Central Virginia is home to Virginia State University, the first four-year state-supported college for Black students in the nation.

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Jalloh, 36, shot and killed ROTC instructor Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Shah and wounded two others in a classroom at ODU on March 12, 2026. He was a current student at the time of the attack, enrolled ...

On her birthday, we remember our former colleague Sierra Jenkins, who was killed in a Norfolk shooting four years ago.

A gunman is dead and two people are hurt after a shooting at Old Dominion University on Thursday morning, the Virginia school ...

ODU gunman behind ‘terror’ attack identified as ex-National Guard member previously jailed for ISIS links, FBI says - Gunman ...

A former Army National Guard member who had spent eight years in prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State opened fire on a classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion University on Thursday before ROTC ...

Just before 11 on Thursday morning, a former Virginia National Guardsman walked into a classroom in Constant Hall on the ...

A gunman is dead and two people were injured following a shooting Thursday morning at Old Dominion University.

Lt. Col. Brandon Shah is remembered as a dedicated soldier and ROTC instructor who taught others to serve their country.