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Fox News
21-03-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Track runner concussed by baton strike cleared to run in national championships, father says
The high school track runner who suffered a concussion after being struck from behind with a baton looks like she will be back on the track this weekend. Kaelen Tucker's father told TMZ Sports that his daughter has been cleared to compete at the Adidas Track Nationals this weekend in Virginia Beach; she's currently slated to participate in three events. I.C. Norcom High School senior Alaila Everett gave the Brookville junior a concussion and possible skull fracture when she beat her head with the baton at an event earlier this month. Everett claims the attack occurred because she lost her balance and her baton got "stuck" behind her opponent's back. Everett and her whole team were disqualified. "After a couple times of hitting her, my baton got stuck behind her back like this, and it rolled up her back. I lost my balance when I pumped my arms again. She got hit," Everett said in an interview with WAVY. "I know my intentions, and I would never hit someone on purpose." Everett held a rally of supporters days after the attack, shortly after she was served with a misdemeanor battery and assault charge. Everett delivered a tearful speech, where she thanked her supporters while sobbing. "Thank y'all for supporting me," Everett said to the supporters, as seen in footage by local Virginia news station WAVY. "There's no one else that wanted to hear my story, except the people that know me and people that know I would never do anything like that, I would never harm anybody. I'm not a fighter, I'm not even confrontational, I wouldn't even do that on purpose, and I thank y'all for believing in me. I love y'all." According to MileStat, Tucker is competing in the girls' 60-meter dash, the 200-meter, and the 4x200-meter relay, the same race where she suffered the injury. Everett is not competing. In fact, just one student from her school, Dontae Riddick, will compete in the boys' 60-meter dash. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Portsmouth city attorney to serve as circuit court judge beginning in 2026
PORTSMOUTH — City Attorney Lavonda Graham-Williams will leave her role with the city later this year to serve as a newly appointed Portsmouth Circuit Court judge in January. Graham-Williams said she plans to remain in her role through December unless the City Council opts to replace her before then. She called the judicial appointment the 'pinnacle step' in a litigator's career. 'I'm honored to continue to serve the city. It's my hometown. It's where I got my legal beginnings,' Graham-Williams said. 'It's bittersweet because there's a lot more work to do with the city, of course, and serving as city attorney has always been one of my biggest career accomplishments.' Graham-Williams returned from Washington, D.C. to her hometown of Portsmouth in 2022 to take on the role of city attorney. Mayor Shannon Glover said she was the first Black woman to permanently hold that role for the city. Her departure leaves an important vacancy for the city. City attorneys are among the handful of positions appointed by council members. Glover said council will discuss next steps following Graham-Williams' performance review this summer. That could mean a formal search, though Graham-Williams said she hopes council considers an internal hire and appoints someone in her office for the role. 'We will come out of that discussion probably with next steps in order to get a solicitation together, perhaps, to begin the process of filling the job because we don't want to wait 'til the last minute,' Glover said. 'It's hard to replace someone that has her knowledge of the law and that really has worked hard with her team to build the confidence and credibility that has allowed us to be very successful at litigating a number of big cases that could have potentially cost the city dollars.' The day-to-day duties of the office include ensuring the city's compliance with state and federal laws and regulations and defending the city in litigation. Graham-Williams said she was honored to also be among the first Black women appointed to serve as Portsmouth Circuit Court judge. She's a graduate of I. C. Norcom High School and George Washington University, and she earned a law degree from the College of William & Mary. In addition to her time as city attorney, Graham-Williams has spent time on both the prosecutorial and defense sides of the courtroom. She oversaw cases involving juveniles at the Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office. She also opened a firm in Northern Virginia focused on those with special needs. Graham-Williams has led the city through a number of high-profile lawsuits, particularly from former employees like former City Manager Angel Jones and former Portsmouth City Assessor Patrick Dorris. She also led the efforts to acquire the Hampton Roads Regional Jail and transition it for use as a city jail, and she represents the city on the Southeastern Public Service Authority board that oversees some of the region's waste disposal. Graham-Williams also highlighted efforts to research, preserve and recognize historically Black and neglected areas of the city, such as the Sugar Hill neighborhood in Pinners Point, the Bernard D. Griffin Sr. Park and Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. But among her biggest accomplishments, she said, was bringing calm to the chaos in Portsmouth. '(A) laundry list of things like the grants that we got from Main Street and the violence intervention grants … We weren't able to do that unless the city and the city leadership were able to work together through whatever disputes,' she said. 'And I think our office played a role in creating that kind of diplomacy through some tough times and through some great times.' Natalie Anderson, 757-732-1133,
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Yahoo
Runner caught on video hitting competitor with baton charged with assault, battery
A Virginia high school athlete captured on video hitting a fellow competitor with a baton during a track and field relay race faces a misdemeanor charge, a prosecutor confirmed Thursday. A senior at I.C. Norcom High School faces one count of assault and battery, the Commonwealth's Attorney for the City of Lynchburg Bethany Harrison told USA TODAY. Harrison said the case is being handled in the Lynchburg Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. The March 4th footage shows the athlete who was struck running off the track and falling with her own baton in hand. 'Unimaginable': Woman arrested after stepson was kept captive for 20 years, police say Harrison did not provide additional details about the case including when the teen is due in court. It was not immediately known whether the teen had obtained an attorney in the case. On Thursday she was not listed as an inmate at the Lynchburg Adult Detention Center, online records showed. Live: Players Championship updates: Leaderboard, TPC tee times as Jason Day withdraws Both student-athletes made public television appearances on "Good Morning America" this week. Alaila Everett said she never meant to injure Brookville High School Junior Kaelen Tucker, who was hit as they were rounding a corner during the second leg of the 4x200 relay race at the Virginia State High School League Indoor State Championships in Lynchburg last week. "That's when she hit me with the baton," Tucker told "Good Morning America" on Monday, nearly a week after she was injured. "I just felt a bang on my head and immediately fell off the track." "I would never do that on purpose," Everett said in a Tuesday interview with "Good Morning America." "That's not in my character." NFL free agency 2025: Javon Kinlaw tops five most head-scratching deals After the meet, doctors told Tucker she was suffering from a concussion and a possible fractured skull, WSLS10-TV reported. Leslie Young, I.C. Norcom High School Athletic Director, apologized to the Tuckers on behalf of the Everetts, "Good Morning America" reported. Young did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment. The Virginia State High School League is also investigating the incident. Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@ and follow her on X @nataliealund. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Virginia track baton incident: Runner charged with assault, battery
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Yahoo
Runner caught on video hitting competitor with baton charged with assault, battery
A Virginia high school athlete captured on video hitting a fellow competitor with a baton during a track and field relay race now faces a misdemeanor charge, a prosecutor confirmed Thursday. A senior at I.C. Norcom High School faces one count of assault and battery, the Commonwealth's Attorney for the City of Lynchburg Bethany Harrison told USA TODAY. Harrison said the case is being handled in the Lynchburg Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. The March 4th footage shows the athlete who was struck running off the track and falling with her own baton in hand. 'Unimaginable': Woman arrested after stepson was kept captive for 20 years, police say Harrison did not provide additional details about the case including when the teen is due in court. It was not immediately known whether the teen she had obtained an attorney in the case. On Thursday she was not listed as an inmate at the Lynchburg Adult Detention Center, online records showed. Live: Players Championship updates: Leaderboard, TPC tee times as Jason Day withdraws Both student-athletes made public television appearances on "Good Morning America" this week. Alaila Everett said she never meant to injure Brookville High School Junior Kaelen Tucker, who was hit as they were rounding a corner during the second leg of the 4x200 relay race at the Virginia State High School League Indoor State Championships in Lynchburg last week. "That's when she hit me with the baton," Tucker told "Good Morning America" on Monday, nearly a week after she was injured. "I just felt a bang on my head and immediately fell off the track." "I would never do that on purpose," Everett said in a Tuesday interview with "Good Morning America." "That's not in my character." NFL free agency 2025: Javon Kinlaw tops five most head-scratching deals After the meet, doctors told Tucker she was suffering from a concussion and a possible fractured skull, WSLS10-TV reported. Leslie Young, I.C. Norcom High School Athletic Director, apologized to the Tuckers on behalf of the Everetts, GMA reported. Young did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment. The Virginia State High School League is also investigating the incident. Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@ and follow her on X @nataliealund. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Virginia track baton incident: Runner charged with assault, battery
Washington Post
13-03-2025
- Washington Post
High school runner who struck opponent with baton faces misdemeanor charge
Alaila Everett, the high school runner who struck an opponent with her baton during a relay race, has been charged with one count of misdemeanor assault and battery in connection with the incident, which was captured on now-viral video. Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, Virginia, was running the second leg of the 4x200-meter relay March 4 in the Virginia High School League Class 3 indoor championships when her baton struck Kaelen Tucker, a Brookville High School junior, in the head. Bethany Harrison, commonwealth's attorney for the city of Lynchburg, confirmed that Everett had been charged. The meet was held at Lynchburg's Liberty University.
