Virginia
Parents at Virginia Christian school petition to remove church pastor over use of school’s tuition
Parents at Virginia Christian school feuding with church pastor
Parents with children at Christ Chapel Academy tell FOX 5 they have eight days to decide if they’re going to keep their children at the school amid protests over allegations that the school is raising tuition to help pull its partner church out of trouble.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – Parents with children at Christ Chapel Academy tell FOX 5 they have eight days to decide if they’re going to keep their children at the school. The deadline comes protests over allegations the school is raising tuition to help pull its partner church out of trouble.
There’s now a petition circulating online demanding the immediate resignation of Lead Pastor Bob Griffith at Christ Chapel Church. So far it has more than 200 signatures.
What we know:
Christ Chapel Academy is a private K-12 school with approximately 450 students.
Right now, tuition costs $12,000 a year and families reportedly have until July 22 to cancel their child’s enrollment without penalty.
What they’re saying:
Mom Jennifer Huber tells FOX 5 the church has lost a significant percent of its membership.
“The church has lost 30 percent of its membership under Pastor Bob, who’s been there the last four years,” Huber said. “It’s contracting. It’s having financial trouble. It’s never run in the black, it’s been in the red since he took over.
Huber and parent Verndell Robinson say in response the pastor is allegedly using money from the church’s school tuition to fund church activities.
“This one person is standing in our way of continuing our school the way it has been in this community,” mom Verndell Robinson said.
The other side:
FOX 5 reached out via phone and email to the church’s pastor and were awaiting a response.
FOX 5 reached out to Assemblies of God churches, which oversees the pastor and Christ Chapel Church. We have not yet heard back from them.
(WSET) — Virginia State Police has issued a senior alert on behalf of the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday.
According to VSP, the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office is looking for Gregory Dale Jordan.
VSP describes Jordan as white, sex: male, age: 63 years old, height: 6’0”, weight: 210 lbs., with green eyes and white hair.
According to VSP, Jordan was last seen on Wednesday on Sunburst Road in Campbell County. His clothing description is unknown. He has a long white beard. He is believed to be on foot.
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The missing senior suffers from a cognitive impairment, and the disappearance poses a credible threat to their health and safety, as determined by the investigating agency, VSP said.
You’re asked to contact the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office [24/7 dispatch] with any information regarding their whereabouts at (434) 332-9574, VSP said.
Virginia
West Virginia commit announces decision by blasting ‘Country Roads,’ lighting a couch on fire
A big moment in any student-athlete’s career is announcing what school they’re committing to, and I don’t think you’re going to find an announcement better than one we’ve got coming from one of the newest West Virginia Mountaineers.
What’s that smell? It… it smells like a couch burning to the sounds of the Mountaineers’ beloved John Denver “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”
You bet your sweet a– that’s what it is.
There’s a growing chance that any recruit who lights a couch on fire is going to end up wearing one of these. (Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Ethan Lawson is a 6’6″, 300-lb offensive lineman and part of the 2027 recruiting class.
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According to Sport Illustrated he has fielded offers from a bunch of programs including Appalachian State, Liberty, Air Force, Army, Navy, Duke, Wake Forest, UConn and more.
But, they all missed out because Lawson posted his decision on X, and well… I think he was always West Virginia material.
Bobcat Goldthwait was burning couches on camera before it was cool.
But, alright, there’s no doubt about it: someone is about to sell some jerseys.
ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!
And if there’s not a furniture store in Morgantown that brings in Lawson and fellow offensive line recruit Kevin Brown (who also lit a couch on fire because that’s becoming a thing) for an ad, then… then, well, I don’t know what, but it would be quite the missed opportunity.
It’s early, but Rich Rodriguez’s West Virginia Mountaineers lead college football in recruits burning couches. (Ben Queen-Imagn Images)
Hey, like it or not, sometimes in the age of NIL it can be a popularity contest. If fans like you, it could mean greater visibility and more lucrative deals. Perhaps that was the mission here, and we all know it worked.
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I refuse to believe any Mountaineers fans saw that video, heard the song and then didn’t reflexively raise a beer (even if they didn’t realize they were drinking one and say, “Hell yeah, brother.”)
We’ll see if the sort of thing translates onto the field, but even if it doesn’t, I feel like there’s money to be made making appearances and lighting furniture on fire at frat parties.
BRISTOL, Va. (WCYB) — Crews put out a house fire in Bristol, Virginia, on Wednesday morning, according to officials.
The Bristol, Virginia Fire Department was dispatched at 3:09 a.m. for the fire in the 900 block of Vermont Avenue. The house was unoccupied at the time fire crews arrived on the scene.
Firefighters encountered heavy smoke and flames in the front of the house. They were able to quickly extinguish the fire under challenging conditions. The fire scene remains active and an investigation is underway. No injuries have been reported.
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