Group Decries Treatment of Farmville Detainees by ICE His cough is hollow, a raspy effort he said feels like blades scraping his lungs. Whispering into the phone — his one vehicle to the outside world as he grapples with a reality he calls “a hell we’re living in” — he recites the horrors he’s come…
Here’s how prominent Virginians reacted to Joe Biden’s choice of Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as his vice presidential running mate. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Hillary Clinton’s running mate in 2016: “Joe Biden is running for President to offer Americans character, competence, and compassion — and his choice of [Harris] exemplifies those virtues. I know from…
Three top leaders at the College of William & Mary are taking pay cuts, and the school is instituting a voluntary furlough program in an effort to increase financial flexibility amid COVID-19. The moves underscore that as students prepare to return to campus, colleges and universities across the state are juggling financial pressures as they…
Del. Nick Freitas, R-Culpeper, is putting his military service and family values at the forefront of his first television ads in his campaign for Virginia’s 7th District seat in Congress, a crucial race in Republicans’ effort to regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Freitas, who will turn 41 on Aug. 29, began airing…
From staff reports ‘Add your phone to the COVID fight’: Virginia rolls out new app to alert people of possible coronavirus contact The Virginia Department of Health reported Tuesday that the statewide total for COVID-19 cases is 101,745 — an increase of 996 from the 100,749 reported Monday. The 101,745 cases consist of 97,712 confirmed…
From staff reports A Henrico County office of the Department of Motor Vehicles will be open by appointment as of Aug. 17. The office is at 9237 Quioccasin Road. Amid COVID-19, DMV is rolling out the reopening of offices across the state where customers can sign up for tasks that ordinarily require an in-person visit….
Gov. Ralph Northam moves the May elections to May 19th during the COVID-19 briefing on Friday, April 24, 2020, at the Patrick Henry Building in Richmond Va. Video edited by Alexa Welch Edlund/Times-Dispatch Requests for absentee ballots by mail are surging amid COVID-19 in some parts of the state, according to the Virginia Public Access…
By RICHARD CHUMNEY The News & Advance LYNCHBURG — Liberty University announced Monday that the Rev. Jerry Prevo, the longtime chairman of the school’s board of trustees and a significant figure in the evangelical movement, will serve as acting president of the institution. The news comes three days after Jerry Falwell Jr. agreed to take…
