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Sitting across from a smiling Cortney Whanger in her Henrico County living room, where numerous family photos adorn the walls and a very fluffy, protective house cat watches, it would be hard to guess that Whanger is a survivor of America’s deadliest mass shooting.

As Gov. Glenn Youngkin was assuring Virginians on Tuesday that direct federal aid would not be suspended as part of the Trump administration funding freeze, an internal memo obtained by The Mercury shows that his office was aware of potential problems.

Santia Nance and Gin Carter said they haven’t washed a single dish since their partners were released from prison. 

As both loathe the household chore, Nance’s husband Quadaire Patterson and Carter’s husband Taj Mahon-Haft have been more than happy to take it on. 

Six years before police say he fatally shot his wife and himself, Justin Fairfax had been the tie-breaking vote on state legislation that allows temporary confiscation of guns from people deemed at-risk of harming themselves or others. 

“This is a terribly painful irony,” Del. Rip Sullivan, D-Fairfax, said. “The red flag process is directed at trying to prevent these tragedies.”

Zyahna Bryant’s words have moved tons of bronze.

The statues of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson astride horses were plucked from their perches in downtown Charlottesville early Saturday morning and hauled off by truck to an undisclosed storage location. 

Each month, when his Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds arrive, Daniel Garrett stocks up meats and pantry staples like canned goods in bulk at Walmart. He then visits local discount or dollar stores for nonperishable items. 

 An unassuming and unmarked small brick building has managed to hold the attention of protesters in the year since Bristol Women’s Health set up shop on the Virginia side of Bristol, just across the state line from Bristol, Tennessee.

FARMVILLE — Not far from where Rep. Bob Good, R-5th, defeated his previous Republican challenger in a 2022 convention at Hampden-Sydney College, he recently spoke to a crowd of about 50 in an event room at Charley’s Waterfront Cafe.