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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Virginia has created a new online portal to help students impacted by the closure of the for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute. The website includes information about where students can seek loan forgiveness or continue their education at another institution. ITT shuttered all 130 of its U.S. campuses earlier this month, saying it can’t survive recent sanctions by the U.S. Department of Education. ITT had five campuses in Virginia in Salem, Chantilly, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Richmond. Gov. Terry McAuliffe is encouraging students who attended ITT in Virginia to call their nearest community college to find out how they can continue their education.
Mike Pence
From Liberty University — Liberty President Jerry Falwell has announced that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, currently on the Republican ticket for vice president of the United States, will speak in Convocation on Wednesday, Oct. 12. Falwell told students the news at Convocation on Wednesday. He said Pence reached out to him after reading an editorial that Falwell wrote for The Washington Post. Pence was elected the 50th Governor of the State of Indiana in 2012 and inaugurated January 14, 2013. “I think students will very much enjoy hearing from Gov. Pence,” Falwell told the Lynchburg News & Advance. “I think he’ll be very well received at Liberty. I don’t think Donald Trump could have chosen a better running mate than the governor.” Liberty’s Convocation stage has become a popular stop for those seeking political office. In this election cycle, guests have included Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders, Ben Carson, and Donald Trump, who spoke in January before becoming the Republican presidential nominee. Jeb Bush was the 2015 Commencement speaker. As an institution, Liberty does not endorse anyone for political office and invites all presidential candidates to speak in Convocation.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) _ The Atlantic Coast Conference has followed the NCAA’s lead and is removing all its athletic championships from North Carolina over a state law that some say can lead to discrimination against LGBT people. The ACC Council of Presidents voted Wednesday to relocate the league’s championships until North Carolina repeals the law. The decision includes all championship this academic school year, which means relocating the ACC football title game that was scheduled to be played in Charlotte in December. On Monday, the NCAA said it was relocating seven of its championships scheduled to be played in the state, including the men’s basketball first- and second-round matchups scheduled for next March in Greensboro, North Carolina. ACC Commissioner John Swofford said after the NCAA’s decision that his league would review its next steps.
After three years of having successful employee art shows, Carilion Clinic is hosting its first patient show. WFIR’s Starr Anderson has more details on how you can participate.
Chelsea Clinton (AP photo)
Chelsea Clinton is scheduled to make two campaign appearances today in Roanoke in support of her mother’s presidential campaign. A main goal is to reach millennials, and our political analyst says the visit signals some concerns within the campaign about reaching voters 18 to 29. WFIR’s Evan Jones has the story.
Cirque Du Soleil returns to the Berglund Center with a new show that runs tonight through Sunday. WFIR’s Gene Marrano has more on the unique “Ovo” production:
From the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office: At 3:02 p.m. today Jason B. York, 31 years old of Christiansburg, ran from deputies in the 1300 block of Craig Mountain Rd while they were attempting to serve a Capias warrant on him for Failure to Appear for Court. After a brief search he was unable to be located. The public is asked to call our office at (540) 382-4343 if they have any information on his whereabouts. Previous mug shots are attached.
James Radford
The Henry County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect accused of stealing a car from an 81-year-old man. Officials say James Radford,32, broke into Eli Gentry’s home and took the keys to his 2001 Toyota Camry on August 27th after Gentry refused to give him a ride. The camry was recovered in Danville on Sunday. Radford is wanted on several charges.
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Chelsea Clinton (AP photo)
From the Hillary Clinton campaign: On Wednesday, September 14, Chelsea Clinton will campaign for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine in Roanoke, Virginia. During a tour of a pre-kindergarten facility, Clinton will emphasize her mom’s plans to expand early childhood education before visiting Roanoke College to lay out the stakes of November’s election for millennial voters and discuss her mom’s plans to make free community college and debt-free college available to all Americans. Clinton and Kaine’s plan, the New College Compact, would ensure that costs won’t be a barrier to attending college and that debt will not hold individuals back from achieving their goals upon completing their education.