Shelves collecting dust and Police Departments months of me questioning officials about why they never sent the kids for dna testing and months of thirty news now lobbying lawmakers to take action with our hashtag test the kids campaign. Weve just learned the attorney general has finalized a contract to get the more than two thousand kits tested. Finally they could hold the keys to solving crimes like rape and Sexual Assault and now they will no longer sit on the shelves and local Police Departments without any sort of examination. Some of the kits we discovered that have not been tested for dna date back to nineteen eighty eight. Thats almost thirty years a victim has been waiting for answers waiting for a dna profile on the suspect who changed her out there again. Attorney general mark herring told thirteen news now exclusively he has contracted bodie sell mark forensics in Northern Virginia to test the more than two thousand Sexual Assault evidence kits and the first kids to be test
A new piece of public art celebrating Ballston's past and present has appeared outside the recently relocated Harris Teeter. "Present Pastimes," a window installation by Brooklyn-based artist Olalekan Jeyifous, draws inspiration from the surrounding neighborhood to depict bygone buildings, signage and leisure activities, such as playing golf at a departed putt-putt on Wilson Blvd. "It's
City of Forest Acres purchased six acres of land as part of the Richland Mall redevelopment deal. Now city officials wants input as to how the park should look.
Barbecue, Colombian and other food-and-beverage changes are coming to a strip of East Montague Avenue in North Charleston. Nexton to see 2 new dining options.