The roads will revert to their original names of Leesburg Pike and Little River Turnpike, which were changed in the late 1960s and 1982.—Washington Post• Three York County high schoolers were arrested after police received a report that they had exchanged texts threatening to shoot, bomb and burn down their school. Stafford police also said there had been two threats against their high school in a single day.—Virginian-Pilot, InsideNova• Montgomery County’s school board tweaked their new policy on transgender students to offer stronger protections to those fearful of disclosing their status to their parents. “This in no way takes away parents’ right to know. It empowers students to be able to make a decision for themselves.”—Roanoke Times• Danville’s city council rejected a motion to move local elections from May to November, in violation of a new state law that went into effect this July. “I don’t like Richmond telling localities when their elections should be,” said one council member.—Danville Register & Bee• “A financial settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit filed by nine protesters over the police response to mass demonstrations in 2020.” In a statement, the Fredericksburg mayor praised the “professionalism” of the city’s police force.—Free Lance-Star• Bristol, Tenn. is beginning legal action against Bristol, Va. over issues with the Virginia part of the city’s landfill, whose odors have caused months of tension.—Bristol Herald-Courier

Source: Washington Post December 09, 2021 16:45 UTC