Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Sam Scholl, and here are our top headlines for Monday, March 16th. Gov. Ralph Northam announced a ban of events with more than 100 people and encouraged people on the Peninsula to avoid going out to restaurants, bars, churches and other gathering places. State health officials said they were particularly concerned about the rising number of cases on the Peninsula, an area that has been hit hard by the respiratory illness.