Human Interest

Survivors of the mass shooting in Virginia Beach in May continue to recover after losing loved ones and experiencing the shock of violence.

Journalist Aarti Shahani had a very different immigrant experience than her father did. He was a shopkeeper who mistakenly sold watches and calculators to Columbia’s notorious Cali drug cartel. But she was a scholarship student at one of Manhattan’s most elite prep schools and later a national correspondent from Silicon Valley, covering the biggest companies on the planet.

The National Weather Service says we can expect snow just before the morning rush hour tomorrow.

Governor Ralph Northam suspended a Virginia Department of Corrections policy on Friday that allows strip searches of minors who are visiting the state’s prisons.

The Trump administration finalized a rule on Wednesday with stricter work requirements for about 688,000 Americans who qualify for food stamps, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

State officials including Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney launched the Foster Friendly Business program Tuesday morning.

A year-long celebration of significant historical events that occurred 400 years ago in Virginia will conclude Wednesday with the 400th Commemorative Ceremony of the First Official English Thanksgiving at Jamestown Settlement which actually took place on Dec. 4, 1619.

Frank Arrigo, a former Life Sciences employee, tells us what life is like after the Kepone Chemical Crisis in Hopewell. He talks about the severe symptoms he endured while working at Life Sciences as a welder, and for years after the plant was closed down and still today.

Attorney General Mark Herring announced plans Tuesday to hire a case manager to help underage victims of human trafficking in the Central Virginia. The new position will coordinate with local agencies to help them reunite with their families, access health care, counseling and other treatments and services.

A look at the 1970’s Kepone Crisis in Hopewell and how this pesticide chemical affected employees of the closed down manufacturer and even closed the James River to fishing for several years. We talk with a researcher from Ohio who spent years analyzing this huge event that was one of the first illegal dumping and toxic chemicals by a manufacturer that caused an investigation by the EPA which closed this factory run by former Allied employees.