FOREST, Va. - A local public library is setting the record straight following continuing controversy over a display. In a Bedford County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday night, several people protested and spoke out against the Forest Library, claiming they took down a pride display after complaints.

BLACKSBURG - The Town Council approved changes Tuesday night to the locality's nearly three-decade-old mass outdoor gathering ordinance, adjustments prompted by the evolution of student behavior and pre-game parties. Among the changes, which council approved on a 7-0 vote, is the addition of a voluntary party registration process for smaller events - ones fewer than 200 people - that don't necessarily meet the conditions requiring a town-issued mass gathering permit.

On Monday, a Loudoun County judge ruled that a grand jury investigation into the public school district's handling of two sexual assaults can move forward. While the gender identity of the accused student is unclear, the assaults have been swept up into the political debate about transgender student bathroom policies.

The Fairfax County School Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a proposed plan for "family planning benefit parity" for LGBTQIA identifying employees across the county's system. In a statement, school board member Karl Frisch said heterosexual terms in insurance and family planning benefits cause those who don't identify in a heteronormative way to pay for treatments out of pocket.

The Martinsville School Board will be getting a former city council member and a Martinsville native as its newest members. After a closed session meeting Tuesday night, City Council named former council member Jim Woods and Martinsville native Michael Williamson to the Martinsville School Board.

Franklin County School Board and the Sheriff's Office are teaming up with one goal in mind - to keep all students safe.

shift from summer to back-to-school mode, it's worth stepping back and seeing where we are on the latest effort to reform Virginia's schools. Gov. Glenn Youngkin's and Education Secretary Aimee Guidera's promise to "fix" our public educational system, which they've routinely criticized since January, rests on well-worn approaches.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - With many school districts resuming school in August, parents have begun to re-enter the world of pencils, paper and school buses - but this year, something else is top of mind: school security. "Uvalde is very close to home." Meredith Miller, a new Central Virginian and mother to her 8-year-old daughter, said.

Since April, the public input portion of the city's monthly school board meetings has been dominated by those who want the school division to bring back weekday religious education (WRE). Although it doesn't appear the current school board plans to vote on reinstating the program anytime soon, some of the candidates for open school board seats in this year's election have come out in favor of the program that promotes Christianity and the teachings of the Bible.

Eight innovative ideas from Henrico County Public Schools teachers and school administrators will come to life, thanks to funding from the Henrico Education Foundation. The foundation's latest round of Innovation Grants total $51,077 to fund the projects proposed by HCPS educators, which will benefit more than 4,800 HCPS students.