Posted: 11:11 AM 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.

Updated: 10:35 AM Police officers are planning an effort to enforce traffic laws, particularly seat-belt and child-restraint use.

Updated: 5:53 PM 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.

Posted: 1:39 PM Norfolk police have identified a Richmond man who drowned while swimming in the Chesapeake Bay.

Posted: 1:11 PM A Richmond woman is in custody on charges stemming from the stabbings of two sisters. One sister died from her injuries. Richmond police say the other is in stable condition at a local hospital.

Posted: 11:42 AM Dominion Virginia Power is urging customers to focus on electrical safety heading into the warmer months.

Updated: 11:50 AM New road signs in Virginia will help drivers choose the quickest route to the Virginia Beach oceanfront and North Carolina's Outer Banks.

Posted: 10:54 AM In Virginia, AAA Mid-Atlantic says the price of a gallon of regular gasoline now averages $3.53 a gallon statewide. That's 5 cents less than last week and a penny higher than a year ago.

Posted: 1:27 PM A Suffolk police spokeswoman says a man suspected of attacking an officer after a traffic stop has been arrested.

Updated: 9:17 AM Virginia's unemployment rate remained at the lowest rate in three years in April and is still below the national average.

Posted: 5:17 PM Gov. Bob McDonnell signed new polling place identification requirements into law and along with it has ordered new voter ID cards sent to every registered Virginia voter.

Updated: 1:11 PM The Downtown Mall is gearing up for this year's Festival of the Photograph with a new exhibit called "Under-Exposed".

Updated: 4:06 PM The Harrisonburg police officer that admitted to shooting and killing a 10-month-old dog while riding his bike is now facing charges.

Posted: 12:07 PM The Fluvanna Board of Supervisors voted on Wednesday to restore $65,000 to JAUNT enabling some level of public transportation to remain in Fluvanna County.

Posted: 12:07 PM A foundation working to repair earthquake damage at a historic home in Culpeper County is getting help from the federal government.

Posted: 11:29 AM A woman that smothered her two-month old daughter to death will spend the next 28 years behind bars.

Updated: 10:44 AM Virginia Beach health officials say bacteria in part of the Chesapeake Bay have fallen to safe levels.

Posted: 10:43 AM The U.S. Forest Service has closed portions of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests in Virginia because of heavy rain and flooding.

Posted: 10:19 AM Dominion Virginia Power is proposing an incentive to encourage customers to install solar panels and sell the electricity to company.

Posted: 10:17 AM A murder-for-hire conviction and death sentence should be reinstated against a Prince William County man because evidence withheld by prosecutors would not have made any difference at this trial, a lawyer for the state told a federal appeals panel Thursday.

Posted: 10:11 AM An anti-gang video produced by the Virginia attorney general's office is receiving national recognition.

Updated: 11:03 AM Officials are investigating a noose found hanging from a tree at a suburban Richmond high school.

Updated: 12:21 PM A federal appeals court is set to hear the case of a Prince William County man whose murder-for-hire conviction was overturned.

Updated: 8:37 PM Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says Virginia will receive about $115,000 from a multistate settlement with Skechers USA Inc. over the company's shoe ads.

Updated: 2:25 PM A judge has rescheduled a confirmation hearing on a bankruptcy reorganization plan for the debt-ridden U.S. National Slavery Museum.