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Dozens of robots gathered at Virginia Commonwealth University's Siegel Center in late March with their high school creators, competing in Virginia's largest youth robotics tournament. Celebrating its 15th anniversary, VirginiaFIRST held its annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition, inviting students from high schools all over the Atlantic coast to compete in the "varsity sport of the mind," with all the flash of an NCAA sporting event. Teams composed of either single or combined high schools had students in their respective robotics clubs making highly sophisticated robots for this year's game. The student-constructed robots can be up to 120 pounds and 5 feet tall, built with no assembly instructions and only minor assistance from team mentors.

RICHMOND - Home-schooled students in Virginia could participate in public school sports under the so-called "Tebow bill" that has been passed by the House and will be considered by a Senate committee this week.

It's now up to the governor to sign legislation passed by the General Assembly that seeks to stymie sexual assaults on college campuses by requiring higher-education employees to report such incidents and by creating sexual assault response teams.

It's now up to the governor to sign legislation passed by the General Assembly that seeks to stymie sexual assaults on college campuses by requiring higher-education employees to report such incidents and by creating sexual assault response teams.

Student athletes in youth sports programs could be included under new concussion policies if a bill seeking to add guidelines for non-interscholastic teams passes. House Bill 410 patron Delegate Richard Anderson, R-Woodbridge, said the bill was introduced in memory of Austin Trenum, a student from Brenstville High School in Prince William County.