• Strong winds, thunderstorms, torrential rain and flooding swept through the state Tuesday, closing or delaying dozens of Virginia schools and prompting widespread power outages.—WTVR
• The state could lose 60 of its 112 Community Health Workers by July 1, Virginia Department of Health documents show, once federal grants funding the grassroots positions dry up.—WMRA/VPM
• “Virginia needs more coordination and oversight for flood resilience efforts, work group says.”—WHRO
• A Charlottesville man’s “frustrating” experience trying to get financial help from the Virginia Victims Fund for severe medical injuries he sustained from an unprovoked shooting demonstrates the struggles with the agency some applicants face.—Daily Progress
• Richmond Animal Care and Control rescued a second obese cat, this one named One Frosty Too Many, and plans to put the animal on a diet. The first rotund feline the group took in, 42-pound Patches, has become a social media star.—WWBT
Richmond Animal Control rescues second obese cat and more Va. headlines