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Obenshain Wins GOP AG Nomination, Defeats Bell

Posted: 5:14 PM 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.

Posted: 3:42 PM A few dozen reproductive rights activists clad in pink T-shirts quietly picketed alongside Democrats in the rain outside the Virginia Republican Convention that nominated anti-abortion Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli for governor.

Posted: 3:37 PM A woman at Hollins University who's known to fellow students as the dormitory cleaning lady will join some of them in line at this weekend's commencement ceremonies.

Posted: 3:34 PM A Mega Millions ticket sold in Farmville has matched all six numbers in the latest drawing and will split the estimated $190 million jackpot with the holder of another winning ticket bought in New Jersey.

Updated: 3:34 PM The Coast Guard is searching in Virginia for two men whose small boat capsized in the Rappahannock River.

Posted: 12:28 PM Powerball is a game of numbers, and lottery officials say the majority of possible combinations have already been purchased ahead of Saturday night's near-historic $600 million drawing.

Updated: 12:24 PM Virginia's activist conservative attorney general has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by acclamation.

Updated: 1:03 AM Hotels, restaurants, and shops could all get a big economic boost during graduation weekend. 35,000 people are expected in town, which means more foot traffic for business, and occupied rooms for hotels.

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Winner of Paramount Idol Crowned

Updated: 4:54 PM The Paramount Theater crowned the winner of its own version of American Idol. Erin Lunsford won the second year of Paramount Idol.

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Fridays After Five

Posted: 8:15 PM Fridays After Five at the Ntelos Wireless Pavilion featured The Beatles cover band Abbey Road.

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Two Car Wreck on 53 Sends Three to Hospital

Posted: 7:16 PM A two car wreck on 53 sends at least three people to the hospital. A car taking a left onto Route 53 from Milton Road was struck by another car.

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Virginia GOP Convention Begins in Richmond

Posted: 7:13 PM Virginia's Republican Convention began on Friday May 17 to chose candidates for Governor, Attorney General, and Lt. Governor. Candidates will be selected by Saturday, May 18.

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Graduate Families Turn To Apartments, Homes Instead of Hotels

Posted: 6:22 PM Thousands of family and friends coming into town for UVa's Final Exercise Weekend. Every hotel room is booked but some don't even both with hotel rooms and rates, especially if the whole entire family is getting together.

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The Cost of Searching for Dashad 'Sage' Smith

Updated: 11:55 AM Police are asking City Council for an additional $127,000, the amount of money the department spent to search a landfill for evidence related to the disappearance of Dashad “Sage” Smith.

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Police Investigate Shooting in Charlottesville

Updated: 5:25 PM Police say a man showed up at the UVa Medical Center Emergency Department on Friday, May 10, with a gunshot wound to his groin.

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Red-Light Camera Company Under Federal Investigation

Updated: 5:25 PM The company operating the red-light cameras on Rio Road is under federal investigation.

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Soil Removal to Resume on I-64 at Afton Mt. on Monday

Posted: 3:53 PM VDOT's emergency project on I-64 at Afton Mountain will resume on Monday, May 20 and continue through Thursday, May 23.

Updated: 5:26 PM A man wanted in Culpeper for nearly two months, has been arrested in Wisconsin.

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Suspected Eastern Shore Arsonists Competent for Trial

Updated: 5:26 PM Psychological evaluations of Charles R. Smith II and Tonya Bundick found that both of them suffer from depression, but they are still fit to go to trial for arson on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

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Va. Postal Official Sentenced for Taking Bribes

Posted: 2:45 PM A former U.S. Postal Service official has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for accepting at least $40,000 in bribes to help a Maryland company receive $6 million in contracts.