Elections board: Some expired IDs to be OK
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ The State Board of Elections has backed a new policy that would prohibit the use of some expired photo identification at ...
The old Mill Mountain toll road needs some work
The old toll road to the summit of Mill Mountain that runs by the Rockledge mansion was recently listed as an "endangered site" by the ...
Postal workers continue fight to keep Roanoke mail processing center
Postal workers at Roanoke's mail processing center are fighting Postal Service plans to move those operations to Greensboro sometime next year, and a full-court press ...
Parade of witnesses in Va. ex-governor’s trial
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ The former governor's mansion director is next up on the prosecution's long witness list in the federal corruption trial of former ...
New River Valley man faces child porn charges in NJ
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) _ Numerous charges have been filed against a Virginia man who allegedly coerced a 13-year-old New Jersey resident into sending him sexually ...
Amber Alert terminated; boy is safe, dad in jail
FROM PATRICK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: Tommy Lee Able Engle, the 3-year-old missing child from Patrick County, has been safely located in Pikeville, Kentucky according to ...
Ride-sharing companies given OK to operate in Va.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Virginia is allowing ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft to operate here under a temporary agreement between the companies and the state ...
Aide to ex-Va. 1st lady: No signs of marital woes
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ The woman who served as chief of staff to Virginia's former first lady says she never saw any hint of a ...
Former Arts Council director has new home in Blacksburg
The last executive director of the now-defunct Arts Council of the Blue Ridge has found a new home in Blacksburg. Rhonda Morgan is executive director ...
Body of missing NC man recovered from river in Va.
SANDY LEVEL, Va. (AP) _ Authorities have identified a body recovered from the Pigg River as that of a North Carolina man who had been ...
U.S. Senate campaign rhetoric heats up
Republican U.S. Senate challenger Ed Gillespie has questioned incumbent Democrat's Mark Warner's use of charter air travel ... and the incumbent's willingness to debate... and ...
Don’t call it a “meal plan” at Virginia Tech — it’s a “dining plan”...
Virginia Tech has earned another number one ranking -- not in football, but in campus food. For the third time in the last seven years, ...
FBI agent on stand in former Va. governor trial
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ An FBI forensic computer analyst will be on the stand when the public corruption trial of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell ...
McAuliffe calls special election to replace Cantor
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Gov. Terry McAuliffe has called for a special election to replace former U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. McAuliffe's office announced ...
State Police: man killed by Bedford Co. deputy had just come here from Cali...
From Virginia State Police: The investigation remains ongoing into the officer-involved shooting in Bedford County July 30, 2014. At the request of the Bedford County ...
The Freedom Playground at Penn Forest will return in a few weeks
Its been much more than a school-yard diversion for Penn Forest Elementary students ... the Freedom Playground has been a community resource, and its getting ...
Two killed when taxicab strikes tree, catches fire
From Virginia State Police: The Virginia State Police are continuing their investigation into a fatal crash that killed two Virginia residents yesterday afternoon around 3:45 ...
Plaintiffs oppose stay of Va. gay marriage ruling
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ The plaintiffs in a court case challenging Virginia's same-sex marriage ban have asked a federal appeals court not to stay its ...
VT earns #1 pre-season ranking — for campus food
From Virginia Tech: BLACKSBURG, Va., Aug. 5, 2014 - Virginia Tech has been named No. 1 in the Princeton Review's Best Campus Food rankings for ...
Scheduler testifying in ex-Virginia governor trial
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ The person who handled former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's schedule is testifying in his public corruption trial. Former McDonnell scheduler Monica ...
