:strip_exif(true):strip_icc(true):no_upscale(true):quality(65)/d1vhqlrjc8h82r.cloudfront.net/01-29-2021/t_ff2ec16ba8ab46e782ac69c2d52be902_name_image.jpg)
Docs For Morgan takes to the virtual hardwood this year
Read full article: Docs For Morgan takes to the virtual hardwood this yearBLACKSBURG, Va. โ On Thursday night, local doctors and medical students competed in the 9th annual Docs For Morgan basketball game. Instead of facing off on the hardwood, they faced off behind the controllers of a basketball video game. The event raised money for the Morgan Harrington Scholarship, awarded to a deserving medical student. [Docs for Morgan gives back virtually in honor of Morgan Harrington]Harringtonโs father, Dr. Dan Harrington, is a vice-dean at the school and together with Harringtonโs mother, Gil, they continue to advocate via the Help Save the Next Girl Charity. AdTogether they said the basketball game remains critical to providing a scholarship to a โhealerโ in the middle of a global health crisis.
:strip_exif(true):strip_icc(true):no_upscale(true):quality(65):fill(FFF)/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-gmg.s3.amazonaws.com/public/B5SPKDS7MJG6ZIAN54JGGW2QTM.jpg)
Virginia Crime Commission studying expansion of DNA database
Read full article: Virginia Crime Commission studying expansion of DNA databaseThe Virginia Crime Commission will study other states to determine whether to expand the DNA database to include those convicted of a class one misdemeanor. On one side, Gil Harrington, whose daughter was killed in 2009 by a man she believes would have already been in jail had this database expansion been in place. Morgan's mother Gil says, in the argument over DNA database expansion, that's all the evidence she needs. She's concerned about the previous expansion of the database that's already taken place. "What we're all trying to do is find the truth and keep people safer here in Virginia," said Harrington.
