but he was pronounced dead. The sheriff’s … Continue reading
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech’s first black Greek organization has been banned from campus for 10 years after a pledge says he was blindfolded and beaten over several days earlier this year. The Roanoke Times (http://bit.ly/22XKHqS ) reports that the school’s Theta Iota chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity was barred for abusive … Continue reading
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Two people have been injured after a small plane crash near Williamsburg. The James City County Fire Department said units were sent Saturday morning to the crash site about 100 yards south of the Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport. The single-engine plane was upside down, leaking fuel. While the passenger was able to get … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Hillary Clinton has scheduled a campaign stop in Virginia’s Hampton Roads area. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s campaign made the announcement Saturday. Clinton will be in Virginia on Tuesday, June 21. Her campaign says Clinton will “discuss her vision of an America that is stronger when it is united, and lay … Continue reading
CROZET, Va. (AP) — A Virginia hospital is apologizing after accidently sending a sympathy card to the family of a woman who’s still alive. WVIR-TV reports that (http://bit.ly/1YjPpOV ) Marilyn Mullins received a card from the chaplain Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital almost a month and a half after her three-day stay there. The card, which … Continue reading
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