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Dems focus on Jackson in hitting Va. GOP ticket

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:56:56 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Democrats sought on Monday to frame Virginia's bellwether races for governor and other statewide offices as a referendum on a conservative GOP ticket with particular attention to past comments by GOP lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson likening Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan.

Va. capital city metered parking could increase

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:58:44 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Street parking in Virginia's capital city could be getting more expensive.

Va MS-13 gang leader convicted of ordering attacks

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:10:06 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - A federal jury has convicted the leader of a Richmond-area MS-13 gang for ordering two teenagers to shot a man as part of a gang initiation and to attack another man.

Driver who hit officer with car shot, killed

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:59:28 -0400

NORFOLK, Virginia - Norfolk police have shot and killed a man who struck an officer with his car.

U.Va. capital campaign exceeds $3 billion goal

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:28:09 -0400

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - After nine years and despite a recession, the University of Virginia has exceeded its $3 billion fundraising goal.

Colonial Williamsburg pays tribute to military

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:17:51 -0400

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia - Colonial Williamsburg is offering free admission to military members and their families during the Memorial Day weekend.

Pot-bellied pigs seized in Dinwiddie get new homes

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:37:52 -0400

DINWIDDIE, Virginia - More than a dozen neglected pot-bellied pigs seized in Dinwiddie County have found new homes.

Historic, decaying Winchester building to be saved

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:27:04 -0400

WINCHESTER, Virginia - A historic but decaying former hotel in Winchester is being converted into a retail, residential and entertainment complex.

Lynchburg Symphony loses director, general manager

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:16 -0400

LYNCHBURG, Virginia - The Lynchburg Symphony is losing both its longtime music director and its general manager.

Man survives being dragged 4 miles by car in Va.

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:11:03 -0400

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia - Police say a car dragged a man for about 4 miles before another motorist alerted the driver that the victim was under the vehicle.

US bank fraud trial with Va. jury

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:04:05 -0400

NORFOLK, Virginia - Federal court jurors in Norfolk are set to continue their deliberations in the trial of four former Bank of Commonwealth executives and a developer accused of conspiring to defraud the bank out of $71 million.

Trust launches $3.6M campaign for Va battlefield

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:10:03 -0400

CULPEPER, Virginia - The Civil War Trust has launched a $3.6 million national fundraising campaign to preserve 56 battlefield acres at Brandy Station in Culpeper County.

New vice rector, planning on U.Va. board's agenda

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:07:12 -0400

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - Strategic planning and the selection of a new vice rector are on the agenda for University of Virginia Board of Visitors.

Woman admits embezzling from Va. association

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:05:14 -0400

STAUNTON, Virginia - A September sentencing is set for a woman convicted of embezzling from the Virginia Angus Association.

2 FBI agents killed in training accident in Va.

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:21:13 -0400

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia - Two FBI agents have been killed in a training accident in Virginia.

Woes notwithstanding, GOP savors a week of gifts

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:45:04 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Ken Cuccinelli and Virginia's Republican Party ticket heading into the state's November bellwether elections couldn't have imagined how the headlines that vexed them a week ago could unite and galvanize the party in a few short days.

Before conservative crowd, Cuccinelli moves middle

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:47:05 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia's conservative activist attorney general, formally became the Republican gubernatorial nominee by acclamation Saturday in a noisy voice vote at a statewide GOP convention dominated for the first time by the tea party activists who adore him.

Jackson chosen as GOP lieutenant governor nominee

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:23:07 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - Virginia Republicans have chosen firebrand conservative minister E.W. Jackson's for lieutenant governor, the first black candidate the party has nominated for statewide office since 1988.

Obenshain nominated by GOP for Va attorney general

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:54:05 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - State Sen. Mark Obenshain has won the Republican nomination for attorney general in Virginia 35 years after his father won the party's U.S. Senate nomination.

Coast Guard looks for 2 missing men in Va. river

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:35:36 -0400

PORTSMOUTH, Virginia - The Coast Guard is searching in Virginia for two men whose small boat capsized in the Rappahannock River.