As people trickle in for the midday prayer, some remain from the previous night, living out of sleeping bags in the mosque at the Islamic Center of Virginia in Chesterfield County until the end of Ramadan next week. This is a once-in-a-year opportunity to devote yourself as much as you ...

Washington and Lee University freshman Norris Laffitte was emptying a box at William Byrd Community House when Jessica Turner spied an old carnival banner. quot;I was looking for that,quot; said Turner, the community relations coordinator for Byrd House, as she picked up the banner. Laffitte, of Columbia,…

The 6-year-old witness, Jada Rogers, entered the courtroom sucking her thumb. She stood with her hands behind her back, fidgeting, as Richmond Circuit Judge Theodore J. Markow asked if she knew what it means to tell the truth. People who lie, she told the judge, go to jail. On the ...

Police have confirmed one of their leading theories in the case.

Virginia State Police announced this evening that a trooper was involved in a two-vehicle crash shortly after 10 near Maplewood Avenue and U.S. 360 in Amelia County. quot;The trooper was injured in the crash and was being transported by ambulance to a local hospital. The driver of the other vehicle ...

A greater number of Henrico County students will start classes next week at a school that#39;s different from the one they attended last year. New attendance boundaries go into effect this year, coinciding with Tuesday#39;s opening of two new schools in western Henrico. quot;It should be a smooth process,quot;…

The new school year was fast approaching and Sam Peters was still organizing his classroom. In his case, it couldn#39;t be helped.