Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a period of fasting, reflection — and fish fries
Worshippers receive ashes, commonly imposed in the shape of a cross on the forehead.
News
Featured
Latest Headlines
Local News
Arts Notes: Virginia Symphony heats up with a double performance this week
February's busy arts calendar continues this week with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
Crime and Public Safety
Bobby Scott to host immigration Know-Your-Rights panel open to public
The panel is intended to help inform the public on how to recognize abusive immigration enforcement tactics from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents. It comes amid a surge of ICE agents across...
Education
Some US schools cancel class pictures after online claims surrounding Epstein
Photography giant Lifetouch called the claims “completely false.”
Environment
A California photographer is on a quest to photograph hundreds of native bees
Krystle Hickman has photographed over 300 types of bees native to North America.