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December 08, 2008

Two Virginia Tech offices locked down before shooting advisory on April 16th
Two Virginia Tech offices locked down before shooting advisory on April 16th

The university had not previously disclosed the lockdowns at the veterinary college and professional education center


November 27, 2008

Kaine reassures Virginia Tech shooting victims and families

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine plans to respond to Virginia Tech shooting victims and families next week about a series of concerns they raised with him last weekend.


November 25, 2008

Governor Kaine leaves decision on Steger to Virginia Tech Board of Visitors

“That is a matter for the board to decide,“ said Kaine, speaking on his monthly call in radio show on WTOP in Northern Virginia. “President Steger has done a very, very good job over a career of being an administrator, dean and then president of that university.

Head of Virginia Tech panel says he’s willing to correct errors in report

The head of a state panel that investigated the Virginia Tech massacre says he would be willing to fix any serious errors in the massive report, an action that some agitated parents of the dead and wounded are demanding.


November 24, 2008

Fire Virginia Tech’s president, some shooting victims’ families say

Virginia Tech’s leaders need to be held accountable for their actions during last year’s massacre, victims and families told Gov. Timothy M. Kaine Sunday.


November 22, 2008

Governor Kaine meeting with Tech victim families, survivors
Governor Kaine meeting with Tech victim families, survivors

Gov. Tim Kaine is meeting with survivors and victims’ families of the Virginia Tech massacre Saturday afternoon in Northern Va.


November 17, 2008

Virginia Tech settlement criticized
Virginia Tech settlement criticized

Some families worry the settlment reached isn’t enough to help the victims of the April 16 shootings.


November 11, 2008

April 16th tragedy investigation update
April 16th tragedy investigation update

Police still have not found killer’s wallet, cell phone, hard drive


November 07, 2008

Kaine defends report on April 16th tragedy
Kaine defends report on April 16th tragedy

The governor’s panel report on the Virginia Tech massacre may have inaccuracies, but the group did its key task, Kaine says, acknowledging that recent disclosures contradict some of the report’s findings.


November 03, 2008

Teachers expressed concern over Cho

When he finally took off his mirrored sunglasses, Seung-Hui Cho’s empty gaze shook his teachers, who had just asked police to be on hand the next time he showed up for poetry class.


October 26, 2008

Victims’ kin still seek Tech answers
Victims’ kin still seek Tech answers

Families of victims of last year’s Virginia Tech massacre say last weekend’s meeting with school officials.


October 20, 2008

Virginia Tech victims’ families learn more on school’s reaction
Virginia Tech victims’ families learn more on school’s reaction

A top Virginia Tech official warned her son about the first shootings of last year’s massacre before the university issued any general alert. That was one of several new or changing bits of information about the April 16, 2007, shootings that families of the dead learned yesterday


October 19, 2008

New timeline for April 16 raises questions for Virginia Tech
New timeline for April 16 raises questions for Virginia Tech

New information shows Virginia Tech officials couldn’t have confirmed that a suspected gunman had fled campus as early as they initially thought on April 16, 2007.  The mistaken belief that the shooter was off campus was a key factor in delaying a warning to students and staff before 32 people were killed.


October 18, 2008

UPDATED:  Victims, families meet with Tech officials for more than five hours
UPDATED:  Victims, families meet with Tech officials for more than five hours

Injured victims of last year’s massacre at Virginia Tech meet with administrators Saturday, families of those killed are set to meet 2:00 p.m. Sunday.


October 15, 2008

Virginia Tech leaders to meet with April 16th victims’ families Sunday
Virginia Tech leaders to meet with April 16th victims’ families Sunday

Virginia Tech’s top officials will meet families of those who died April 16, 2007, only once, on Sunday afternoon, despite concerns by families there would not be enough time for questions.


October 09, 2008

Virginia Tech gets grant for April 16th counseling programs
Virginia Tech gets grant for April 16th counseling programs

Congressman Rick Boucher says Virginia Tech will receive $2.65 million to help ongoing efforts to address the effects of April 16, 2007.


October 07, 2008

State police meet with families of Tech shooting victims

Virginia State Police held the first of three meetings today with victims and families of victims of the mass shootings at Virginia Tech last year.


September 26, 2008

4/16 quilts come together

“Project Hokie Hope” has been working on special quilts to give to the families and more than 300 people have donated material and their time. 

Families: Virginia Tech notes show poor decisions
Families: Virginia Tech notes show poor decisions

The disclosure of 59 pages of handwritten notes taken by Virginia Tech officials during April 16th is stirring anger and anxiety among some of the victims’ parents.


September 25, 2008

Virginia Tech releases notes taken by school leaders on April 16th
Virginia Tech releases notes taken by school leaders on April 16th

Newly released notes taken by Virginia Tech officials during the April 16, 2007, campus killings show how school leaders scrambled, sometimes amid confusing circumstances, to handle the emerging reality of a massacre.


August 05, 2008

Conference looks at campus threats

At VCU event, officials say lockdowns and alerts can be impractical at colleges


July 24, 2008

Tech to release more records from April 16th
Tech to release more records from April 16th

Virginia Tech says it will eventually let the public see some records of, that school leader had said they would keep private.


July 21, 2008

Tech spokesman updates 4/16 archive status

Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker said the university is still going through documents to be featured in a 4/16 archive required by June settlement.

Reporters dig deep into April 16th documents
Reporters dig deep into April 16th documents

Four reporters looked at 20,000 documents in two days


June 18, 2008

VT Professor told law firm second building was under lockdown
VT Professor told law firm second building was under lockdown

A Tech professor contacted a law firm representing some of the families and said a second building was under lockdown.

Attorneys: VT officials discredited after investigation

Joe Samaha, father of April 16th victim says"failures were unconscionable and preventable” sighting university officials did not do their job in protecting the campus community.


June 17, 2008

Judge approves VT settlement
Judge approves VT settlement

42 families accepted an $11 million deal with the state

VT victims’ lawyers investigation reveals holes in Tech’s April 16th story
VT victims’ lawyers investigation reveals holes in Tech’s April 16th story

E-mails show some VT officials locked down their offices at least 20 minutes before Seung-Hui Cho killed 30 people in Norris Hall, and before a warning about the West AJ murders was sent out


May 27, 2008

Widower of VT professor killed on April 16th to head up new peace center
Widower of VT professor killed on April 16th to head up new peace center

The peace center will be in a second-floor classroom wing of Norris Hall


May 08, 2008

Virginia Tech Police receive Governor’s award for April 16th teamwork
Virginia Tech Police receive Governor’s award for April 16th teamwork

“Officers from the department entered Norris Hall that day while shots were still being fired. Officers chose to run toward the gunfire and an unknown risk without regard for their own safety. Many had no time to put on protective gear such as bulletproof vests,“ the commendation for the department read.

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