Virginia

Patriots team plane flies UVA football players to teammates' funerals

The New England Patriots arranged for UVA players and staff to attend all three out-of-state funerals of the three football players.

6 days ago

Chesapeake Walmart shooter Andre Bing left a 'death note,' officials say

The Chesapeake, Virginia Walmart employee who shot and killed six people before turning the gun on himself Tuesday night wrote a "death note" prior to the attack, according to officials.

November 26

Virginia Walmart Shooting: 31-year-old employee Andre Bing accused of killing 6 people, himself

A Chesapeake, Virginia Walmart employee shot and killed six people before turning the gun on himself Tuesday night in a mass killing that struck the nation just before the Thanksgiving holiday.

November 23

UVA football game against Coastal Carolina canceled in the wake of fatal shooting

The Virginia athletics department announced Wednesday that the University of Virginia Cavaliers' football game against Coast Carolina has been canceled.

November 16

Photos: Flying squirrel found swimming inside Virginia couple’s toilet

Now that’s not something you see every day.

October 28

Aspiring model paralyzed in deadly car crash on birthday

Diamond “Donna” Jonise is also a mental health advocate after suffering from depression in high school.

September 26

VCU, victim's family reach settlement in hazing death

The agreement with the family of Adam Oakes also requires the Richmond university to make additional changes to its fraternity and sorority life.

September 18

Elderly couple forced into linen closet at gunpoint during home invasion caught on video: police

Authorities are searching for two men they say were caught on video forcing an elderly couple into a linen closet at gunpoint inside their own home during a robbery in Virginia.

September 16

US Capitol rioter who wore 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt sentenced to prison

A Virginia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing an antisemitic “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt over a Nazi-themed shirt was sentenced on Thursday to 75 days of imprisonment.

September 15

Virginia man wins $1M lottery after thinking he won $600

When Jose Flores Velaquez went to redeem his scratch-off ticket, he was happy to claim what he thought was a $600 prize. But when lottery staffers looked at it, they quickly discovered the ticket was worth a whole lot more — it was a $1 million winner.

September 8

Norfolk, Virginia off-campus shooting leaves 7, including college students, wounded

Norfolk State University tweeted that several of its students were the victims of the shooting.

September 4

Virginia man catches 66-pound blue catfish, breaks state record

The fish – which Jason Emmel caught with a bow and arrow in the Pamunkey River on Monday – was 3 feet, 6 inches long.

July 21

VIDEO: Chicken takes ride on boogie board over West Virginia floodwaters

A chicken was caught on camera taking a brief journey on a boogie board after residential areas of Tornado, West Virginia, were flooded after a storm.

July 19

Drugged driver chokes police dog during stop in Fauquier County: police

A drugged driver suspected of carjacking was arrested after he choked a police dog during a traffic stop in Fauquier County, police say.

July 18

Dozens missing now accounted for after flash flood washes away homes in rural Virginia town

Officials believe more than 100 homes were either damaged or destroyed by the flooding in the rural mountainous region of western Virginia.

July 14

Heart-stopping video: Rescuers catch falling kitten that scaled Virginia building

After the meowing kitten climbed a city hall building, firefighters and animal control officers worked together to save the tiny animal.

July 13

4,000 beagles rescued from Virginia breeding facility in need of new homes

Roughly 4,000 beagles are being rescued from an Envigo breeding facility in Virginia after the Humane Society and Department of Justice worked out a removal plan.

July 13