VIRGINIA BEACH Hispanic activists are coordinating a bus trip to Washington to participate in a march calling for immigration law changes.

A Central State Hospital patient under investigation in the strangling death of another patient inside his room was charged late last year in a violent escape attempt in which one deputy was stabbed and another was shot in the Fauquier County courthouse. George G. Phillips II, 31, who has been identified…

#8212; Two Bruton High School seniors, one of them a member of last season's state runner-up football team, were arrested on charges of possession with intent to distribute marijuana in the parking lot of Magruder Elementary School on Thursday evening, says Deputy Mike Russell with the York-Poquoson…

A federal judge is allowing a police brutality lawsuit against Fluvanna County’s sheriff and a Fluvanna sheriff’s deputy to move forward.

Lawmakers continue efforts to finish budget

HARRISONBURG - Gang investigators arrested six city teenagers this week on gang and vandalism charges stemming from graffiti found on at least four city streets, authorities announced Friday.

The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors will seek the help of one or possibly two outside attorneys to handle a lawsuit filed against the board by a group of county residents.

Bristol Herald Courier reporter Daniel Gilbert is among the winners of the 2009 National Journalism Awards presented annually by the Scripps Howard Foundation.

Recognition stems from 'superior support' for Guard and Reserve employees

Mark Wojick has 21 students in his third-grade class at Mill Run Elementary School in Broadlands, and he says the relatively small group is a joy to teach. “Having a higher number of students affects areas of teaching a lot of people don’t even realize, like making copies, writing lesson plans, conferencing…

It was after midnight last Friday, and I was asleep when the phone rang. It is rarely pleasant to get a late-night call that awakens one from a sound sleep. This was the kind one dreads.