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Virginia is set to have its second black chief justice in the Commonwealth’s 232 year history. Bernard Goodwyn has served on the high court since 2008 and will assume his new leadership role on Jan. 1. As the Richmond Free Press reports: The late Justice Leroy R. Hassell Sr. became the court’s first Black chief […]
The resettlement of Afghan refugees displaced by President Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal continues. And Northern Virginia continues to play a prominent role in the process as it has a large and diverse immigrant population. Per Axios: Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, a nonprofit that supports vulnerable immigrants, has resettled about 1,200 Afghan refugees in NoVa […]
A schism between Democrats in Richmond may have sunk their eleventh hour hopes to shore up abortion rights before Republicans seize control of most of state government. However, some members of the state legislature haven’t given up and likely won’t until Republicans officially become the majority in the House of Delegates on Jan. 12. (The […]
It began with a police pursuit over a busted headline — on a bicycle, and ended with a tackle followed by a lawsuit. Now, newly released police bodycam provides the most objective view of what actually happened to Derrick Rountree on Christmas Eve 2018. The Virginia Pilot reports: As the 43-year-old man rode past a […]
While our attention was focused elsewhere, the supposed utopia otherwise known as Charlottesville quietly decided to hamstring its police force. The development comes despite the reality that violent crime is rising in almost every jurisdiction across the country. Bacon’s Rebellion explains: Earlier this year Charlottesville police officer Joseph Wood stopped a vehicle driven by a […]
Former Gov. and Sen. Chuck Robb (D-Va.) is recovering in hospital along with his wife after the couple’s Northern Virginia mansion caught fire. Robb’s wife is Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, President Lyndon B. Johnson’s eldest daughter. The fire caused an estimated $1.6 million in damages. Per Richmond’s 8News: The house is located in the 600 […]
One of Virginia’s more liberal politician is having a less than merry Christmas. Richmond City Councilwoman Stephanie Lynch has been hit with two misdemeanors after leaving the scene of an accident. Richmond’s 8News reports on the councilwoman’s childlike, and illegal, behavior: A police report obtained by 8News details two cars involved; Lynch’s silver, 2015 Mercedes-Benz […]
Bombshell reports and a disturbing lawsuit allege that Fairfax County Police — including a former Chief Ed Roessler — shielded a sex trafficking ring in exchange for free sexual favors. Roessler is also accused of burying evidence when a Fairfax detective’s work threatened to expose him and the other defendants. Warning: the accusations are disturbing. […]
A campaign by parents and students has led to a lawsuit against Albemarle County Public Schools. The plaintiff allege that schools in and around Charlottesville have been indoctrinating students with critical race theory. As Fox News reports: “A public school should not, and in this case under the law cannot, indoctrinate kids in a destructive, […]
When all know the tale of the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth Rock, but how many of us (including lifelong Virginians) know the story behind the first recorded Christmas in Virginia? Fortunately, we can peek 400 years into the past and see how the blessings of the holiday season bring people from all walks of life […]
