Virginia consumers could see shorter grocery store checkout lines at the first of the month due to a change in the state's schedule for issuing food stamps.

Yvonne B. Miller, the first African-American woman elected to Virginia's state legislature, has died. She was 78.

A state environmental official says the health risk of a sewage spill into the James River is probably low.

The Virginia Department of Transportation says it is making room for the higher number of travelers expected over the Fourth of July holiday.

Three state parks in Virginia are closed because of power outages but 31 others remain open. The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation says a series of severe storms knocked out electritiy at four parks.

Hampton police say a suspect armed with baseball bat was charging at two police officers when they fatally shot him.

Searchers have recovered the body of a 10-year-old boy who disappeared in the ocean after stepping off a sandbar at Virginia Beach.

Virginia has recorded its seventh death related to a storm that has left hundreds of thousands of customers without power.

Virginia's system of providing free legal services to the poor is expected to improve as a result of a new online case management system making a limited debut next week.

Blacksburg police and Virginia State Police are searching for two men in a pickup truck who tried to kidnap a Virginia Tech co-ed early Friday morning.

Authorities in Virginia are investigating the apparent drowning of a Mecklenburg County, N.C., girl at Smith Mountain Lake.

A former Henrico County deputy convicted of receiving child pornography will spend more than seven years in prison.

A man who pleaded guilty to murdering his wife, walking up to her car at Chick-fil-A drive-through in northern Virginia and shooting her at point-bank range, will spend years in prison.

Five more states are being granted waivers from the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law.

A Virginia inmate who sent blood-smeared, threatening letters to courthouses will spend another 10 years and five months behind bars.

Virginia Beach and a contractor are offering a $500,000 settlement to the family of a homeless man who was run over and killed by a trash truck.

A southwest Virginia school board has approved an agreement reached during mediation over a lawsuit seeking to remove the Ten Commandments from a high school wall.

Motorists on a section of U.S. 1 in Stafford County found the going a bit rocky, thanks to a prank.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision affirming the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, former Governor and U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine released the following statement.

George Allen released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court's decision on President Obama's health care law.

A suburban Richmond woman convicted of faking cancer to raise money will stand trial in September on new charges

The city of Martinsville's jobless rate remained the highest in Virginia in May.

Authorities say a fisherman died after a small boat capsized on a lake at Sweet Briar College.

Virginia has lost its bid to have state troopers enforce federal immigration law.

Gas prices continue to fall across the Commonwealth. In Charlottesville, the average price for a gallon of regular is $3.10; that's down two cents compared to yesterday.