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This state is expanding college access, but are students actually prepared to earn a degree?

Chalkbeat examines what Indiana is doing to help its students not only make it to college, but through college successfully.

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks, gun accessories used in 2017 massacre

The high court found 6-3 that the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it reversed course and banned bump stocks.

These car manufacturers are making the most progress in cutting carbon emissions

The General examined Environmental Protection Agency data to see which car manufacturers made the most progress in reducing CO2 emissions in 2023.

Supreme Court ruling: Abortion pill still available but foes vow fight not over. Here’s what’s next

Thursday’s ruling sidesteps immediate seismic political effects, but the issue is still center stage this election year, and the court has another major abortion case ahead.Here are key takeaways.

How the internet has changed the way we send each other money

Sending and receiving money is faster and easier than ever. Uniqodemapped out five ways the internet revolutionized how we transfer money.

With a week to primaries, money keeps flooding Virginia campaigns

U.S. Sen. Tim Kainehas raised over $14.6 million and had $8.6 million in the bank May 29. Kaine has more money than all five Republicans vying in the primary.

Chesterfield County schools employee charged with possessing child p*rn

A Chesterfield County Public Schools employee has been charged with possession of child p*rnography after police recovered inappropriate images of girls he knew while teaching in North Carolina.

Chesterfield County schools employee charged with possessing child p*rn

    A Chesterfield County Public Schools employee has been charged with possession of child p*rnography after police recovered inappropriate images of girls he knew while teaching in North Carolina.

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      Wytheville police investigate pedestrian vs. train fatality

        According to the Wytheville Police Department, there were no suspicious circ*mstances in a fatal Thursday evening incident involving a Norfolk Southern train and a pedestrian.

        Justice Clarence Thomas took more trips on GOP megadonor’s private plane than previously known

          The newly revealed private plane trips follow a bombshell report onthe U.S. Supreme Court justice’s jet-setting lifestyle, bankrolled by friends with ties to conservative politics.

          G7 summit opens with deal to use Russian assets for Ukraine as Italy flexes its right-wing muscles

            A Group of Seven summit opened Thursday with agreement reached on a U.S. proposal to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral.

            Local book store launches with Open House

              The Book House (132 N. Locust St.) celebrated its Open House as part of the Floyd Artisan Trail on Saturday.

              Local News

              Historical homes you can own in the Wytheville area

              Here are some Wytheville homes with history that you might be able to call your own.

              Wytheville neighbors: Obituaries for June 13

              Read through the obituaries published today in SWVA Today.

              Wytheville neighbors: Obituaries for June 12

              Read through the obituaries published today in SWVA Today.

              Wytheville’s most affordable starter homes

              Look through budget-friendly homes for first home buyers and flippers

              Chesterfield County schools employee charged with possessing child p*rn

              A Chesterfield County Public Schools employee has been charged with possession of child p*rnography after police recovered inappropriate images of girls he knew while teaching in North Carolina.

              Lawsuit seeks $20 million from Roanoke County man who called school staff sexual predators

              A former assistant principal's lawsuit accuses Damon Gettier of making false, malicious and reckless statements about her and other school workers.

              Va. man sentenced to 12 years for robbing mail carriers, stealing mail as part of bank fraud scheme

              A Chesapeake manstole mail to obtain checks and sensitive financial information and use them to commit fraud, court records show.

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              Crime

              UVa reaches $9M settlement with families of 2022 shooting victims

              "The settlements approved today is just one small step on this terrible road that these families are on," Elliott Buckner, lawyer for Perry's family, told the press.

              Brother and sister arrested in separate shooting incidents in Marion

              A brother and sister duo are being held without bond following two separate but related shooting incidents in the Town of Marion on Friday.

              Gallery: Police confront protesters at VCU; arrests made

              Richmond graduation shooting: Complete coverage

              This is continuing Times-Dispatch coverage of a shooting that killed two after a Richmond high school graduation ceremony.

              Politics

              Virginia General Assembly to come back to fix veterans education benefit

              The General Assembly will reconsider changes to a higher education benefit for families of military veterans either killed or almost completely disabled while on active duty.

              Trump ally Steve Bannon must surrender to prison by July 1 to start contempt sentence, judge says

              Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon says he'll fight a judge's ruling that he must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence.

              Education benefits for military families caught in political crossfire

              Gov. Glenn Youngkin and General Assembly leaders disagree on when to take another look at education benefits for the families of veterans killed or almost completely disabled on active duty.

              Virginia GOP condemns Trump verdict; Dems say no one is above the law

              Pundits say the verdict could reset the presidential race. Virginia law professors say the verdicts would not bar Trump from serving again as president.

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