Thursday, October 10, 2024

ICYMI: W&M reinstates sports programs, sexual battery of children, group demands external audit of W&M athletics and more

With dozens of headlines every day, it’s easy to miss some here and there.

Get in on the conversation with this list of WYDaily’s most-read stories from the past week.

Back in the game

William & Mary has reinstated women’s swimming, gymnastics and volleyball teams after being threatened with a Title IX lawsuit. READ MORE

W&M reinstates women’s sports teams to comply with Title IX

Sexual battery of children

James City County Police have made an arrest in connection with child sexual battery allegations dating back to 2012. READ MORE

Man, 63, jailed in connection with alleged sexual battery of two children in James City County

Split

Not everyone is happy with the decision to reinstate some of the teams instead of all seven sports programs. READ MORE

Title IX: W&M administration, alumni split on school’s compliance

Cookie season

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, a Girl Scout’s selling strategy may look a little different this season. READ MORE

Don’t worry, you’ll still get your Thin Mints this year. Here’s what Girl Scouts in the area are doing for cookie season

Mounting pressure

BackTrack Inc., a group supporting efforts to reinstate William & Mary’s men’s indoor and outdoor track teams, sent a letter to administration, demanding an external and independent audit of the athletics department. READ MORE

Mounting pressure: Track team supporters pen letter to W&M admin calling for an external audit of athletics dept.

John Mangalonzo
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John Mangalonzo (john@localdailymedia.com) is the managing editor of Local Voice Media’s Virginia papers – WYDaily (Williamsburg), Southside Daily (Virginia Beach) and HNNDaily (Hampton-Newport News). Before coming to Local Voice, John was the senior content editor of The Bellingham Herald, a McClatchy newspaper in Washington state. Previously, he served as city editor/content strategist for USA Today Network newsrooms in St. George and Cedar City, Utah. John started his professional journalism career shortly after graduating from Lyceum of The Philippines University in 1990. As a rookie reporter for a national newspaper in Manila that year, John was assigned to cover four of the most dangerous cities in Metro Manila. Later that year, John was transferred to cover the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines. He spent the latter part of 1990 to early 1992 embedded with troopers in the southern Philippines as they fought with communist rebels and Muslim extremists. His U.S. journalism career includes reporting and editing stints for newspapers and other media outlets in New York City, California, Texas, Iowa, Utah, Colorado and Washington state.

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