Education

Artifacts from the former Black school have now been digitized. It’s part of a national push to preserve Black history records and make them more accessible.

The event brings vaccinations, health screenings, naloxone training and more under one roof. Organizers say it could help create a new model for collaboration among agencies that are involved in community health and wellness.

In the suit, Thomas McCracken, a pastor and former school board member, accuses a county parent and a member of the Roanoke City Council of defaming him following a contentious meeting in August.

In Virginia, the partisan schisms are having effects far beyond hourslong school board meetings. They’re dampening morale in classrooms, teachers say, and in some places, longtime board members who have grown tired of the infighting have opted to not seek reelection. 

The LIFT Center at Fallon Park Elementary School in Roanoke is a public-private partnership offering a wide range of health and wellness programs.

Washington and Lee University students help individuals restore or gain driving privileges.

Students have uncovered the names of 371 enslaved and free persons of color who worked during the founding of the college from 1836 to 1865. A video about their findings will be shown Oct. 17.

The rebate and raises are possible due to additional funding the state university received when the General Assembly approved its amended budget.

Linsey Marr’s research on the transport, removal and mitigation of airborne pathogenic viruses became instrumental during the COVID-19 pandemic. Marr is one of 20 people named this week as 2023 MacArthur Fellows.

A Virginia Tech philosophy professor has helped clear up a mistranslation of Newton’s famous First Law of Motion.