RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney said he will be in quarantine due to potential COVID-19 exposure after a campaign team member tested positive for the after they interacted with staff at the Richmond City Registrar, where there have been positive cases.Kirk Showalter, General Registrar, announced that 90% of the staff at the Richmond City Registrar is under quarantine after three people tested positive for COVID-19.Stoney released the following statement regarding the matter:"A member of my campaign team has tested positive for the coronavirus after interacting with the...…RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney said he will be in quarantine due to potential COVID-19 exposure after a campaign team member tested positive for the after they interacted with staff at the Richmond City Registrar, where there have been positive cases.Kirk Showalter, General Registrar, announced that 90% of the staff at the Richmond City Registrar is under quarantine after three people tested positive for COVID-19.Stoney released the following statement regarding the matter:"A member of my campaign team has tested positive for the coronavirus after interacting with the...WW…

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WVIR) - The League of Women Voters (LWV) is filing a challenge to Virginia’s witness signature requirement for absentee ballots.With the increased demand for absentee ballots due to the coronavirus, the witness requirement presents a burden for voters’ health and safety LVW said in an announcement Friday, April 17.“The witness signature requirement creates a health risk during the COVID-19 pandemic and threatens to disenfranchise voters who live alone or otherwise do not have access to a witness for their ballot,” LWV of Virginia President Deb Wake said. “Because African...…LYNCHBURG, Va. (WVIR) - The League of Women Voters (LWV) is filing a challenge to Virginia’s witness signature requirement for absentee ballots.With the increased demand for absentee ballots due to the coronavirus, the witness requirement presents a burden for voters’ health and safety LVW said in an announcement Friday, April 17.“The witness signature requirement creates a health risk during the COVID-19 pandemic and threatens to disenfranchise voters who live alone or otherwise do not have access to a witness for their ballot,” LWV of Virginia President Deb Wake said. “Because African...WW…

By and RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - The Virginia Democrats are negotiating an agreement with Richmond’s top election officials following a lawsuit filed Monday over absentee ballot issues. According to Susan Swecker, the plaintiff and the chairwoman for the Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA), the General Registrar violated the Virginia Freedom of Information Act by failing to provide requested records related to voters whose ballots contain errors. Court documents say these records were requested so that the DPVA could notify and assist registered Virginia voters in Richmond with fixing any...…By and RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - The Virginia Democrats are negotiating an agreement with Richmond’s top election officials following a lawsuit filed Monday over absentee ballot issues. According to Susan Swecker, the plaintiff and the chairwoman for the Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA), the General Registrar violated the Virginia Freedom of Information Act by failing to provide requested records related to voters whose ballots contain errors. Court documents say these records were requested so that the DPVA could notify and assist registered Virginia voters in Richmond with fixing any...WW…

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - According to a report by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Pennsylvania State University, school segregation by race and poverty is deepening in Virginia.The report also found that while segregation by race and poverty is deepening, policies made by state and local governments could lead to more integration and better educational opportunities.The report is called “,” and “explores the landscape of school segregation in Virginia and lays out a variety of state-level policy recommendations designed to help local divisions better understand and address...…RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - According to a report by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Pennsylvania State University, school segregation by race and poverty is deepening in Virginia.The report also found that while segregation by race and poverty is deepening, policies made by state and local governments could lead to more integration and better educational opportunities.The report is called “,” and “explores the landscape of school segregation in Virginia and lays out a variety of state-level policy recommendations designed to help local divisions better understand and address...WW…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesville City Council and the are working together on the city’s .The current draft of the plan was presented to council and planners during their joint work session on Tuesday night.The 133-page draft includes several major recommendations and would cost around $10 million.“There’s no question about it, you need some major expenditures,” City Councilor Michael Payne said. “But this is a major problem.”The city’s initiative has been working on this draft since early 2019. It dives deep into long-term policies, drawing up a grand plan to serve roughly...…CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesville City Council and the are working together on the city’s .The current draft of the plan was presented to council and planners during their joint work session on Tuesday night.The 133-page draft includes several major recommendations and would cost around $10 million.“There’s no question about it, you need some major expenditures,” City Councilor Michael Payne said. “But this is a major problem.”The city’s initiative has been working on this draft since early 2019. It dives deep into long-term policies, drawing up a grand plan to serve roughly...WW…

(WBTV) - Federal agents intercepted a shipment of $2.82 million worth of cocaine-coated corn flakes headed across the waters, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in a news release.On Feb. 13, CBP officers in Cincinnati intercepted the smuggled drugs in a shipment of cereal coming from South America. The shipment contained about 44 pounds of cocaine-coated corn flakes, which could have a street value of up to $2,822,400.CBP Narcotic Detector Dog “Bico” was working incoming freight from Peru when he alerted to a large shipment of cereal headed to a private home in Hong...…(WBTV) - Federal agents intercepted a shipment of $2.82 million worth of cocaine-coated corn flakes headed across the waters, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in a news release.On Feb. 13, CBP officers in Cincinnati intercepted the smuggled drugs in a shipment of cereal coming from South America. The shipment contained about 44 pounds of cocaine-coated corn flakes, which could have a street value of up to $2,822,400.CBP Narcotic Detector Dog “Bico” was working incoming freight from Peru when he alerted to a large shipment of cereal headed to a private home in Hong...WW…

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - More plans to get Virginia students back in the classroom are coming together from state lawmakers.“We need to get kids back in school. We need to get kids back in school five days a week, preferably,” said Del. Schuyler VanValkenburg, D-Richmond.The legislation got its start as a Virginia Senate bill that would require schools to provide some sort of in-person learning, but the bill provided no real information on how to do it. In the Virginia House, VanValkenburg morphed the measure to give it some teeth.“Let’s be real right, virtual learning is not in-person...…RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - More plans to get Virginia students back in the classroom are coming together from state lawmakers.“We need to get kids back in school. We need to get kids back in school five days a week, preferably,” said Del. Schuyler VanValkenburg, D-Richmond.The legislation got its start as a Virginia Senate bill that would require schools to provide some sort of in-person learning, but the bill provided no real information on how to do it. In the Virginia House, VanValkenburg morphed the measure to give it some teeth.“Let’s be real right, virtual learning is not in-person...WW…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A spring semester at the University of Virginia that started with the hope of health has instead brought about the hardest-hitting COVID-19 surge in the area since the pandemic began.“We began to see a troubling and unusually large rise in cases among our students,” UVA President Jim Ryan said during a virtual town hall Friday, February 19.The university saw 663 new cases of coronavirus among its student population from February 15-18. Ryan says there is not one group of students to blame, nor was it the fault of the newly found UK variant on UVA Grounds.“We...…CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A spring semester at the University of Virginia that started with the hope of health has instead brought about the hardest-hitting COVID-19 surge in the area since the pandemic began.“We began to see a troubling and unusually large rise in cases among our students,” UVA President Jim Ryan said during a virtual town hall Friday, February 19.The university saw 663 new cases of coronavirus among its student population from February 15-18. Ryan says there is not one group of students to blame, nor was it the fault of the newly found UK variant on UVA Grounds.“We...WW…

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) - The superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute resigned Monday, a week after state officials ordered an investigation into what they characterized as a culture of “ongoing structural racism” at the college. The Board of Visitors accepted 80-year-old retired Army Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III’s resignation “with deep regret,” board President John William Boland said in a statement. “General Peay has served VMI as superintendent exceptionally well for more than 17 years. General Peay is a great American, patriot, and hero. He has profoundly changed our school for the...…LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) - The superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute resigned Monday, a week after state officials ordered an investigation into what they characterized as a culture of “ongoing structural racism” at the college. The Board of Visitors accepted 80-year-old retired Army Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III’s resignation “with deep regret,” board President John William Boland said in a statement. “General Peay has served VMI as superintendent exceptionally well for more than 17 years. General Peay is a great American, patriot, and hero. He has profoundly changed our school for the...WW…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Virginia Department of Health reports there is now a total of 10,998 COVID-19 cases in the commonwealth as of Thursday, April 23, of those 371 are deemed probable cases. This marks 732 new cases of coronavirus since Wednesday. The death total from the virus in Virginia is now at 372, 23 more than yesterday. Two of the reported cases are deemed probable. There have been 64,518 people tested for the coronavirus, an increase of 3,740 since Wednesday. The total hospitalizations is 1,753, 94 more than yesterday. The Thomas Jefferson Health District: Albemarle...…CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Virginia Department of Health reports there is now a total of 10,998 COVID-19 cases in the commonwealth as of Thursday, April 23, of those 371 are deemed probable cases. This marks 732 new cases of coronavirus since Wednesday. The death total from the virus in Virginia is now at 372, 23 more than yesterday. Two of the reported cases are deemed probable. There have been 64,518 people tested for the coronavirus, an increase of 3,740 since Wednesday. The total hospitalizations is 1,753, 94 more than yesterday. The Thomas Jefferson Health District: Albemarle...WW…