Category Archives: Local News

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Va., died Monday after a battle with colorectal cancer, his office said. He was 61.Tara Rountree, McEachin's chief of staff, said in a statement late ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) - The city of Chesapeake, Virginia, has scheduled a candlelight vigil for Monday evening that will honor and remember the victims of last week's mass shooting at a Walmart store.S...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) - Two people were extricated from a small plane early Monday in Maryland, several hours after they crashed into power lines, causing widespread outages in the surrounding county...

BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland's attorney general announced Monday that he has overruled opinions that upheld or applied unconstitutional racially discriminatory laws.In an opinion addressed to G...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A University of Virginia football player who was seriously wounded in a shooting that killed three of his teammates has been released from the hospital.Brenda Hollins, t...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Thousands of people joined Virginia's football team, coaches and staff Saturday in honoring three players who were shot dead as they returned from a field trip last weekend...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - A witness who saw a University of Virginia student open fire on a bus returning from a field trip described to police how the gunman targeted specific victims - many of the...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Virginia's Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin and a leader of the Democratic-controlled state Senate announced an agreement Tuesday to hold a special election in January to fil...

BALTIMORE (AP) - Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Military Services, who oversees Catholic ministries to the U.S. armed forces, was elected Tuesday as the new president of the U.S. Conference of...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Police on Monday captured a University of Virginia student suspected of fatally shooting three members of the school's football team as they returned to campus from a field...