Lawrence C. Musgrove Jr. was a lawyer who went on to establish two companies in the valley.

Lawrence C. Musgrove Jr. is remembered as a father, husband, businessman, lawyer and union supporter. Most of all, he is remembered for his work ethic.

Musgrove died Monday after complications with pneumonia, said his son, Lawrence C. Musgrove III. He was 84.

An infant, whose mother was involved in a car wreck before the child was born, died two days after an emergency delivery.

Blacksburg police are investigating whether the child's death is criminal.

The raises would be funded by savings earned over years by cutting expenses, officials said.

Roanoke school administrators are proposing to break the salary freeze that's been in place for school employees since the start of the 2009-10 fiscal year.

A recommendation presented to the school board in a retreat Friday would give professional, administrative and classified employees a step increase and a minimum 1 percent raise.

John Dye, a Roanoke County resident, published a memoir called "From Appalachia to the White House."

Joe Dye's days protecting America's leaders are not his most frightening, but they are what people ask him about.

RICHMOND — A battle over whether child-placement agencies should be allowed to discriminate against prospective parents and children based on their sexual orientation has moved to the General Assembly.

Virginia Tech was not discriminatory when it paid two women less than men in the same jobs, the jury said.

Virginia Tech did not discriminate against two women by paying them less than men in the same fundraising jobs, a jury decided Friday in a case where office politics spilled into a courtroom.

The verdict was a reversal of fortune for Shana Maron and Getra Hanes.

Brandon Lockett got the maximum sentence for his role in the death of 2-year-old Aveion Lewis.

Two years after the death of toddler Aveion Lewis — a period filled with lengthy investigation and protracted courtroom proceedings — the sentencing hearing for his stepfather took just less than 10 minutes and ended with Brandon Lockett receiving 50 years in prison, the maximum he could have gotten.

Sentenced for murder in "horrific" case

Police said the boys are in the custody of their parents.

Kellie Worrell is a Renaissance woman of sorts. Already, Worrell has developed an iPhone application, helps on her husband Alan’s commercial farm, teaches and is now a self-published author whose ...