Virginia

After a deadly listeria outbreak stretched across 18 states and killed at least nine people, Boar’s Head will “indefinitely close” the Jarratt, Virginia, meat plant tied to the outbreak.

Thousands of people gathered in Virginia to watch Chincoteague wild ponies make their annual swim across the Assateague Channel on Wednesday

Nearly three decades after the murders of two women in Shenandoah National Park, the FBI says they now know who was responsible for the horrific crime.

Dozens of bottles of centuries-old, impeccably preserved cherries and berries from the cellar of George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate in northern Virginia have been discovered during an archaeological dig.

A video shows the moment a suspected drunk driver hit a trooper who was speaking to another driver.

The state chapter of the influential civil rights organization argues that restoring the names of the pro-slavery military figures created “an unlawful and discriminatory educational environment for Black students.”

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, a school board in Virginia stripped the names of Confederate military figures from two schools. Four years later, the board approved a motion to restore the names.

The raised bed of a dump truck slammed into an overhead ramp on westbound Interstate 66 Monday, but remarkably, no one was injured.

A Virginia boy who died of smoke inhalation from a house fire earlier this month could have escaped but chose to protect his 3-year-old brother.

Fairfax County authorities outlined a mysterious series of events leading up to the double homicide as part of a hearing to decide whether a family’s au pair should stand trial for murder.

A series of apparently fabricated articles were published on the website NewsBreak and used to raise money for victims of crimes that did not happen.

A married couple who sold their home in Virginia to retire to a life at sea is missing after authorities believe escaped convicts stole their yacht in the Caribbean. 

A dog who made national headlines when she was rescued after spending more than a week in a shipping container in Texas is receiving care from a local animal rescue team, and they have some exciting news to share.

A dog who made national headlines when she was rescued after spending more than a week in a shipping container in Texas is receiving care from a local animal rescue team. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder follows her incredible journey.

A gun shaped sidewalk indentation on a Virginia sidewalk is going viral.

A woman at a Washington, D.C.-area airport took a loaded handgun in her carry-on bag for a flight on Christmas Eve, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday.

Jessica Vincent said he bought it at a Goodwill outside Richmond, Virginia, and thought it would look nice in her house. But she soon learned the vase was extremely rare.

The mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for felony child neglect, nearly a year after her son used her gun to critically wound the educator.

Five students were taken to the hospital after experiencing a “reaction” to gummy bears eaten at lunch.

Police in a Virginia suburb of the nation’s capital are investigating a massive explosion at a house where officers were trying to serve a search warrant.