Flying Squirrels owner Lou DiBella has further tweaked his defamation lawsuit against the developer of the Diamond District, who he now says sent a memo about their opening-night altercation to Richmond Mayor Danny Avula and allegedly leaked it to local news outlets, including Richmond BizSense. Attorneys for DiBella filed a second amended complaint in his case against Thalhimer Realty Partners and its principal Jason Guillot, who is leading the Diamond District development beside CarMax Park and reported to Avula and other officials about the heated exchange at the ballpark that followed an incident involving DiBella’s dog. The latest version of the complaint names Avula specifically for the first time, having previously referred to “city officials” as the memo’s recipients. It also accuses Guillot of leaking the memo to BizSense and encouraging it to obtain the document from the city through a Freedom of Information Act request, with the alleged goal of damaging DiBella’s reputation with the city and making public the statements that DiBella says defamed him.

Virginia State Police last month conducted an audit of Richmond school buses in response to a whistleblower complaint from one of the school district’s vendors, according to emails and inspection records obtained by The Times-Dispatch. That audit revealed that “a significant portion of the fleet had expired inspections or had not been inspected at all,” emails show. Those buses were not in operation at the time, according to Richmond Public Schools spokesperson Kylie Flickinger. A VSP spokesperson confirmed that no lapsed or uninspected buses were found to be in service.

The Rappahannock County Public Library trustee who admitted to removing two yard signs opposing the library’s potential move resigned Monday in an email to county supervisors and the library Board of Trustees. Piedmont Supervisor Gary Settle made Maureen Harris’ resignation public Wednesday during a crowded Board of Supervisors meeting, which included nearly an hour of public comments demanding she be reprimanded. … Supervisors expedited discussion of Harris’ conduct to the beginning of Wednesday’s meeting due to the public’s interest in it. … Several other county supervisors condemned vitriolic remarks aimed at Harris and the library board, which included name-calling at public meetings.

Franklin County Board of Supervisors member Mike Meredith says he is staying in office, reversing an announcement two weeks ago that he was resigning. Meredith posted on Facebook at 8 a.m. Wednesday saying he plans to remain on the board. He said his August 18 resignation statement was made “under duress” and that he never submitted anything in writing. He argues that under Virginia law, his seat was never actually vacant. … For two weeks after the resignation, the county moved forward with plans to fill Meredith’s seat, accepting applications with plans to announce finalists Thursday. That meeting to name applicants remains on the county’s calendar. The Franklin County Board of Supervisors said it will not comment at this time.

An Alexandria Times investigation into the cameras, which photograph each passing vehicle and, in many cases, share the data with law enforcement across the state, revealed new information about the technology’s footprint in the Port City. The Times uncovered more than 50 instances of Alexandria police officers improperly labeling the reasons for their searches of the camera network, casting a harsher light on the rosy terms in which police officials have described the technology. The searches did not appear to violate state law, but in interviews, city leaders articulated new positions on making police queries available to the public. The investigation, which will be published in multiple parts, also surfaced the cameras’ locations, primarily in low-income areas; the most cited reasons for database searches; and the city’s changing data-sharing practices with police agencies across Virginia, some of which have partnered with federal immigration agents. … At least 10 of the cameras appear to be managed by private groups, while four are on the campus of Northern Virginia Community College. The police department has also deployed four cameras manufactured by the company Axon, a department filing to the state police agency obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request indicates.

A Virginia Beach judge found the city’s School Board in contempt for its failure to comply with a months-old order to nullify the disciplinary actions taken against three Kellam High School students in 2025. … Mahan ordered school officials in January to erase the disciplinary decisions against the students for alleged racial harassment in 2025. On Monday, attorneys representing the School Board told him that while the students’ virtual records have been deleted, physical copies of the students’ records remained unaltered. … The school system’s Director of the Office for Student Leadership, Leann Turnbull, testified on Monday that she deleted the three students’ names in the school’s online database – so if someone were to request one of the students’ disciplinary records, the March 2025 incident would not show up. But the school system also keeps physical copies of students’ discipline records. Turnbull said she retrieved the three students’ folders from Kellam High School and, without modifying the records to reflect Mahan’s ruling, placed the folders in a locked file cabinet in her office. Ettari told Mahan he believed the School Board was in compliance with the order because the physical copies could not be accessed by anyone but a school administrator, and were effectively wiped from the students’ public disciplinary records.

Entergy is asking a judge to stop two Arkansas news outlets from publishing information it calls confidential. This federal lawsuit centers on documents the Arkansas Public Service Commission released through a Freedom of Information Act request. Entergy says the release was a mistake, and the documents contain confidential information tied to Google’s planned data center in West Memphis. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published a report based on the documents.