Virginia board hears arguments against corporal punishment
The Virginia Board of Social Services heard opposition to proposed rules allowing foster and adoptive parents to spank children. Most speakers urged rejection, sharing stories of abuse and calling corporal punishment harmful, while a minority supported some discipline under certain conditions. Final vote scheduled after public comment ends September 13.
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Virginia Board
Ichmond
State Board of Social Services
Richard Atchison
Fairfax County Foster Care Association
Janet Hodge
Hodge
Jim Fiorelli
Fiorelli
Shirley Fleming
Virginia League of Social Service
State trooper kills man in shootout near Romney
In Hampshire County near Slanesville a state police trooper shot and killed Larry Collins 50 after Collins attacked his girlfriend's 17 year old daughter and faced the trooper with a 9 mm gun. Nathan Lehman 18 alerted police and accompanied Sgt. Aaron Zaltzman to the trailer where Collins was shot twice. Zaltzman is on administrative leave during an internal probe.
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Romney (Ap
Larry Collins
Slanesville
Hampshire County
Aaron Zaltzman
Romney State Police
Collins
Maryland
R.K. Jeffries
Nathan Lehman
Lehman
Zaltzman
Jeffries
Sgt
Death halts start of hillclimb meet
DEL BARTON AP The state Amateur Hillclimb Championship was canceled after a participant died in a motorcycle accident hours before the race. Shane Mallion 38 of Charleston was killed testing a friend's bike when he crashed into a truck. Two truck occupants were hospitalized. their conditions were not released. The crash occurred about 3 p.m. Saturday. the race was to start at 6 p.m. and run through Sunday.
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Del'barton
Shane Mallion
Charleston
Williamson Memorial Hospital
Minute of silence survives suit in Virginia schools
A divided 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to halt a Virginia law mandating a minute of silence in public schools. The ruling allows the statute to take effect July 1 while the ACLU suit proceeds, with a hearing set for Friday.
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Richmond
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Virginia
American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia
US District Court
Claude Hilton
Alexandria
ACLU
Hilton
Rita Warren
Fairfax
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