Virginia

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.

Virginia has rolled out a smartphone app to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.

Virginia has removed from its iconic state capitol the busts and a statue honoring Confederate generals and officials

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