About 2,000 people turned out for the Memorial Day ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond.

York County firefighters say a propane leak caused an explosion on a recreational vehicle. A couple and their two grandchildren were badly burned.

At 6 years old, Lori Anne Madison is the youngest person ever to qualify for the National Spelling Bee.

Radford fire officials say 10 workers escaped injury in an explosion and fire at an automobile parts factory.

More than half the crew members of a Norfolk-based container ship that was at the center of a piracy drama off Somalia in April 2009 are seeking damages totaling nearly $50 million.

Yorktown's Civil War history is being celebrated over the next three days with presentations on surveillance balloons, troop encampments and other demonstrations.

A violent felon who was accidently freed from a regional jail in Farmville is the focus of a manhunt.

The Virginia Department of Inland Fisheries is offering a chance for anglers to fish without a license.

Two female Army Reserve officers have sued the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Army, seeking the reversal of military policies banning women from serving in combat roles.

Police in Bedford County are looking for a man who crawled through a drive-thru window in an unsuccessful attempt to rob a fast-food restaurant.

A Chesapeake jury has found that The Virginian-Pilot committed libel against an assistant principal at a local high school.

A worker at a central Virginia paper mill has died after being crushed by a roll of paper.

Virginia residents can prepare for the upcoming hurricane season and save money at the same time.

The estate of a former Franklin County deputy's wife has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against him and a former sheriff.

Twin brothers from Florida are facing murder charges after being arrested in Virginia.

Authorities are investigating the partial collapse of a building under construction in Enon that injured one worker.

A Henrico County woman has been sentenced in the fatal shooting of a man while the two played with a gun.

The State Fair of Virginia has sold at auction for $5.35 million. The auction company scheduled a news conference for later in the day.

Culpeper police are seeking leads into the alleged robbery and pistol whipping of a 44-year-old man early Saturday morning in his apartment.

Culpeper police charged Helen Lorraine Artz and Joseph Harold Artz with the theft of Easter Seal jars from a drugstore checkout counter last week.

A woman has given up 94 malnourished horses and other animals that authorities seized from her farm in Dinwiddie County.

Four people face charges of tying a 15-year-old girl to a tree and assaulting her with eggs and beer in Isle of Wight County.

Police officers are planning an effort to enforce traffic laws, particularly seat-belt and child-restraint use.

Cynthia and W. Heywood Fralin have announced their intention to donate their collection of American art to the University of Virginia Art Museum. The 40-piece collection is the largest single gift of art in the University's history.

Norfolk police have identified a Richmond man who drowned while swimming in the Chesapeake Bay.