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Jiffy Lube Live will require COVID-19 vaccines or negative tests 08/16/2021 01:22pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Jiffy Lube Live will soon require concert-goers to show proof they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have received a negative test Md. organization 'It Takes Two' looks to help parents, students with school supplies 08/16/2021 04:49am • When Jaemellah Kemp was about to send her child to kindergarten, she didn't have money to pay for food and school supplies. With the help of family and friends, she was able to obtain the necessary supplies — but, she said, it was then that God put a vision on her heart, one in which she was he Why is COVID-19 less severe in children? 08/16/2021 04:00am • You hear more now about kids getting sick with COVID-19, but a Maryland pediatrician believes it's only because the Delta variant is so contagious. All evidence thus far suggests the more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus impacts children and adults the same way as SARS-CoV-2, the origi Who can it be now at The Birchmere? Virginia hosts Men at Work's Colin Hay 08/16/2021 12:14am • Listen to our full conversation on my podcast "Beyond the Fame." He turned his Australian group Men at Work into a Grammy-winning global sensation. Colin Hay performs at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, on Tuesday and Wednesday. "I always do Men at Work stuff; I'm not crazy," Hay Incentives help DC students get coronavirus vaccines before heading back to school 08/14/2021 02:37pm • Both parents and students are getting a little something extra at a coronavirus vaccine clinic in D.C. on Saturday. Many said the shot is just a part of getting ready for school this year. "They're excited to go back to school and I just want them to be safe," said Linda Torres, the mother of DCPS wants to test 10% of students each week 08/13/2021 03:13pm • D.C. Public Schools plans to test 10% of students for COVID-19 every week, officials said during a Friday call with the Council. At-Large Council member Christina Henderson asked City Administrator Kevin Donahue what the process would be like, and if students would be tested without consent. " 'CODA' is the best movie of the year, now streaming happy tears on Apple TV+ 08/13/2021 12:48pm • In January, "CODA" became the most awarded film ever at the Sundance Film Festival, impressing experts for the Grand Jury Prize and wowing viewers for the Audience Award, as well as winning the Directing Award and Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast. This Friday, audiences everywhere can fin Prince William school officials resist calls to allow virtual opt-in 08/12/2021 10:01pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Prince William County Schools resisted calls to allow families to change from in-person to virtual instruction Thursday, as an online petit After some schools push back on masks, Virginia orders them 08/12/2021 04:08pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration has issued a universal mask mandate for K-12 schools. The order "reinforces current state law," Northam's office said in a statement, which requires that Virginia's schools offer in-person instruction but also requires they follow the guidance of the Howard, Baltimore counties move to require masks in county buildings 08/12/2021 03:10pm • Officials in Howard and Baltimore counties in Maryland say they will require masks in county buildings amid rising coronavirus cases across the state and the D.C. region attributed to the more infectious delta variant of the virus. A mask mandate for county employees and the general public in cou DC-area school systems looking for bus drivers 08/12/2021 09:12am • Ever thought you’d like to be a school bus driver? Now is the time: School districts throughout the D.C. area don’t have the drivers they need for the new school year. "We have 50 unassigned routes,“ said Scott Davies, director of transportation for the Loudoun County Public Schools in Virg Boy, 5, dies after he's left in hot car in Springfield 08/11/2021 06:30pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are investigating the death of a child who was left in a vehicle. Police arrived Tuesday after 3:20 p.m. on the 6700 block of Grey Fox Drive in Springfield. They tried lifesaving efforts, and the 5-year-old boy was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced Child's 'hot car' death in Fairfax Co. is painful reminder for all parents 08/11/2021 11:48am • The death of a 5-year-old boy in Fairfax County, Virginia, Tuesday served as a painful reminder of the dangers of hot vehicles as temperatures continue to soar above 90 degrees this week. Investigators said a parent had brought the child to his home in Springfield along with other siblings. Fo DC schools chancellor offers student distancing, quarantining guidelines 08/10/2021 06:42pm • The D.C. schools chancellor is offering parents a better idea of what to expect when it comes to social distancing and quarantining when class starts Aug. 30. As D.C. makes a push to get kids ages 12 and older vaccinated with incentives, such as scholarship money and prizes, the head of D.C. Publ Two dozen school-based child care programs in Prince William won’t open on time 08/10/2021 02:55pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Before- and after-school child care programs at about two dozen Prince William County schools won’t open when the school year begins Au