Tag: mental illness
Your Views: Mental illness and gun violence
To the editor:
If we are going to discuss gun violence and mental illness, we must start with the fact that mass shootings are rare:...
Justice Matters with Bryan Porter: The mental health aspect of violence
Last month, I lamented the Virginia General Assembly’s inability to act on necessary gun-related legislation. Since that column went to press, our nation has...
My View | St. Sen. Adam Ebbin, D-30
In your July 11 editorial, “Guns aren’t the whole problem,” the Alexandria Times states that, when it comes to preventing gun violence, complex mental...
Our View: Guns aren’t the whole problem
The special session Gov. Ralph Northam called to deal with gun control* is worthwhile – but it is only half a solution. As we...
Crime Blotter: Two robberies and an assault
Thursday, Aug. 2
Two robberies and an assault
Three suspects assaulted and stole cash from a man along the 5300 block of Holmes Run Parkway last...
Our View: It’s time to change the law
The monthly column by Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter has been a terrific addition to the Times’ opinion pages. Porter has helped us understand...
How the city counts its homeless population
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
Carpenter’s Shelter volunteers found him living in his car in the parking lot of a West End condominium development.
The man...
The homeless man who made Alexandria civil rights history
By Jim McElhatton | Email Jim
For years, James Lomax spent his afternoons on the same curb across from an Old Town church that serves...
