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The Newport News Special Grand Jury found a number of security risks and issues with former Richneck Elementary Assistant Principal Ebony Parker's responses leading up to a first-grade student shooting his teacher last year. (Photo by Laura Philion)

A Newport News grand jury report says the former Richneck Elementary assistant principal dismissed concerns from four faculty members in the hours before a student shot teacher Abby Zwerner.

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Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander (far left), Chesapeake Mayor Rick West, Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones, Portsmouth Mayor Shannon Glover, Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer and Suffolk Councilman Leroy Bennett pose for a photo after a panel discussion on housing. (Photo by Ryan Murphy)

Ignoring the NIMBYs and incorporating housing into economic development are among the potential steps forward, local leaders say.

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MacArthur’s mother was from Norfolk and the famous Army General was buried in the city when he died in 1964.

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Dozens of Virginia Beach fire and EMS staff pushed City Council to allow them to collectively bargain a contract at a public hearing on April 9. (Photo by Ryan Murphy)

Virginia Beach has until the end of May to decide whether to approve or reject the request from the firefighters' union.

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 Virginia Wesleyan’s new Center for Career Development and Neurodiversity will provide services for students and people with autism and disabilities on campus and through their workforce development programs.

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The VA has proposed expanding the list of places where it will assume veterans were exposed to Agent Orange and other herbicides. It would include parts of Canada and India, but not Panama.

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Marvin Lake, the Virginian Pilot’s first Black reporter and editor, died March 27 at 80 years old.

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Rob Fisher, known for musical direction on Broadway, is leading a performance of “Sweeney Todd” on April 13.

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