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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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