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Has your child seen an Instagram post warning of a school shooting? It could have been created hundreds of miles away 09/18/2024 05:30pm • If your kid is on Instagram, they may have already seen threats made online about their school or one nearby. On Wednesday, Keisha Taylor���s son took a picture of one such post that was on his friend���s phone. It included a close-up image of a handgun and warned that three schools: Central High Acquitted of perjury, longtime Loudoun Co. schools spokesman has new book on school 'culture war' 09/17/2024 05:21pm • He spent 20 years as the spokesman for Loudoun County Public Schools and then found himself at the center of a national controversy ��� and a felony perjury trial ��� over the school system's handling of two sexual assaults by the same student. Now, Wayde Byard, who was acquitted last year in hi Virginia Department of Education releases final cell phone-free school guidelines 09/17/2024 05:14pm • The Virginia Department of Education announced on Tuesday that it has published its��final cell phone-free education guidelines. Two months ago, the governor directed the department to develop them to limit students��� time using ���addictive��� cellphones in schools and eliminate ���clear distracti 'All About That Bass': Meghan Trainor joins WTOP with Md. native Chris Olsen before Jiffy Lube Live 09/16/2024 02:28pm • She's all about that bass, no treble ��� and he's all about returning to his home base, no trouble. Meghan Trainor brings her "Timeless" tour to Jiffy Lube Live in Virginia on Tuesday alongside singer, actor and TikTok guru Chris Olsen, who grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland. "I feel like I've l Montgomery County parents ask Supreme Court to review use of LGBTQ books in lower grades 09/16/2024 01:06pm • A group of Montgomery County parents has asked the Supreme Court to review the school system���s refusal to let them opt their children out of classes that use LGBTQ+ books in lower elementary school grades. The petition, filed last week, claims the school system���s refusal to let parents Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry returns to country music roots with solo tour at Rams Head in Annapolis 09/13/2024 03:02pm • The Band Perry burst onto the scene 14 years ago with some of the best country songs of all time. Now, the talented Kimberly Perry brings her first solo tour to Rams Head in Annapolis, Maryland, on Sunday night. "I was super excited to be invited up to Rams Head," Perry told WTOP. "We're k Judge orders prosecutor to turn over video of Mamta Kafle Bhatt leaving work; defense claims missing Va. mom is still alive 09/13/2024 12:27pm • A judge ordered prosecutors in Prince William County, Virginia, to turn over to the defense a video showing Mamta Kafle Bhatt leaving work at UVA Health Prince William Medical Center several days before her husband reported last seeing her. Naresh Bhatt is charged with concealing her body, althou Va. Girl Scout shares love of reading by collecting, donating hundreds of books 09/12/2024 04:55pm • A young girl in Virginia is sharing her love for reading in a big way. Emma Fischer, 11, recently became a Cadette in her Girl Scout Troop and decided to pick a passion of hers for her service project. "I decided to combine my love of reading with this challenge," Fischer said. Fischer, a s 'You are my forever hero': Community mourns fallen DC officer killed in accidental shooting 09/12/2024 04:12pm • Friends, family and hundreds of police officers gathered Thursday to remember D.C. police officer Wayne David, who died last month while trying to retrieve a gun that accidentally fired. On Aug. 28, David, a 25-year veteran of D.C.'s police force, was trying to recover a gun that a man officers DC schools staff uses racial slur in front of 4th-grade students during discussion on racism, discrimination 09/12/2024 03:10pm • A school employee used a racial slur during a discussion on racism and discrimination with fourth-grade students at Shepherd Elementary School in D.C. on Wednesday, according to the school's assistant principal. It happened after "racist incident" between fourth-grade students at Shepherd Element 2 teenage students shot near charter school in Southeast DC 09/12/2024 11:49am • Two teenage boys are wounded after being shot near their school in Southeast and D.C. police are asking for the public's help to find a black truck involved in the shooting, authorities said. After the students were shot, a D.C. police spokesperson said they ran to their school for help. Police r Local doctor sees increase in walking pneumonia cases among kids 09/12/2024 05:50am • There's an uptick in the D.C. area in the number of pneumonia cases among children. Doctors at Children's National Medical Center said the spike is being caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae. "This is not a new bacteria. It's a bacteria that commonly causes pneumonia, but we are seeing an Frederick Co. schools set to reopen Thursday after threats of violence on social media closed schools Wednesday 09/11/2024 06:04pm • Schools in Frederick County, Virginia, are closed Wednesday as law enforcement officials investigate threats of possible school-related violence posted on social media. In a message posted on its Facebook page Tuesday evening, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office said the posts of violence raise Pedestrian bridge project near Battlefield High School may be in jeopardy 09/11/2024 03:26pm • A safety improvement project that would add a pedestrian bridge along James Madison Highway near Battlefield High School in Haymarket, Virginia, may be in jeopardy. At a Prince William County Board of Supervisors meeting last week, Supervisor Bob Weir, who represents the Gainesville district, sai Round House Theatre's 'Sojourners' argues immigration is vital to the American Dream 09/11/2024 03:16pm •   Immigration is front and center in the heartfelt new dramatic play "Sojourners," which opens Wednesday night at the prolific Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland, running now through Oct. 6. "It's a timely topic," director Valerie Curtis-Newton told WTOP. "There's a lot of conv