Virginia authorities recover body of missing canoer

By The Associated Press
April 15, 2020 | 8:20 AM

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia have recovered the body of a man whose canoe overturned during a fishing trip last weekend.

James City County police said the body of 22-year-old Tionni Johnson was pulled from the water near Little Creek Reservoir around 3 p.m. Tuesday after a two-day search. Officials said Johnson’s body was found about 100 feet offshore in the area where the boat overturned on Sunday.

Police said an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old who were also in the boat swam to shore. The 19-year-old was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening and the 18-year-old wasn’t hurt.

Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

By Virginia Mercury
August 22, 2026 | 8:37 PM

Stories of neglect in care or unsanitary living situations have plagued several of Virginia’s nursing home facilities in recent years and data backs up a lapse in oversight by state agencies. With reform efforts underway, the Virginia Department of Health officials said they aim to adopt sanction criteria by the end of the year to rein in bad actors and get troubled facilities back on track. As of July, 58% of Virginia’s nursing homes were overdue for inspections and 68 of Virginia’s 289 nursing homes were found to have serious deficiencies, according to ProPublica. Several of the state’s flagged facilities with numerous deficiencies also had high staffing turnover rates. The issue has been salient among various healthcare spaces, including VDH.

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