Cianna Rothwell Morales
Reporter at WHRO-TV (Norfolk, VA)
Reporter for @WHRO News. Formerly @VirginianPilot, @CoMissourian. @mujschool and @earlham1847 alum.
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1 week ago |
whro.org | Cianna Rothwell Morales
The Virginia Beach City Council voted to let the people decide how they want to vote in city elections. On Tuesday night, council approved a resolution in a 7-4 split that would add a referendum on the city’s voting system to November’s ballot.
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1 week ago |
whro.org | Cianna Rothwell Morales
The Virginia Beach City Public Schools board convened Tuesday night and voted to keep in place an April resolution to suspend diversity, equity and inclusion policies. School board members who called the emergency meeting introduced a motion to amend the previous resolution, and pause enacting some of its directives while federal courts litigate the issue. The motion failed in a 5-5 vote, with one member absent.
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1 week ago |
whro.org | Cianna Rothwell Morales
Works on paper — such as a sepia-toned photograph or a sketch with fading lines — are some of the most delicate objects in a museum’s collection. That’s why the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk used a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to start fundraising to house its collection of nearly 10,000 works on paper.
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1 week ago |
whro.org | Cianna Rothwell Morales
The city council received presentations from department heads and comments from residents throughout April, and it is gearing up to hash out the budget on Tuesday. One item that’s drawn a lot of attention is the proposal to cut five full-time library employees’ positions to reduce the overall library budget. The cuts include four branch service coordinators and an administrator.
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2 weeks ago |
whro.org | Cianna Rothwell Morales
Chloe Chamberlain studied herself in the mirror last Saturday at the Creative ReUse Center, her cargo pants and crop top exchanged for a tall column of black and blue sequins that faded into dark green. She found the evening gown at a thrift store and brought it to the center, where volunteers were making alterations on formal wear for Friday’s Rainbow Prom in Norfolk. Prom is a ubiquitous rite of passage for the American high schooler but often fraught for LGBTQ+ teens.
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My latest for WHRO:
When members of Old Donation Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach discovered their church’s role in the history of slavery, they wanted to make amends. Read more here: https://t.co/uZYPshxr4M https://t.co/bx9RKM8fK3
At least 94 people died after they were given sedatives and restrained by police from 2012 through 2021 -- nearly 10% of the more than 1,000 deaths of people subdued by police in ways that are not supposed to be fatal. ‼️ Thanks for sharing, @nourhb
Medics across the U.S. have been quietly injecting sedatives to subdue people detained by police. Dozens of deaths reveal the practice carries risks, AP finds. https://t.co/nLgwgWxcRp
No word on when the show will be rescheduled or if ticket holders will be reimbursed. I’ll update as I find out more.
Just In: The indie rock band AJR has canceled tonight's show in Norfolk, stating the venue is too small for the planned performance. https://t.co/k0GBeqNBc2
