The Falls Church Schools announced this morning that Craig Cheney has been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by Joan Wodiska’s resignation on the Falls Church School Board. Cheney was elected to the School Board in 2004 and served one four-year term, including two years as chair and one as vice-chair. Since leaving the board in 2008 he has served as a leader of the Task Force on Affordable Housing and as president of the George Mason High School Athletic Boosters. He will be sworn in Monday, Jan. 28.

Every Eight Hours: This September, Make Checking In a Habit
BY JOHN F. CROWNOVER Every eight hours, Virginia loses someone to suicide. In 2023, 1,230 Virginians died by suicide, and nearly four out of five were men. They were fathers,


