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Projects Examining Richmond’s History Win $16m in Funding
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The former Confederate capital has secured an $11 million grant to build an interpretive center that city officials hope will someday be part of an ambitious, long-envisioned...
Dec 20, 2022
Virginia Probes Hiring of Trooper who Killed Teen’s Family
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - After a former state trooper from Virginia drove across the country, kidnapped a 15-year-old California girl, killed three members of her family, then shot himself, Virginia State...
Dec 20, 2022
Police Chief Killed in Roadside Collision with Truck
BROADNAX, Va. (AP) - A Virginia police chief died after a pickup truck struck him on the side of a highway, according to police.Brodnax Police Chief Joe Carey, 66, was hit by the vehicle on Friday aft...
Dec 19, 2022
Former Virginia First Lady ‘Jinks’ Holton Dies at 97
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia "Jinks" Rogers Holton, a former first lady of Virginia, died Friday morning at her home, her family said in a statement. She was 97.Holton was the wife of the late R...
Dec 19, 2022
Youngkin Proposes Another $1B in Business, Income Tax Cuts
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin laid out his proposed changes to the two-year state budget Thursday, asking lawmakers to enact another $1 billion in tax relief, including a corporate ...
Dec 15, 2022
Youngkin Wants Major New Funding for Mental Health Services
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia needs a major new investment in funding for behavioral health care services, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin said in a speech Wednesday, pledging to spend the re...
Dec 15, 2022
3 Trials to be Held Against Loudoun School Administrators
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) - Three separate trials will be held next year to adjudicate charges against the former superintendent of a northern Virginia school system as well as the system's primary spokesman...
Dec 14, 2022
Deal Could Make Disabled Students’ Classmates Wear Masks
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Disabled students can request that their peers be required to wear masks in class in 12 Virginia schools under the terms of a settlement reached Monday.Parents at those 12 sch...
Dec 14, 2022
Virginia Del. Ronnie Campbell Dies After Cancer Battle
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Republican Virginia Del. Ronnie Campbell, a former state trooper and member of the House of Delegates from the Shenandoah Valley, died this week after a battle with cancer, the Ho...
Dec 13, 2022
Numbers on Panel Examining Va. Beach Mass Shooting Dwindle
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Several members of a state commission tasked with conducting an independent investigation of a 2019 mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, have stepped down in recent mo...
Dec 12, 2022
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