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A trailblazer of school desegregation in Charlottesville, one of the women featured in WMRA’s Voices of Integration series, returns to her hometown to address a women’s leadership forum… Virginia’s top elections official attended a conference in February apparently sponsored by conservative groups aimed at tightening voting laws… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad talks about the rich people from elsewhere spending money on Virginia’s election campaign this year….

A new report lists a range of fixes for the embattled Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA to address alleged mismanagement and animal mistreatment… The fate of a statue of Robert E. Lee is still in limbo in a court in Charlottesville… And, in a tale of love amid the difficulties of navigating the child welfare system, the story of how one family in Stuarts Draft was made….

A grand jury has indicted the mother of a six-year-old who shot his teacher in Newport News, and lawmakers formally commended the teacher for her actions that day;Health care professionals in Virginia say they will continue to supply Mifepristone, unless otherwise instructed by the FDA;A class action lawsuit has been filed against the United Network for Organ Sharing in Richmond;And the city of Harrisonburg has begun renovating its 20-year-old skatepark – but not the way the skateboarding community wants it done

The mother of the first-grader who allegedly shot his teacher in Newport News has turned herself in to authorities;A federal judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked federal regulations in Virginia and 23 other states intended to protect thousands of waterways;Charlottesville City Council earlier this week approved a 22 percent increase in the city’s budget;And the General Assembly has concluded its one-day reconvene session

A free healthcare clinic returns to the Valley, with dental, vision and medical services… The family of Irvo Otieno has more questions about how and why the 28-year-old was taken to jail while he was having a mental health crisis… Two years after Virginia abolished the death penalty, a minister who accompanied 28 men to the electric chair has written a memoir about that experience….

Two men escape from a Farmville jail, and one is considered extremely dangerous… Dominion Energy wants to reduce rates for customers… The engineering department at VMI enlists a robot to do battle with ticks….

Governor Youngkin visits Albemarle County to tout the expansion of a local startup… Meanwhile this week, the governor’s plans for diversity, and his plans for next year, have been making headlines, and Jeff Schapiro joins us for analysis… Shenandoah National Park hosts its 37th Wildflower Weekend….

A member of Harrisonburg’s city council is charged with DWI… We take a look at one potential solution to the barriers confronting the placement of solar panels… Early voting in Virginia’s primaries has begun, and one county’s ballots look a little different this year….

The Buckingham County Electoral Board is experiencing more disruption after a judge postpones a hearing on nominations to the panel… The former chair of Virginia's board of elections says the Governor’s decision to exit a multistate voter data partnership is in part due to a year-long misinformation campaign from the right… School board elections are nonpartisan, but the boards themselves seldom are….

A new report calls attention to Virginia's practice of incarcerating people even after their sentence has been completed… Amazon opens a one-million-square-foot warehouse in Fishersville… Full Disclosure’s Roben Farzad analyzes lawsuits over the marketing and availability of vaping products….