@AlisciaAndrews / Twitter screen shot Watch: Fed-Up Dad Demands Schools Reopen in Fiery Speech to School Board 'The garbage workers who pick up my freakin' trash risk their lives every day,' the father said. 'More than anyone in this school system.' By Elizabeth Stauffer January 29, 2021
Elijah Nouvelage / Getty Images Judge Rules Last-Minute Changes to State's Election Law Were Illegal Pennsylvania was not the only state to change election rules amid the COVID pandemic. Now one proposed rule in Virginia has been struck down. By Erin Coates January 27, 2021
Images by Tang Ming Tung / Getty Images Woman Claims She Got Sick COVID Surprise When She Opened Her Christmas Package Andrea Ellis says she found the COVID-19 test in the bottom of a Christmas package she ordered from Kohl's. By C. Douglas Golden December 27, 2020
Peter Vlaming / Facebook screen shot Flashback: Teacher Sues School Board After Being Fired - He Refused To Compromise on Trans Pronouns A Virginia teacher filed a lawsuit claiming wrongful termination after he was fired for refusing to use a transgender student's male pronouns. By Deborah Van Kempen December 25, 2020
Getty Images Ambulance Crew Hit with Hail of Gunfire; 1 Shoots Back and Proves He's the Superior Marksman While both paramedics were hit by gunfire, police said, one of them was carrying -- and he took out the shooter before they were killed. By C. Douglas Golden December 23, 2020
Frank Pichel / Facebook How One Man Started 'Pay What You Want' Christmas Tree Lot To Raise Thousands of Dollars 'When people want a Charlie Brown tree, they want the uniqueness and the weirdness. The ones with the fewest branches sold the quickest.' By The Associated Press December 22, 2020
WTVR CBS 6 News / Facebook screen shots UPS Driver Left in Tears When He Sees What Entire Neighborhood Had Done There were definitely tears, and Gaskin's supervisors got in on the celebration as well, recognizing their employee's hard work. By Amanda Thomason December 21, 2020
Jack Mayer / Office of Governor of Virginia / AP Statue of Robert E. Lee Removed from US Capitol Overnight 'There is no room for celebrating the bigotry of the Confederacy in the Capitol or any other place of honor in our country,' Nancy Pelosi said. By Kipp Jones December 21, 2020
Zach Gibson / Getty Images After Telling Virginians They Didn't Need AR-15s, Northam Tells Them They Don't Need Church Pews Either 'For me, God is wherever you are. You don’t have to sit in the church pew for God to hear your prayers,' Northam said. By C. Douglas Golden December 13, 2020
Steve Helber / AP Virginia Military Institute Removes Statue of Former Professor Stonewall Jackson 'Unlike many communities who are grappling with icons of the past, VMI has direct ties to many of the historical figures.' By The Associated Press December 7, 2020