Virginia's jobless rate remained steady at 5.9 percent in September for the third consecutive month.

Officials say Sgt. Robert J. Billings, of Clarksville, Va., died Saturday of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.

A Virginia Beach man faces charges of pointing a gun at a school bus following a dispute over a rebel flag.

In less than two years, Virginia has eliminated the waiting list for a program that helps low-income residents obtain AIDS medication.

Henrico County police say the apparent drowning of a teenager in a hotel pool appears to be an accident.

The Coast Guard says a sailor in the annual Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race was killed after a boom on the vessel knocked the person overboard.

Military jets have intercepted two small planes that entered a temporary no-fly zone over Williamsburg.

A chapter in Virginia's civil rights history is being remembered with a historical marker dedicated to a pioneer for equal rights.

The U.S. Department of Energy is now overseeing a lonely landmark off the Virginia coast that for decades has guided ships into the Chesapeake Bay.

The state of Virginia is settling a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the family of a 6-year-old boy who died during treatment at a dental clinic in Richmond.

The Virginia State Board of Elections busted a rumor Friday. Unknown callers are giving Virginia voters false information

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says nearly 1.7 million Virginia workers were paid at hourly rates in 2011 and 7.1 percent of them were paid at or below the federal minimum wage.

Investigators are looking into a report that a piece of uncooked poultry fell from the sky and plunked a teenager on the head in Accomac.

A North Carolina man faces two potential life sentences in the fatal shootings of two people in Virginia. Charles Collins is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 28, 2013.

Richmond is facing another lawsuit by current and former police officers who claim they're owed overtime pay. The Richmond Times-Dispatch says 77 plaintiffs filed the lawsuit Friday in federal court.

The Coast Guard is searching for two Maryland boaters who went missing while traveling to Virginia.

Public health officials in Virginia say the number of suspected cases of a rare and potentially deadly outbreak of meningitis has increased to five. The state has recorded one death linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak.

Two Virginia agencies and tourism officials are teaming up to deliver an updated version of a statewide guide to biking.

Virginia pumpkin growers say their 2012 crop was a good one, with the big squash arriving at retail outlets around the state.

Police say a father and his son have died in the weekend crash of a single-engine plane in Virginia's Spotsylvania County.

Gov. Bob McDonnell's office is working to reduce a backlog of regulations awaiting action by the governor. Some regulations have been pending in the review process for more than two years.

A proposed on-campus smoking ban at Radford University has narrowly won support from students.

Appalachian Power is asking Virginia regulators to increase what it charges customers to recover costs related to renewable energy.

The Virginia Department of Education is getting more than $1.5 million to improve personnel training systems to help children with disabilities.

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