PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, Va. -- A massive donation of nearly 1,100 items to the Prince George County Animal Shelter came as a delightful surprise to staffers. "We got cat food, dog food, hard and wet of both!" adoptions coordinator Rachel Monczyski told CBS 6 as she marveled at dozens of toys, leashes, and collars.

Teachers, police officers and other Fairfax County, Virginia, government employees will be getting significant pay raises this summer after the Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday the county budget for fiscal year 2024, which begins July 1. The vote was 9-1 in favor of the $5.1 billion budget.

Williamsburg- James City County schools will remove a book from library shelves following a parent's complaint for the first time. Parent Jill Pyles told the district in a formal complaint she was concerned about profanity in "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," a 2012 novel that was at Jamestown and Lafayette high schools.

The Hanover County School Board voted to name its consolidated school Ashland Elementary School. The new construction will combine John M. Gandy Elementary and Henry Clay Elementary is set to open in 2024. Naming of the school has become a contentious debate in Hanover County, with residents in the community split between the names Ashland Elementary and John M.

The Fauquier School Board unanimously approved at its regular December meeting a state-manda.

Arlington Public Schools in Virginia is proposing a plan that would enable middle and high school students to retake or redo certain assignments and reduce the weight that homework has on a student's overall grade.

LOW MOOR, Va. (WDBJ) -The Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division Board approved the elementary school attendance zone redistricting plan on Monday for the 2023-2024 school year. The plan provides efficient bus transportation and other services to elementary school students in the district.

JAMES CITY - A long-awaited sidewalk improvement project broke ground last week near Clara Byrd Baker Elementary School, meaning that more students could be walking to school in the near future. A collaboration between James City County and Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools, the project will supply walkways, crosswalks and pedestrian signage in the area around the school, including the Governor's Grove and Village Square communities.

BRISTOL, Va. - City residents can expect to pay $60 for trash collection starting in July - a reduction from the planned $72 - due to a series of changes, including reducing the school system's budget by $500,000.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin brought what he called "the entirety of state government" to the Fredericksburg area Tuesday morning to enlist local help - and to demonstrate action the Commonwealth is taking - in fighting a drug that's become a "scourge" across America.