Richmond News

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The University of Virginia's Center for Politics will hold a conference in Richmond to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of Massive Resistance.

A security guard described as dedicated and thorough was found slain early yesterday in the Chesterfield County apartment complex he protected, killed by a blow to the head.

Virginia social-services officials are investigating a Richmond daycare center after a 13-month-old boy died in one of its vans.

Gov. Tim Kaine is set to update Virginia's first-in-the-nation initiative to electronically compile the records of black Virginians whose family history was smudged by slavery and racism.

The state is going to mothball until at least 2011 the 18 rest areas and one welcome center slated for closure and eventual demolition because of budget cutbacks.

One man is facing charges after an accident that left lanes of Interstate 95 in Richmond closed early Wednesday morning.

Shares of Genworth MI Canada Inc ., the mortgage insurance unit spun off by Genworth Financial Inc., fell in the first day of trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

We have an update on Richmond child's death. The Commonwealth's Attorney's Office says Ashley Williams, the mother of two-year-old D'sean Williams, has been indicted on charges of child abuse and murder.

No damage or injuries have been reported following a small earthquake that rattled parts of central Virginia.

A Richmond mother is facing murder charges in the death of her 2-year-old son. D'Sean Williams was found unresponsive in a home on Newman Road May 30.

A Richmond day care worker is in police custody this evening after a 13-month-old child was found dead this afternoon in a day care center van.

The famed Andersonville Civil War Prison Camp, or Camp Sumpter as it was officially known was one of the largest of many established prison camps during the Civil War.

Victims of traumatic events sometimes get so hung up thinking about what happened to them that they can't let go of their torment.

POWHATAN, Va. - In her job, Allison Dunaway makes sure people follow state environmental laws.

Richmond authorities will seek an indictment Monday against a man who they say tried to bribe someone to lie in court on his behalf in a case involving a hit-and-run crash that killed a 15-year-old girl.

RICHMOND, Va. - A Tennessee company that canceled plans for a 10-day fair at the former site of the State Fair of Virginia now says it plans to stage one in the parking lot of a Richmond baseball stadium.

Richmond police tonight released composite sketches of two possible suspects who assaulted and raped a woman last month in a parking deck in the Virginia Commonwealth University area.

Highway 50: In D.C., an education that pays A A July 1: NBC's Tom Brokaw is back on Highway 50 with a look at a controversial idea that has taken over public school classrooms in Washington, D.C: cash for good grades.

Arlington, VA - Health officials confirmed the second H1N1- or Swine Flu- death in Virginia.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the Richmond Coliseum this evening to celebrate the life of Michael Jackson, who died Thursday.