Posted: 12:37 AM Children in the Valley got hands on experience Sunday learning about science.

Updated: 8:48 AM Tooth decay in children as young as four is on the rise and it's rising at an alarming rate.

Updated: 8:50 AM The number of homeless children in parts of the Valley is rising.

Updated: 7:40 AM Winter is on the way and The Salvation Army is collecting coats to protect kids from those cold temperatures.

Updated: 8:11 AM In this week's What's Going Around we're talking about back to school. Not the new teachers or homework, but what kids are already dealing with regarding their health.

Updated: 10:44 AM Changes are coming to the Boys and Girls Club of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.

Updated: 10:43 AM The ever growing bullying problem has forced parents and schools to find new ways to deal with it. This week students learned another way, and it's something even adults can try.

Updated: 11:21 AM Harrisonburg schools start this coming Monday and parents say they are worried about the amount of money schools have to work with.

Posted: 2:26 PM Wednesday is Youth Day at the Rockingham County Fair.

Posted: 3:23 PM A new government study says deaths from the chickenpox have been dramatically reduced, thanks to the vaccine for the disease.

Updated: 3:54 PM Texas Children's Hospital has found a new way to treat children with epilepsy.

Updated: 7:10 AM The Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind in Staunton is reducing computers and servers provided by state government's privatized information technology service, citing high costs.

Updated: 7:02 AM There are more than 100 homeless children in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.

Updated: 7:38 AM The Harrisonburg Salvation Army is working hard to meet the needs of local children.

Updated: 1:15 PM President Obama is pledging to help fathers forge a stronger bond with their children.

Updated: 6:21 PM Eleven schools across West Virginia will be getting playground improvement grants as part of an effort to combat childhood obesity.

Updated: 7:00 AM A new study by AAA ranks June 10 as the second deadliest day of the year for teen drivers.

Posted: 1:07 PM The Fairfax County school board is scaling back its policy of forcing students in disciplinary trouble to transfer schools.

Posted: 12:59 PM Education and military leaders are teaming up to help the children of West Virginia military families.

Updated: 6:14 PM Preschool has surprisingly long-lasting benefits stretching well into adulthood.

Updated: 3:33 PM The Department of Juvenile Justice is considering delaying its new system for reclassifying young offenders after advocates complained and the board that oversees the department said it wanted to review the policy.

Updated: 2:05 PM A new Northwestern University study says minority youth spend more than half their day consuming media content, a rate that's 4.5 hours greater than their white counterparts.

Posted: 12:30 PM Drug abuse in one southern West Virginia county has become so severe that a faith-based group and schoolchildren are working together to demand solutions.

Posted: 12:28 PM The federal government is moving to ban the sale of some popular rat and mouse poisons, such as D-Con and Hot Shot, in an effort to protect children and pets.

Updated: 5:44 PM Oscar winner Jeff Bridges lent his star power to the launch of a public-private partnership in Virginia to combat childhood hunger.