Local Government, Civic Affairs and Education
Its takes an Army of volunteers to keep the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford running smoothly every year, especially during big events like the annual June 6th observance. This Friday and Saturday they will hold training sessions for those volunteers as WFIR’s Gene Marrano reports:
(updated audio) Linking government agencies like the Department of Social Service to local churches and faith-based organizations – pitching in to help children and families in need. That’s the concept behind CarePortal, which debuts in Roanoke today. The story from WFIR’s Gene Marrano:
An associate Supreme Court Justice who helped strike down the all male admissions policy at VMI, reflects on the rulings impact. WFIR’s Clark Palmer has that story.
The 13th president of Hollins University will be Mary Dana Hinton, currently the president at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. Effective August 1, Hinton will succeed interim president Nancy Gray at Hollins, who stepped back into that role after Pareena Lawrence resigned last June. “St. Ben’s” has been ranked as a top 100 Liberal Arts School by U.S. News and World Report. Its also a single-sex school. Hinton, a North Carolina native, says its about nurturing the “humanity, strength and ambition” in young women:
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A judge has tossed out a libel lawsuit filed by Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax against a TV network he accused of slanted reporting on sexual assault allegations against him. U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga in Alexandria dismissed the case against CBS on Tuesday. Fairfax sued CBS seeking $400 million in September, after the network aired exclusive interviews with two women who accused him of sexual assault more than 15 years ago. Fairfax alleged the network reported the allegations in a way that insinuated his guilt. CBS lawyers have defended the network’s journalism and accused Fairfax of using the lawsuit to attack his accusers. Fairfax says he will appeal.
