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Elementary students honor soldier who died in Afghanistan with song
An elementary school in Chesterfield County, Virginia is remembering a soldier who died in Afghanistan in a special way. Thursday, on the 69th anniversary of D-Day, the kids at Woolridge Elementary sang a song to the family of Kyle Stoekli. He died...
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Four men charged with manslaughter after students drown in suspected hazing
ReutersRICHMOND — Four men were charged with involuntary manslaughter after two Virginia State University students drowned in the Appomattox River during an initiation ritual this spring, police said on Wednesday. The men have already been charged with...Tags: Arts and Culture, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), York (York, Pennsylvania), Virginia State University, Hazing
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Virginia child burned by another child expected to leave hospital Tuesday
A ten year old boy in Chesterfield County, Virginia may get out of the hospital Tuesday after police say anothe rchild burned him. The fourth grader has a severe burn on his back. Police say they got the call about the injury Thursday afternoon....
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Man found not guilty of felony murder faces possible life sentence as repeat offender
matthewu@herald-mail.comJonathan Frederick Bennett was found not guilty of felony murder last month in the March 2011 shooting death of a man at a Martinsburg-area hotel, but now faces a possible life sentence in prison as a repeat offender. Bennett, 41, of Charlottesville,...Tags: Trials, Court Preliminary, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Nelson County, Justice System
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Amber Alert Update: Police find child and mother together in Maryland, other suspect arrested in Virginia
The Halifax County Sheriff says Thursday night's Amber Alert was the result of a custody case in Campbell County. Sheriff Fred Clark says the parents of Alexis Carwile lost custody of the child in a court ruling Thursday. Police say Jennifer Carwile...
Tags: Virginia Department of Transportation, Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia), Prince George County, Prince George's County, Social Services
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Election results reflect continuing shift in Virginia's political landscape
ReporterIt was late Tuesday night, before many Republicans at their Richmond election night party realized the Senate race wasn't going their way, but political analyst Bob Holsworth knew it much earlier when he saw the results coming in from Chesterfield County....Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Government, Bob McDonnell, Elections, Executive Branch
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Man facing charged with sending sexually explicit messages, pictures to girls he believed to be underage
A Georgia man has been arrested by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office on charges that he sent sexually explicit messages and pictures to three girls who he thought were underage. 50-year-old Brian Spivey of Hephzibah, Georgia, was arrested on Oct....
Tags: Bedford County (Virginia), Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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Update: Obama greets supporters at Newport News airport
Daily PressNEWPORT NEWS — President Barack Obama greeted supporters at Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport on Saturday afternoon on his way to Williamsburg to prepare for Tuesday's debate. More than 40 people clapped and cheered as Obama exited...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Michael York, Williamsburg (Bronx, New York), Local Government, Barack Obama
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Nearly 70 percent of Virginia schools meet new education benchmarks
Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...
Tags: Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Appomattox County, Surry County
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Biden stumps in suburban Richmond Republican turf
Vice President Joe Biden made a raw appeal to Virginia's middle class, blasting Republican Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan for what he says is a blueprint for boosting middle-income taxes while giving the rich trillions in tax breaks. Biden...
Tags: Voting, Politics, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Baltimore County's new schools chief won over skeptics in Houston
In the crowded glass and steel lobby of the Houston school headquarters, Principal Susan Monaghan paused briefly to touch the shoulder of her boss, a man with far less experience in the education field and young enough to have been her student.
"I am OK,...Tags: Louisa County, Politics, Baltimore County, Henrico County, Randallstown
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Houston administrator to be Baltimore Co. superintendent
S. Dallas Dance, chief middle schools officer in the Houston school district, has been chosen as the next superintendent in Baltimore County. Dance, 30, had only two years of teaching experience in public schools, and therefore needed and received a...
Tags: Louisa County, Politics, Teachers, Virginia Union University, Elections
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