A hunter who died from an accidental shotgun wound Saturday in Charles City County was identified today as Keith Andrew Murphy, 42, of Glen Allen. A spokeswoman...

The New Kent Christmas Mother Program braced itself for more pleas for help and fewer donations when the economy began to sour. But this year, applications...

A number of school divisions in central Virginia will open late today after this week’s heavy rains and flooding. The following county school districts...

Several school divisions in central Virginia are reporting delays tomorrow after this week’s heavy rains and flooding. The following county school...

People gathered on the banks of the James River in Charles City County to commemorate America’s first Thanksgiving, in honor of the safe landing...

There will be no tricks, treats or Halloween parties this year for many of Virginia’s convicted sex criminals. Officers with the Virginia Department...

One of nine people charged in the fatal shooting of a teenager at a Sweet 16 party in Caroline County has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.

Bob Rose made his first visit to the Meadow Highland Games & Celtic Festival a memorable one. Goaded by friends and family, Rose good-naturedly volunteered...

Eight local governments in the Richmond area will have a new way to talk to one another in an emergency, with no telephone wires attached. A $1.73 million...

When Ray Rucker and his wife, Meriam, bought a home in a middle-class Mechanicsville neighborhood in 1990, they were told the brick rancher was haunted....

LANEXA—A year after he allegedly gunned down a Williamsburg teenager in possible self-defense, fled his rental home here in New Kent County, and...

Juanita Ernestine Cotman was 19 years old and a new mother when she was diagnosed with sarcoidosis, a disease that results in inflammation and, sometimes,...

Moving the State Fair of Virginia to Caroline County didn’t seem to affect attendance at the annual event. The State Fair drew 247,958 people during...

Now that the State Fair of Virginia has concluded its 11-day run at its new location in Caroline County, organizers are looking at ways to improve the...

Central Virginia has seen a slight increase in homicides so far this year, with higher numbers in Richmond and Petersburg offsetting improved numbers elsewhere....

There was a flurry of activity throughout the Meadow Event Park yesterday as fairgoers turned out for the final day of the State Fair of Virginia. On one...

Authorities closed Central High School in King and Queen County early yesterday after they discovered the building had been broken into and vandalized,...

KING AND QUEEN—Authorities closed Central High School early today after they discovered the building had been broken into and vandalized, the county...

You couldn’t see water from Robbie Newcomb’s cornfield in Caroline County, just lots of corn and Robbie’s 14-year-old son, J.R., harvesting...

The Great Pumpkin is really, really big! Matthew Morris, 10, and his father, Bobby, of Burkeville, won the pumpkin contest yesterday at the State Fair...