The first trial in the case of the alleged "Shopping Cart Killer" has been moved to January… Despite recent rains, Rockingham County's water table is down 11 feet since May, and the area is still under a severe drought… Unemployment in Virginia is up, though only slightly….

A physician and member of UVa’s Faculty Senate says President Jim Ryan is not being truthful about allegations of wrongdoing in UVa’s health system and medical school… After attacks and falsehoods from the right targeting Haitians, what is life like for one Haitian woman in Virginia?... A new program to make Chesapeake Bay clean up more effective is now underway in Virginia….

More school threats in our area, reported late Thursday by schools in Broadway, and we survey the rash of threats that have hit schools this month… Early voting begins today in Virginia, and Jeff Schapiro talks about that and the week in Virginia politics… The American Library Association says that nearly 400 book titles were targeted for bans in the commonwealth last year….

One expert thinks he knows what caused last month’s smelly water in Orange County… The Furious Flower conference that convenes every 10 years in Harrisonburg kicks off its fourth gathering… A JMU political expert discusses the threats to Virginia’s voting system….

Another 16-year-old in the Valley, this time in Edinburg, is arrested for allegedly making violent threats at Central High School... Virginia’s education department releases final guidance on cellphone-free schools... State senators hold a meeting with some of those affected by this year’s pro-Palestinian campus protests, including students and administrators....

A Harrisonburg High School student has been arrested after Harrisonburg Police said he made threats of gun violence on Snapchat... The organization that manages UVa’s 14 billion dollar endowment says it will not divest from Israel, despite student protests... We meet the local pool player who recently competed in the U.S. Open Pool Championship in Atlantic City....

After getting worse earlier this year, Virginia’s teacher shortage has eased this fall... A court hearing may determine the fate of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the commonwealth... Boar’s Head shuts down the plant in eastern Virginia tied to a deadly listeria outbreak....

How has this summer’s drought affected water supplies and agriculture in the Valley?... New data show that the well-being of Virginians is above average… Jeff Schapiro surveys the week in politics and state government….

Earlier this year it seemed that Virginia would be a battleground state in the presidential election, but recent polls show that’s not the case… Even though Kamala Harris has a commanding lead in Virginia, the state’s Republican governor is still popular… Governor Youngkin wants more tax cuts….

A new poll shows Kamala Harris with a commanding lead over Donald Trump in the commonwealth… Virginia has another mandated tuition waiver program….