Two felons escaped from Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia on Easter Sunday. Thus far, only one has been apprehended. Bryant Wilkerson, 29, fled the psychiatric facility alongside Austin Leigh, 31. Wilkerson remains on the loose and is considered “armed and dangerous.” The Washington Examiner reports: “State and local police departments are still actively searching […]
The fallout from the botched handling (to put it mildly) of a sexual assault case that rocked Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) could lead to criminal charges for certain officials who now find themselves under the scrutiny of a grand jury. The revelation that the district quietly transferred the student from Stone Bridge High School […]
The Virginia State Police have partnered with the Department of Homeland Security and the Virginia Trucking Association to help bring an end to human trafficking. The initiative is called “Operation Safe Passage. ” Launched on Monday at 10 a.m. during a ceremony at the Virginia Welcome Center on I-95 in Caroline County, and set to […]
A law set to take effect on July 1, 2023, will crackdown on “farm use” vehicle abusers. Currently, there are certain exemptions in place for farmers to use farm vehicles on state roads with minimum requirements. These are typically vehicles weighing less than 7,500 pounds and plan to be operating along a highway for no […]
Former public school administrator Emily Mais is suing the Albermarle County School Board, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), accusing the school board of creating a racially hostile work environment that ultimately forced her to leave her job in September 2021. Mais, who formerly served as an elementary art teacher for seven years, had […]
Masks are no longer required to travel at airports or other forms of public transportation nationwide, including the DC/Virginia metro. Following a lawsuit, a federal judge in Florida has voided President Biden’s national mask mandate, saying that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention failed to justify the mask order, and also did not follow […]
A federal lawsuit in Norfolk has accused a towing company of illegally seizing and selling vehicles belonging to service members deployed overseas. In the lawsuit filed on Friday, federal officials accuse Steve’s Towing of Virginia Beach of illegally seizing and selling vehicles belonging to seven service members, including a SEAL Team member while he was […]
Jonathan George Skocik, a staff member at John Jenkins Elementary School in Woodbridge was arrested Friday after an investigation by police and Child Protective Services found him to be suspected of sexually assaulting several children at the school. According to a report from Fox News, Skocik was removed last month during the investigation, where it was […]
Virginia’s economic outlook has continued its precipitous drop and now barely ranks in the top half among the American states.
A marquee issue for the Youngkin administration is getting some much-needed attention, as plans are being drawn up to streamline the complicated regulatory and permitting processes for environmental projects. According to The Virginia Mercury, the Chief environmental officials in Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration say that one of their primary priorities during the next four years […]
