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Kingsway Prison and Family Outreach founder retires from service
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - After more than 40 years of service to the community, Kingsway Prison and Family Outreach founder, Louise Jennings, will be departing, as she is looking forward to retirement. Although she officially retired at the end of 2023, she stayed on to help the new executive director,...
In a debate over a school name, it's not just parents who are attached to the past
In 1951, William Faulkner wrote, "The past is never dead. It's not even past." It's a line that's been rattling around my head for the past week now, since reading the news of a school district in Virginia that voted to turn back time. How? By restoring the names of two schools that were named after Confederate generals. And what struck me most in reading about the change was not the adults arguing about the names. It was the kids.
Raphine: Middle, high school teachers encouraged to attend ‘Teaching Trees Workshop’ in July
Virginia, simply put, is a forest. While most citizens of the Commonwealth don’t own a piece of the Old Dominion’s woods, they do depend on it and influence its future. Will forestry remain one of the largest industries in Virginia in economic outputs? In addition to fiber, will Virginians continue to benefit from the production of clean air and water from the privately and publicly owned forests within our State’s boundaries?
Spotswood baseball, softball defeats Broadway
PENN LAIRD, Va. (WHSV) - Trailing 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Spotswood’s baseball team rallied for two runs to defeat Broadway 6-5 on Thursday night. With runners at second and third base, Cam Blank singled up the middle to bring in both runs and help Spotswood to a comeback win. The Blazers (15-4, 8-3) now sit a half game behind Broadway (15-4, 9-3) in the Valley District standings.
MTC to auction off two student-built miniature cabins, building future skills
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Massanutten Technical Center will soon be auctioning off two miniature cabins built by students in several programs around campus. Not only are they building houses, but also skills for the future. “So this a great opportunity not only just to learn how to become a great...
The nominating convention that made Woodrow Wilson the 28th president of the U.S.
Between 1904 and 1944, three prominent political figures emerge in the United States, including Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. “And, between them, the president who was born here in Staunton,” author Stan Haynes said of Thomas Woodrow Wilson, who was born in Staunton in 1856. Haynes, author of...
‘He inspires me a lot’: ‘My Fair Lady’ features actor who is deaf
STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - Michael Krysiewiscz has landed a featured role as the prince in the ShenanArts production of ‘My Fair Lady;’ he’s also completely deaf. With his wife, Ciara, interpreting, he was quick to share his excitement about starring in the musical. “I’m ready for the...
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