The Virginia Department of Health rolls out a new program to help schools test for COVID-19. It’s called “Virginia School Screening Testing for Assurance” and students, teachers and staff who are asymptomatic can volunteer to be tested as a way to prevent the spread of the virus. Testing will be done by contractors and if … Read more
Virginia’s COVID-19 vaccine czar Dr. Danny Avula announced booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine will not be made available after the FDA last week only authorized it for those 65 and older and those with compromised immune systems. Avula says they will await further word from the FDA before any decision on boosters is made. … Read more
Even though the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors cancelled a public haring regarding the removal of the Civil War monument on the Historic Courthouse grounds the public still weighed in on the matter during the Board’s meeting last week. The Southside Sentinel reports comments for and against the removal were made during the meeting’s public … Read more
Rappahannock Community College’s Rappahannock Institute for Lifelong Learning conducts an online seminar on Sept. 23 regarding issues surrounding end-of-life care. It takes place starting at 2:00 p..and features Peggy Battin who is a professor of philosophy and adjunct professor of internal medicine at the University of Utah. Battin’s presentation entitled “Choosing the Least Worst Death” … Read more
The Richmond County Board of Supervisors is awarding another round of grant funding to non-profit organizations which is coming from the County’s portion of the American Rescue Plan Act. The board says with COVID-19 contninuing to impact the region it’s important to help non-profits minimize the recent negative impacts as best as possible. Applications are … Read more
The trial for a Weems man charged in a 2020 homicide is delayed until November. The Rappahannock Record reports an increaase in COVID-19 cases caused the delay in Matthew Chapman’s trial which was to have started last Monday. Chapman is charged with killing John Gordon of Kilmarnock at Chapman’s former home in White Stone. He … Read more
The Gloucester County Wetlands Board gives the green light to two of three action requests following public hearings at its meeting last week. According to the Gazette Journal the requests approved were to install a bulkhead at a Little England Road address and installing riprap reventment at a Piankatank Drive location. A request to replace … Read more
The King and Queen County Sheriff’s Office needs your help to find a woman from the Hampton Roads region who is wanted for drug possession. 34-year-old Abagail Lynn Prusia is white, 5′ 8″ tall and 15o pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. If you have any information on Prusia’s whereabouts contact the King and … Read more
The Virginia Department of Health announced the addition of a scannable barcode used with smartphones is now added to the commonwealth’s COVID-19 vaccination records. The QR code allows anyone to show proof of vaccination instead of a paper card, and without the need for an app. A person vaccinated in Virginia can visit vaccinate.virginia.gov to … Read more
Virginia students taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test – now known as the SAT – performed better than those in other countries. That news was shared by the Virginia Department of Education which reported that of the nearly 40,000 2021 graduating seniors who took the SAT, 63% either met or exceeded the College Board’s college-readiness benchmarks … Read more