Virginia

Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney on Wednesday ordered the removal of all Confederate statues on city land. “We have an urgent need to protect the public,” Stoney said in a statement.

The family of a Virginia man who has been held in Spain for the last year on drug trafficking charges says he was an unwitting courier for a criminal syndicate

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that he will propose making Juneteenth — a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. — an official holiday in a state that was once home to the capital of the Confederacy. Musician Pharrell Williams, a Virginia native, joined him at a news conference. “This is our chance to lead, to…

Protesters have torn down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis along Richmond, Virginia’s famed Monument Avenue

A southwest Virginia man who blew off his hand in an apparent explosives accident has been charged in federal court after authorities say they found evidence he was making a bomb and wanted to target “hot cheerleaders.”

Two thieves decided to forego face masks and opt instead for watermelons while allegedly stealing from a store in central Virginia, police say. The suspects arrived at a Sheetz convenience store in Louisa on May 6 wearing hollowed-out watermelons with eye holes. Louisa police said the suspects then stole undisclosed items from the store before fleeing in a “lifted” 2006…

An online sting operation in northern Virginia has resulted in the arrests of 30 men charged with trolling the Internet to solicit sex from minors.

Coronavirus has erupted inside a juvenile detention center in Virginia where officials said Friday 25 kids tested positive

Firefighters in Virginia made a daring rescue of a truck driver whose tractor trailer was nearly blown off a bridge.

TJ Kim, a 16-year-old high school student in Virginia, has turned his flying lessons into a lifesaving mission by delivering medial supplies to rural hospitals in Virginia battling the coronavirus pandemic.

A 29-year-old man is in a Washington, D.C., intensive care unit recovering from coronavirus and he has a warning to young people and anyone who thinks they don’t need to abide by social distancing guidelines: “This can happen to you.”

Chelsea Manning’s legal team says the former intelligence analyst tried to take her own life Wednesday, but was transported to a hospital where she is recovering.

Authorities say a Virginia girl’s dog stopped her from being abducted by biting a man who grabbed her.

An up-and-coming four-legged artist in Virginia has raised $4,000 for the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria. The precocious 6-year-old Staffordshire terrier sold nearly 20 pieces in his debut collection.

A neglected dog has made a stunning recovery after being brought to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Richmond, Virginia, this past April, TODAY.com reported. The dog, whom the SPCA renamed Lionheart, was surrendered by his owner — and it was immediately clear he needed care. “We realized what a terrible case of neglect it was,”...

Lee Asher is motoring cross-country in a battleship gray RV with seven friends. Six of them — Lillie, Bo-Bo, Cali, Stella, Molly and Butters — don’t drive or chip in for gasoline. But they always want to stop for a bite or bathroom break. That’s because they’re dogs, all rescued: a Saint Bernard, a chocolate lab, a golden retriever, a...

Kelly Frankenburg is a newborn and baby photographer who works out of her home studio 11 Sixteen Photography in Richmond, Virginia. She is also an animal lover. She, her husband Mark and their two children recently started fostering animals from city shelter Richmond Animal Care and Control, People Pets reported. The most recent critters to come under the Frankenburgs’ foster...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s push to ban the sale of assault weapons has failed after members of his own party balked at the proposal.

A 17-year-old boy suspected of killing his mother and 6-year-old brother before shooting his father in Fauquier County, Virginia, Friday night was apprehended in Durham, North Carolina, on Saturday after he was caught trying to steal hair dye, clothes and a backpack from a Target store, authorities say. Levi Norwood was arrested after employees at a Target found him in…

UPDATE: Levi Norwood has been apprehended in North Carolina, the sheriff’s office said Saturday. Find News4’s latest coverage here. A manhunt is underway for a 17-year-old boy in Fauquier County, Virginia, who is suspected of killing his mother and young brother before shooting his father, authorities say. Levi Norwood is wanted on two counts of murder in the deaths...