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...