Joe Macenka is a breaking news specialist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, concentrating on crime and courts. He came to the newspaper in 2001. You can reach him at (804) 649-6804 or e-mail jmacenka@TimesDispatch.com.
Lawyers have crafted a path to clean legal records for 30 women's rights activists arrested at the state Capitol in a March 3 protest.
Deal could produce clean records for 30 women's rights activists arrested March 3.
It was 6:12 a.m. Friday when the sun first appeared atop the tree line at the eastern end of Richmond's Bryan Park.
A man who ran the Filthy 5K Mud Run in 2010 and wound up partially paralyzed when he landed awkwardly in a man-made mud pit near the finish line on Brown's Island along the Richmond riverfront has sued the race organizers for $30 million.
One motorcyclist died Monday at VCU Medical Center and a second was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Xavia S. Highsmith, 18; Da'Von T. Byars, 19; and Kevin M. Drayton Jr., 18, face first-degree murder charges in the Jan. 21 death of Brett A. Wells and at a home near Mechanicsville.
Judge certifies accusations after testimony about slaying that allegedly took place after three went to 16-year-old's home to rob him of marijuana.
Puppy in double-homicide probe 'about the sweetest little dog you could imagine'
Chain collision in slow-moving traffic involved tractor-trailer, school bus, GRTC van and private vehicle.
A trial date has been set for the 30 women's rights activists arrested at the state Capitol in a March 3 protest against a bill requiring women to undergo an ultrasound before getting an abortion.
Three people were killed and three injured Monday in a head-on crash on U.S. 60 in Powhatan County that created a swath of destruction several hundred yards long and closed a narrow stretch of the road for much of the day.
Truck hauling sludge on a narrow section of U.S. 60 crossed the center line and hit another rig carrying logs; a total of five vehicles were involved.
Police were searching Friday for a driver who left the scene after striking and seriously injuring a 6-year-old boy who was playing with friends at a South Richmond mobile home park.
Two Virginia Commonwealth University students face possible prison time if convicted in a graffiti case that began when a Richmond police captain saw two young people vandalizing buildings in the Scott's Addition neighborhood.
In a year that likely will represent her best shot at becoming an Olympic hurdler, Kellie Wells came home Friday to Chesterfield County, where she has already overcome plenty of hurdles.
Two employees committed shootings at their places of work in unrelated incidents Wednesday in central Virginia.
Richmond police say one of their officers witnessed a crash at a downtown intersection that left one Virginia Commonwealth University student dead, two others injured and a man in custody on drunken-driving and related charges.
A Richmond judge has killed a lawsuit seeking $31.65 million for 19 businesses in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood that claimed flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston was the fault of the city's inept operation of its sewers and negligent maintenance over decades.
Interstate 95 was slowed in both directions by three crashes in Richmond this morning.
Passers-by chased a suspect after a downtown robbery and helped police in the apprehension and arrest of the man charged in the incident.
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