RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) has issued over $140,000 in grants to local colleges to establish teacher apprenticeship programs in a move designed to combat a shortage of teachers across the commonwealth.

PAGE COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - A valley non-profit is preparing to help upgrade the softball facilities at Page County High School. OneOfUs.Care is looking to gather volunteers to build a roof over the school's batting cages.

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Two students at a Richmond high school are facing assault charges after a fight Monday morning. Richmond Police received a call about a fight at John Marshall High School just after 9 a.m.

A fifth-grade student at Bull Run Elementary School in Centreville, Virginia, approached Bunni Cooper late last week to ask if the two could have lunch together.

School officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, and Arlington, Virginia, are in the process of developing calendars for the next school year as some parents across the D.C. area say current calendars include too many days off.

When Angela Leatham of Haymarket went back to school, her goal was to obtain her teaching certification. She had been a substitute teacher and had volunteered for many years in her children's schools assisting teachers. "I felt like it was my calling," she said.

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools announced that two seniors were recently named school winners in the

A Carroll County man taken into custody Nov. 16 on suspicion of threatening a school shooting and violence against children has been released while police gather more evidence.

A behavioral assistant with the Loudoun County, Virginia, Public Schools, has been charged with assaulting a student. Julie Hancher, 55, of Leesburg, has been charged with two counts of assault, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

Twice a week at Minnieville Elementary in Dale City, Virginia, it's hard for students to concentrate as Cooper roams the hall. Whether he's with Sarah Basler, a counselor at the Prince William County school, or in a classroom, he gets all the attention.