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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -A Richmond, Virginia man is among 32 Americans chosen as 2017 Rhodes Scholars.Cameron Clarke is a senior at Howard University, where he is double-majoring in community health education and biology.Clarke is a certified EMT and has authored six publications. Clarke is co-president of Howard University’s chapter of the Peer Health Exchange and serves as a news editor of the school’s student newspaper, The Hilltop.Clarke is a Congressional intern with the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.Clarke plans to conduct research in primary health care during his time at Oxford University.The Rhodes Trust announced the 2017 recipients of the prestigious scholarship on Sunday. The recipients were chosen from 882 applicants endorsed by 311 colleges and universities.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Virginia is preparing to set an execution date for a man sentenced to death in the New Year’s Day 2006 slaying of a Richmond family.Attorneys will hold a hearing Monday via teleconference with Richmond Circuit Court Judge Beverly Snuckals to set an execution date for Ricky Gray.Gray and another man were convicted in the slayings of Bryan and Kathryn Harvey and their daughters, 9-year-old Stella and 4-year-old Ruby, in a home invasion.The Attorney General’s Office has asked the court to set an execution date of Jan. 17 or 18 to give Gov. Terry McAuliffe time to consider any clemency request.Gray was initially scheduled to be executed March 16 but the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals put it on hold while he appealed the case.
The Roanoke Rescue Mission has named Lee Clark as its next Executive Director and he is no stranger to the mission. Clark served as development director there for 11 years before heading to the American Red Cross in 2011 to serve as the regional CEO. Clark will succeed Joy Sylvester-Johnson, whose family founded the Rescue Mission in 1948. He rejoins the Mission on December 5th – her last working day is on December 23rd
