Mandy Marchiano's competitive drive has been with her since childhood. When a car accident at the age of 13 paralyzed her from the chest down, she had to re-learn how to do everything in a new way. Years later she discovered adaptive sports and fell in love with wheelchair rugby. In 2023, Marchiano tried out for the US National Training Squad.
A debate has evolved over a proposed ordinance in Bristol, VA that could ban future abortion clinics and stop Bristol Women's Health from expanding. Meanwhile, anti-abortion activists demonstrate daily outside of the clinic.
Centuries ago, enslaved people worked on a plantation that is now Pen Park in Charlottesville, Virginia. These people lived, died, and were likely buried there just outside of the cemetery for the white family that enslaved them. A recent discovery of an unmarked graveyard at the park has historians searching for the names and stories of the people who lived there. So far, they've found one family.
Primary care physician Dr. Cate Varney and health and physical education teacher at Johnson Elementary School Kelly Walters discuss the rise of childhood obesity in Central Virginia.