Suffolk police responded to a 7-Eleven after a clerk was shot and killed inside the store. They later identified the worker as 20-year-old Ketron Smith.
Administrators installed weapons detection systems in all 28 elementary schools and early childhood learning centers after a month-long delay from the manufacturer.
Abby Zwerner's case is raising questions about the expectation of teachers when handling threats in the classroom, after the shooting at Richneck Elementary School.
A recent cut in federal funding for the state of Virginia is pushing local health centers to scale back some options for birth control methods, the VDH said.