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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Sport
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Scripps National Spelling Bee: Meet the 2 Georgia students competing
Two students from Georgia will compete in next week's Scripps National Spelling Bee. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Sarv Dharavane, an 11-year-old fifth grader, attends Austin Elementary School in DeKalb County. He competed in last year's spelling bee and tied for 22nd place. Sara Daoud, a 12-year-old seventh grader, attends Greenbrier Middle School in Columbia County. Sarv and Sara finished as the winners and runner-ups respectively in the Georgia Association of Educators spelling bee. They will now compete with 241 of the country's top young spellers in Maryland. The Scripps National Spelling Bee starting May 27 with the preliminary rounds. Finals conclude on May 29. TRENDING STORIES: Milton High School's girls tennis team fans are seeing double (and double, and double, and double) Perfect attendance! Westlake High School graduate never missed a day of school All-girls robotics team from Atlanta makes its mark [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Business
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Chesapeake is planning for the future of Greenbrier. Here's how to get involved.
CHESAPEAKE — Leaders are finalizing future land use plans for the Greenbrier area of Chesapeake and want feedback from residents. For more than two years, city leaders have been working to conceptualize and plan for the future of Greenbrier, the city's main commercial hub, as part of the overall citywide comprehensive land use plan. The citywide comprehensive plan will ultimately guide future development and plan for an additional 50,000 residents in Chesapeake by 2045, Planning Director Jimmy McNamara previously told The Virginian-Pilot. Greenbrier is the largest center for employment in the city, with an average daytime employment of nearly 50,000 people. One of the area's largest commercial spaces is the Greenbrier Mall, of which the bulk was sold at an auction last month. Though future plans for the space are not clear, a city spokesperson previously said project plans will factor into the Greenbrier area plan. Residents will have two opportunities next week to learn more about the vision for the Greenbrier area. A draft of the Greenbrier area plan can be found online at A community meeting will be held between 6-8 p.m. Monday at Greenbrier Middle School. The public can learn more details and ask questions at the meeting. The city Planning Commission will also discuss the plan during a work session at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Apex Room at Summit Pointe. The meeting is a public hearing, but there will be no public comments at the meeting, according to the agenda. The study area for the plan is an approximately 12-square-mile area bounded by Military Highway to the north, Chesapeake city line to the east, Kempsville Road to the south and the Chesapeake Expressway to the west. Greenbrier is home to more than 35,000 residents. The draft plan includes a market report and design guidelines. It also touches on the use of open space, infrastructure and transportation in the area. It highlights five locations for future transformation, noting they have 'the greatest potential to change significantly from their current form.' The ideas for those districts include a mixed-use community around Chesapeake Regional Healthcare Center, a recreation-focused area around existing Battlefield Corporate Center, a vibrant mixed-use district that builds around Summit Pointe, maintaining but enhancing Greenbrier Mall as a regional destination for entertainment and retail, and building up commercial and hotel space around the Chesapeake Conference Center. 'The purpose of the Greenbrier Area Plan is to develop strategies to guide future development, maintain Greenbrier's economic advantage in the marketplace and attract new businesses and residents by improving the qualities that make Greenbrier a unique place in the city,' the city stated in a news release about the community meeting. City staff have touted redevelopment efforts like the large mixed-use Summit Pointe, which has attracted more than a dozen restaurants, as an example of reimagining the future of the area. Greenbrier also relies on special tax district revenue to fund infrastructure and capital projects for the area. Residents can weigh in on the draft plans through April 9. The Chesapeake Planning Department can be reached at planning@ or 757-382-6176. City staff will provide all the compiled feedback and plans to present to both Planning Commission and City Council members for approval. Natalie Anderson, 757-732-1133, ___ What: Greenbrier Area Plan community meeting Where: Greenbrier Middle School, 1016 Greenbrier Parkway, Chesapeake When: 6-8 p.m. Monday Contact: Chesapeake Planning Department, planning@ or 757-382-6176
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Yahoo
‘We had so many threats of mass violence': Tennessee app being used to track school threats
ROBERTSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Middle Tennessee has seen an alarming amount of school threats this school year. Tuesday morning, Greenbrier Middle School became the latest target when it was placed on lockdown due to a bomb threat. After a sweep by police, nothing was found. 'These types of school disruptions and distractions are becoming more common,' said Steve Sorrells, Assistant Director of Schools. The assistant director of schools told News 2 it started with a phone call to the receptionist's office. After a sweep was conducted, nothing was found, and it was determined to be a false report. 📧 Have breaking news come to you: → Meanwhile, across several county lines in Wilson County. 'We had so many threats of mass violence whether it was on social media or someone in the lunchroom saying they were going to shoot someone else, and we charged a high majority of those individuals,' said Captain Scott Moore. The Wilson County Sheriff's Office saw 23 threats in the first three months of the school year. Eighteen of those threats came over a two-week time period. Social media can help deputies track these threats down, but it can also slow down investigations. 'We keep using the phrase 'report don't post.' When people encounter threats, we need it to get to law enforcement as soon as possible,' Jeff Luttrell, Wilson County Director of Schools said Monday night. In Wilson County, parents and students are encouraged to report any potential threat online through the Wilson County Sheriff's Office. However, state officials are asking families in all 95 counties to download the SafeTN app — and use it to report threats. 'The best part about this app is you can report things anonymously,' said Special Agent Jason Pack, Director of Communications for the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. ⏩ Special Agent Pack said you can download it for free in the app store and include pictures of the alleged threat. He said the number of tips typically goes up after events like today. 'No information is too small, and we want people to download that app and take security into your own hands literally,' Pack said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
