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Prosecutors drop charges against 10-year-old Virginia boy arrested for bringing toy gun on school bus
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- Alexandria prosecutors say charges have been dropped against a 10-year-old boy who was arrested for bringing a toy gun onto a school bus. The student's mother, Nakicha Gilbert, says she is glad the ordeal is over, but it should...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Lawyers, Justice System
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HIGH SCHOOLS: Tuesday night basketball scores
GIRLS BASKETBALL Albemarle 54, Mountain View 51 Alleghany 66, Rockbridge County 52 Altavista 54, Appomattox 16 Bassett 53, Magna Vista 31 Battlefield 45, Broad Run 44 Bayside 80, Ocean Lakes 74 Bishop O'Connell 72, Archbishop Carroll,...
Tags: Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia), Surry (Surry, Virginia), Lakes and Ponds, Carroll County (Maryland), Orange County (Virginia)
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HIGH SCHOOLS: Tuesday girls and boys basketball scores
GIRLS BASKETBALL Atlantic Shores Christian 33, Stonebridge Christian 25 Atlee 56, Hanover 48 Bassett 60, Martinsville 29 Bayside 44, Frank Cox 34 Bethel 49, Hampton 35 Blacksburg 65, Pulaski County 47 Booker T. Washington 37,...
Tags: Mathews (Mathews, Virginia), Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia), Windsor (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Carroll County (Maryland), Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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HIGH SCHOOLS: Tuesday basketball scores
GIRLS BASKETBALL Abingdon 57, Richlands 53 Alleghany 43, William Byrd 34 Amelia County 53, Cumberland 40 Atlantic Shores Christian 38, Portsmouth Christian 26 Atlee 61, Lee-Davis 43 Auburn 72, Eastern Montgomery 29 Bayside 53,...
Tags: Mathews (Mathews, Virginia), Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia), Lakes and Ponds, Carroll County (Maryland), Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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Democratic lawmakers unveil gun proposals in Richmond
ReporterA month after the school shootings in Connecticut, President Obama is preparing to unveil a major gun control proposal Wednesday morning. And Virginia lawmakers are promoting legislation they say will make an immediate impact on gun safety in the state....Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Shootings
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UPDATE: Woman killed in crash on I-81 South in Pulaski County identified by state police
Virginia State Police have identified the woman who was killed in a three-vehicle accident Thursday on Interstate 81 South in Pulaski County. The victim has been identified as 47-year-old Sharon Tate of Alexandria, Virginia. She died at the scene of...
Tags: Sharon Tate, Traffic, Rockbridge County, Montgomery County (Virginia), Accidental Death
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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: Hanover County, Goochland County, Buena Vista (Buena Vista, Virginia), Chesterfield County, Bedford County (Virginia)
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Martinsville's jobless rate remains highest in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The city of Martinsville's jobless rate remained the highest in Virginia in August. The Virginia Employment Commission says the city's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was 15.9 percent, down from 16.4 percent in July and 20....
Tags: Washington, DC, Employment, Unemployment, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Labor Markets
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Virginia Department of Education releases SOL results
Ninety-three percent of Virginia's public schools are fully accredited, according to numbers released Wednesday afternoon by the Virginia Department of Education. According to the VDOE, 96 percent of elementary schools and 88 percent of middle schools...
Tags: Pittsylvania County, Human Interest, Northampton County (Virginia), Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Giles County
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25-year minimum for Virginia man in Capitol bomb plot
A judge will decide whether a Virginia man gets 25 or 30 years in prison for plotting to detonate a suicide bomb at the U.S Capitol in an undercover sting. Amine El-Khalifi of Alexandria pleaded guilty in June and will be sentenced Friday in federal...
Tags: Punishment, Emergency Incidents, Suicide, Explosions, Al-Qaeda
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Targeting gangs throughout Virginia
Multimedia JournalistAttorney General Ken Cuccinelli will kick off a series of five community and law enforcement gang trainings across the Commonwealth. The first training will take place in Radford. The training sessions are part of the attorney general's larger anti-gang...Tags: Gang Activity, Ken Cuccinelli, Crime, Law and Justice
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