February 8, 2022 Loudoun County parents and children serve affidavits to school board calling for them to end mask mandate Parents and children at a school board meeting in Loudoun County, Virginia, served affidavits to board officials on Tuesday evening, calling on them to cease and desist the school district's mask mandate for students and staff.
February 8, 2022 Virginia legislature makes bipartisan move to end school mask mandates A bipartisan group of Virginia lawmakers has moved to end mask mandates in the state's schools as Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order doing the same faces multiple court challenges.
February 7, 2022 Biden at odds with governors from both parties over school mask mandates Biden has been going after several states for not implementing mask mandates in schools, attacking state leaders like Govs. Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida for banning mandates.
February 6, 2022 Smash-and-grab thieves strike multiple DC-area eyeglass stores in broad daylight A string of smash-and-grabs at eyeglass stores in the Washington, D.C., area last month saw thieves target high-end frames and make off with tens of thousands of dollars in merchandise.
February 5, 2022 Virginia Tech-area hookah lounge murder suspect in custody, police say Police in Virginia say the suspect accused of murdering one person and wounding four others in a shooting at a hookah lounge in Blacksburg late Friday night has been arrested.
February 5, 2022 Virginia shooting leaves 1 dead, 4 injured in Blacksburg hookah lounge One person is dead and four others are injured following a shooting at a hookah lounge in Blacksburg, Virginia, around midnight Saturday.
February 4, 2022 Virginia judge grants temporary restraining order allowing mask mandates to remain in schools Students in northern Virginia schools will have to continue wearing face masks after an Arlington judge granted a temporary restraining order preventing Gov. Glenn Youngkin's mask-optional order.
February 3, 2022 Missing Codi Bigsby: 4-year-old’s father arrested, charged with child neglect, Virginia police say Cory Bigsby, the father of missing 4-year-old Codi Bigsby in Virginia, has been arrested on child neglect charges, police said Thursday evening.
February 3, 2022 Black, Republican Virginia delegate says Black Caucus rejected him Black Virginia state delegate speaks to Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ about rejection from state's Black Caucus.
February 3, 2022 Youngkin's mask mandate: Virginia judge weighs governors power to lift decree Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has broad power to issue executive orders overturning mask mandates in schools, lawyers from the state Attorney General’s Office argued Wednesday, while lawyers for local school boards argued that the governor’s action usurps their authority.