The Special Olympics Little Feet Meet takes place today at Northside High School. More than one thousand pre-school and elementary aged students with special needs will compete in several running, throwing and jumping events. Students from the school will come out to support and cheer on the athletes.
Students in the Grandin Theatre Film Lab will present their work from this semester. The 16 students will present the four films they wrote, filmed and edited, representing several genres including drama, comedy, and horror. The festival begins at 7 p.m. with admission $5.
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Blue Ridge Autism and Achievement Center holds a ribbon cutting and open house today. The center will officially open its $1.7 million building expansion in Roanoke. The ceremony is followed by an open house and tours.
A new program encourages parents to read to their children. The Lynchburg Public Library kicks off its "1,000 Books Before Kindergarten" program today. It encourages parents to read a thousand books to their child before they start school. The library will offer a reward system to keep families motivated. At one book a day, it will take about three years to reach the goal.
The Botetourt County Board of Supervisors will discuss a school board request for money to buy land in the southern part of the county. The school board is requesting $183,000 to purchase 2.4 acres that sits next to Cloverdale Elementary School. The land will be used for future expansion of the school.
The Wythe County Board of Supervisors holds a public hearing tonight on the county's budget and tax rates. The budget proposal increases the real estate tax by four cents. The personal property tax rate is proposed to increase by ten cents. The budget for next year is $7.2 million more than last year, with education seeing the largest increase.
AAA will release its holiday travel forecast for Virginia today. Nationally, 39 million Americans are expected to travel over Memorial Day weekend. Virginia State Police will join the auto club today, talking about safety and enforcement, as well as information about the Move Over Law.
Staff from Attorney General Mark Herring's office will travel to Lynchburg today, hosting a regional conference on re-entry. The training will cover programs to help people leaving Virginia jails, in an effort to lower the re-offending rate. The day-long training is geared toward law enforcement, service providers, and mental health advocates.