Virginia board votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools

The Shenandoah County School Board in Virginia voted 5-1 to revert two schools, previously renamed for racial justice, back to their original Confederate-associated names, Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary.

Virginia woman’s first lottery ticket wins big

A young Virginia woman’s decision to do something she’s never done before paid off in a big way.

MS-13 gang leader sentenced to life for random killings in northern Virginia

Even in the violent world of the MS-13 street gang, the killings in northern Virginia in the summer of 2019 stood out. In that year, "the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area became an MS-13 hunting ground," in the words of prosecutors.

Virginia community rallies to reunite Canadian truck driver with lost dog

A Canadian truck driver is thanking a Virginia community for coming together and helping to find his lost dog, who disappeared at a rest stop. 

John Wayne Bobbitt, whose wife sliced off his manhood, loses toes due to toxic water at Camp Lejeune

John Wayne Bobbitt, whose wife Lorena Bobbitt infamously chopped off his penis with a kitchen knife in 1993, has lost all of his toes due to side effects from an illness he claims he sustained while based at Camp Lejeune in the 1980s.

3 rockets launch during eclipse in Virginia

It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's a rocket blasting off during a super-rare solar eclipse. 

Virginia boss, worker celebrate US asylum request approval

A Virginia worker and his boss were overcome with joy after the employee’s asylum request was granted, allowing him to bring his family to the United States from overseas.

Watch: Wildlife rehabber wears fox mask to feed rescued kit

Adorable video from a Virginia wildlife rescue center shows just how hard they work to make sure wild animals don't associate humans with food.

Trump wins 2024 Virginia primary over Nikki Haley

Former President Donald Trump won the Republican primary in Virginia, according to the Associated Press. 

Missing Virginia couple were likely thrown overboard in the Caribbean, police say

An older U.S. couple whose catamaran was hijacked last week in the Caribbean by three escaped prisoners were likely thrown into the ocean and died, police in Grenada said Monday.

Supreme Court upholds admissions policy at elite Virginia high school

The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place the admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia that some parents claimed discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans.

Sterling house explosion: 1 firefighter dead, 9 others injured in Virginia

A firefighter died when a house exploded in Loudoun County Friday night, and authorities say at least nine other first responders were injured in the blaze.