Virginia

The U.S. government has executed a drug trafficker for a series of slayings in Virginia in 1992, despite his recent COVID-19 infection

A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has represented Virginia in the U.S. Capitol for 111 years has been removed.

Former Tuskegee Airman Alfred Thomas Farrar died on Thursday in Virginia only days before a ceremony planned to honor his service in the program that famously trained Black military pilots during World War II

A Republican committee in Virginia unanimously passed a resolution censuring Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-Va., saying he betrayed the party’s values when he officiated a same-sex wedding.

Two of Breonna Taylor’s aunts watched Monday as Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ceremonially signed a statewide ban on the use of no-knock search warrants

A man accused of breathing on anti-Trump protesters outside the president’s golf club in Sterling, Virginia, was charged with misdemeanor assault. Kathy Beynette told News4 that she and another woman were protesting President Trump outside the Trump National Golf Club on Saturday. Across the street, a group of Trump supporters were counter protesting. “Then, quite out of nowhere, the...

A high school teacher in Northern Virginia has been relieved of his teaching duties after he cited the death of George Floyd as part of a chemistry assignment.

The National Museum of the United States Army in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, is opening its doors on Veterans Day.

President Donald Trump was in seemingly good spirits when he stopped to take a picture with a bride on Saturday while at his Sterling, Va., golf course. It’s unclear if the video was taken before or after news broke of his projected defeat in the presidential election.

Sen. Mark Warner won his reelection campaign in Virginia, beating Daniel Gade.

Change came to Richmond’s historic Monument Avenue this summer at whiplash speed when the city’s mayor invoked emergency powers and ordered the removal of Confederate statues that had towered over the city for around a century.

A Virginia woman who pretended to be a psychologist, treating hundreds of patients and even testifying as a medical expert during custody hearings in court, was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison. Family after family testified in court in Stafford County on Friday about the damage done by Sharonda Avery. These families trusted Avery so much and were so…

An investigation was underway into the cause of an explosion and large fire at a shopping center in Harrisonburg, Virginia, that injured at least five people Saturday morning. Three people were taken to hospitals after the incident that was reported around 8:30 a.m., and two others were treated on the scene for minor injuries, the city said in an update…

A severed fiber optic cable that shut down Virginia’s online voter registration system has prompted a lawsuit from a civil rights organization.

Members of anti-government paramilitary groups discussed kidnapping Virginia’s governor during a June meeting in Ohio, an FBI agent testified Tuesday during a court hearing for a group of men accused of plotting to abduct Michigan’s governor.

The Virginia Department of Forestry is warning people to keep their social distance from a very furry-looking caterpillar. The puss caterpillar is more dangerous than it may initially appear: It’s definitely not a tiny, wriggly toupee, it’s not a porcupine that uses lots of hair conditioner and it doesn’t have long, soft fur. Its body is covered in venomous...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and his wife, Pamela, have tested positive for COVID-19, the governor’s office said Friday morning. Gov. Northam has no symptoms and First Lady Pamela Northam currently is experiencing mild symptoms, according to a press release. “Both remain in good spirits,” the release said. The Northams learned Wednesday evening that a member of their residential staff...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and First Lady Pamela Northam announced they have tested positive for COVID-19. According to a release, the Gov. is not experiencing any symptoms and the first lady has only minor symptoms.

A Massachusetts man charged with killing an Appalachian Trail hiker and attacking another with a hunting knife in Virginia plans to use an insanity defense at his trial

Luray Mayor Barry Presgraves posted the comment last weekend on his Facebook page.