WFIR News Express 12-29-23

The Virginia Department of Health has announced the state’s first reported influenza-associated pediatric death for the 2023-24 flu season - a child between 5 and 12 years old in Virginia’s Eastern region has died from complications associated with the flu. A Northern Virginia Congressman is calling on his colleagues in the House to continue providing support to Ukrainian forces that have be under Russian attack for almost two years. The Roanoke City Police Department says they will have extra personnel throughout the downtown area during New Year’s Eve festivities. A retired Virginia Western Community College history professor has not stopped working - he has now released a seventh novel in a series that's followed its hero from just before the Pearl Harbor attack. Henry County emergency crews say an 18th-century church burned to the ground on Tuesday. Officials say the church on Lee Ford Camp Road was built in 1754. Do you have a New Year's Resolution to get out and get active? Virginia's State Parks can help. Our next update will be uploaded after 9:00 am on Monday.