1859: The fair moves to West Broad Street near the present-day Science Museum of Virginia, is suspended from 1861 to 1866 due to the Civil War.  ...

Newport News Mayor Joe Frank said today the city’s two-decade-long effort to develop a reservoir in King William County is dead.

John F. “Jack” Berry is all over the place. One minute he’s speaking to a Rotary Club. The next, he’s promoting Richmond. Or playing...

The Wildlife Center of Virginia is releasing a bald eagle at Westover Plantation on the James River.

The designation is part of a 20-year agreement signed two years ago in exchange for a one-time state appropriation of almost $2.4 million to help build...

120 had no critical violations during inspections conducted during the 2008-09 school year; and 93 had two or fewer total critical violations for the...

King William County resident Judith Gwathmey has filed suit to stop developers from doing any work on an easement that runs over her property. Gwathmey...

At West Point High School, where he retired as associate principal in 1993, easygoing Charles Herbert “Herb” Brown Jr., also a band-choral...

An early-morning thunderstorm dumped up to 6 inches of rain in some parts of the Richmond region but caused little damage, authorities said. The heaviest...

The body of a boater missing in the James River since Saturday was found yesterday, nearly 24 hours after his disappearance. Authorities identified the...

Authorities plan to resume their search today for a boater who went missing in the James River in Charles City County. A 58-year-old man was thrown from...

The number of Virginia schools that made Adequate Yearly Progress goals in reading and math dropped slightly during the 2008-09 school year after the passing...

Don’t think that farming isn’t a high-tech business. The Virginia Agriculture Expo in Hanover County yesterday had some of the latest trends...

The Boy Scouts of America decided yesterday that it won’t be bringing its national jamboree to Rockbridge County and is turning its attention instead...

An 11-year-old Caroline County girl found seriously injured Sunday on a Lake Caroline community street had jumped onto the back of a passing sport utility...

An 11-year-old Caroline County girl found seriously injured Sunday on a Lake Caroline community street had jumped onto the back of a passing sport utility...

CAROLINE—An 11-year-old girl was transported to VCU Medical Center last night with serious injuries. Virginia State Police are asking for the community’s...

First lady Michelle Obama touted her husband’s health-care reform plan at a clinic in Caroline County, saying that if the bill does not pass, health-care...

Michelle Obama will help open a new community-health center today in Bowling Green in Caroline County.

Michelle Obama will help open a new community health center Monday in Bowling Green.