âOur administrative team received information regarding a potential threat.â âThis morning, one of our first graders told fellow students on the bus he was carrying weapons.â âEarlier this afternoon, we found a knife at school belonging to one of our third-grade students.â âWe received another anonymous bomb threat...The threat was deemed non-credible.â âThis morning, we received reports of gunshots behind our building.â âA weapon was found in the studentâs book bag. The item was quickly confiscated and determined to be a loaded gun.â Parents across Hampton Roads have received the above messages and others like them repeatedly this year, as schools have worked to transparently and quickly relay information about security-related incidents in their buildings. For the last several months, school safety concerns have kept parents and teachers on edge across Hampton Roads. Particularly since a 6-year-old student brought a gun to school and shot his teacher in a first-grade classroom at Newport Newsâ Richneck Elementary in January, security measures have been top of mind. The heightened scrutiny has translated to numerous discussions in school board rooms across the region, with school officials simultaneously reassuring the public that security has always been a priority for them while also exploring ways to add more layers of protection. As schools finalize their budgets for next year, millions of dollars have been earmarked for a variety of security measures across Hampton Roads schools. Divisions are doing everything from adding security officers to increasing mental health supports. Read more in the Sunday Main News section 
The mud-crusted wallet with roots twisted between the folds, was unearthed ..... in a wooded area of Suffolk. Inside was a Department of Defense common access card issued to active-duty service members. Stroeger, a Navy veteran himself, .... Stroeger contacted Robert Heffernanâs 25-year-old daughter, Shaelynn, on Facebook in hopes of getting the lost wallet back to its owner. But because Stroeger and Shaelynn Heffernan were not connected on Facebook, his message was almost lost. âI thought it was a scam. I immediately thought, you know, this is not real. There was a picture attached to it, but the picture was blurred out because when someone sends you a message and they arenât your friend, it blurs the images. I was scared to click on the image,â Shaelynn Heffernan said. Stroeger had sent Shaelynn Heffernan a picture of the DoD-issued and state-issued identification cards found in the wallet. When she clicked on the image, unblurring it, Shaelynn Heffernan said she immediately recognized the man on the ID cards as her father. Read more in the Sunday Main News section Ocean View, 1995. Journeyâs âSeparate Waysâ blasted from the jukebox as cigarette smoke danced in the air above dim pool table lamps. Cheap drinks sloshed across scuffed-up bartops. Servers plunked juicy burgers and heaping plates of seafood in front of guests. Sailors, nurses and watermen mingled with office workers, engineers and entrepreneurs. Outside, go-go bars beckoned. Cheap hotels and boarding houses welcomed the weary. Sometimes a fight broke out. Or gunfire. But the city was in the midst of a massive cleanup and redevelopment effort, eyeing high-end real estate and more parks â at the expense of some of Ocean Viewâs most iconic watering holes. Twenty years later, only a handful of those booze halls survived. Read more in the Sunday Break section
Fawn Weaver, who runs one of the fastest-growing whiskey brands in the United States, is on a nationwide tour to personally thank some of her best customers for their support and service â military members. Weaver, chief executive officer of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey in Tennessee, was in Hampton Roads Tuesday through Thursday. She held a happy hour at a Newport News restaurant, signed bottles at a Coast Guard Exchange, and met Capt. Janet Days, commanding officer at Naval Station Norfolk and the first Black woman to hold the position. âI want America to see all of the amazing things the military has to offer and why we are the No. 1 military in the world,â Weaver said, âthe strongest military in the world.â Read how to contribute in the Sunday Break section
While the Mambo Room Cultural Dance & Event Center is closing its doors at the end of the month, the heart and soul of the small business cannot be stopped. Kianda Fiske, owner of the studio on 21st Street in Norfolk, said she can no longer financially sustain the current location. âWeâre closing because of all of the things that everyone has experienced after COVID: inflation, rent increases, staff costs, insurance costs and tax costs,â she said. âEverything has gone up, and dance canât support the size of the space that we have.â On April 28, a celebration of the businessâs 16th anniversary will be the last event held at the 6,600-square-foot Ghent location. The event is $20 per person, free to members, and will include performances and, of course, dancing. Read more in the Sunday Work & Money section
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