When it comes to total science output, the U.S. ranks among the top in the world. “The United States is good and fat, chubby even,“ scientist...

A Chesterfield County man who had been drinking and smoking marijuana before he fatally struck a teenage girl with his pickup truck—and then drove...

A Richmond jury last night convicted Judy Wright of felony child neglect in the shooting death of her only granddaughter and recommended a two-year sentence,...

A Richmond jury last night convicted Judy Wright of felony child neglect in the shooting death of her only granddaughter and recommended a two-year sentence,...

Ukrop’s Super Markets Inc. has expanded its line of prepared foods to include several oven-ready, family-sized options aimed at working families....

The state’s community colleges will increase tuition for next semester, and Virginia Commonwealth University plans to eliminate 91 jobs as the schools...

PETERSBURG Dana Ballenger brought home two baby doll sheep and gave them good Southern names, Jezabell and Thelma Lou. She checked first with city authorities...

Swine flu appears to have been cut in half in Virginia. About 8 percent of people visiting emergency rooms across the state reported flulike illness, down...

A man found fatally shot in Petersburg on Wednesday has been identified as Harry Stevenson, 25, who had been staying with friends in Richmond, police said....

Chickens: No permit is required for up to 10 chickens. The enclosure must be 30 feet from another person’s house.   Chickens, sheep, other livestock:...

Despite tough economic times, Virginia has taken a strong interest in maintaining its programs for early-childhood education, according to a member of...

A Mechanicsville teenager who vanished more than five years ago was located Wednesday in South Carolina after a Hanover County detective reworked an old...

An 11-year-old Richmond boy who allegedly shot and killed his 5-year-old niece took the stand yesterday in his mother’s felony child-neglect trial....

The last of three former employees charged along with swindler Edward Hugh Okun was sentenced to three years in prison in federal court in Richmond yesterday....

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

A trial date has been set for the owner of a Richmond day-care center where a child was left in a hot van and later died. Valerot Whitlow is to be tried...

A federal audit is requiring Richmond to pay an additional $744,418 of the bill for the flooding of Battery Park three years ago. The additional expense...

More than 2,000 DVDs explaining the causes, conflicts and consequences of the Civil War have been mailed to all public schools in Virginia. The three-hour...

The sinkhole that sank Battery Park is about to disappear. A $20 million project to prevent flooding in Shockoe Bottom is all but done. Richmond officials...

Richmond police are asking for help in locating a dark-colored Jeep Wrangler that may have struck a pedestrian Saturday at North Boulevard and Kensington...