Category Archives: Local News

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is proposing about $22 million for efforts to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies and reduce the racial disparity in the state’s mate...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Actress Sally Field, singer Linda Ronstadt and the disco-funk band Earth Wind and Fire awaited their turn in the spotlight Sunday night as part of the latest group of recipients of t...

WASHINGTON - Postseason star Howie Kendrick and the World Series champion Washington Nationals agreed to a $6.25 million, one-year contract, according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations....

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia is taking steps toward dropping requirements that new Medicaid enrollees have a job and pay part of their premiums. Those provisions were key parts of a bi-partisan comp...

ROANOKE, Va. – Officials of a Virginia city have rebuffed pleas by gun advocates asking it to declare the city a so-called “Second Amendment Sanctuary.” Roanoke Mayor Sherman Lea on ...

MANASSAS, Va. – A northern Virginia county will consider whether it wants to join other jurisdictions and declare itself a “Second Amendment Sanctuary.” Corey Stewart, the outgoing R...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Police in Virginia are warning people to watch their home deliveries or find other ways to receive packages in the mail. The Daily Progress in Charlottesville reports that...

ROANOKE, Va. - A U.S. marshal says a Marine deserter wanted in a fatal shooting has been arrested in Virginia after a lengthy search.Brad Sellers is the acting U.S. marshal for the Western District of...

BEDFORD, Va. – Another county in Virginia plans to become a so-called “Second Amendment Sanctuary.”The News & Advance reports that the Bedford County Board of Supervisors announc...

HARRISONBURG, Va. – State Sen. Tommy Norment will lead Republicans as they prepare to operate in the minority in the Virginia state Senate. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the James Cit...