New Commonwealth Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti talked with the News-Press about a much more ambitious agenda she is hoping to advance in her first four-year term, one which turns the recent decades’ approach to criminal prosecution and even the core notion of the function of the American criminal justice system on its head.
A teacher at Justice High School has been arrested for having a sexual relationship with a student at the school, police announced Wednesday afternoon.
The Arlington native recounted her younger days as a civil rights activist and Freedom Rider in the local area. That included organizing sit-ins from Cherrydale to Shirlington with Howard University students, helping spread the Negro National Anthem to Barcroft Elementary School and attending secret meetings at the then-Little Falls United Presbyterian Church.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam issued the following statement late this afternoon: “We are all thankful that today passed without incident. The teams successfully de-escalated what could have been a
Garry Gekhman visited the children’s center to share his book “Little Yura Learns to Dance,” which touches on how he overcame the bullying in his youth and used those lessons to create a lifetime of accomplishments, all while learning the joy of dance.
With the departure of Tom Polera, five-year veteran Henry Lane has been named the City of F.C.’s new fire marshal.
