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Va. Woman Pleads Guilty in Daughter's Suffocation

A Chesterfield County woman who used pillows and a blanket to muffle her crying infant daughter has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and felony child neglect.

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Bankrupt State Fair of Virginia Faces Deadline

Man Wins Challenge of Va. Policy Limiting Inmates' Music Choices

Home School Sports Bill Advances to Final House Vote

Groups Back Bill Restricting Use of Restraints on Pregnant Inmates


Virginia Senate Passes Texting, Emailing While Driving Ban 4 Comments Last Updated: 1:32 PM 02/07/12 - By a 28-12 vote, the Virginia Senate has passed legislation to toughen the state's law against texting or emailing while driving. (Full Story)
Bill to Tax Va. Online Sales Unanimously Endorsed 3 Comments Last Updated: 1:38 PM 02/07/12 - A bill to force online retailers such as Amazon to collect the same sales taxes that mall discount stores and corner bookstores assess from their customers has won unanimous support from a key Senate committee. (Full Story)
Dominion Eyes 2 Va. Sites for New Power Plant Be the first to comment Last Updated: 1:35 PM 02/07/12 - Energy provider Dominion Virginia Power is looking at sites in Chesterfield and Brunswick counties for a new power plant in Virginia. (Full Story)
Body Scanners Added at Another Va. Airport Be the first to comment Last Updated: 10:51 AM 02/07/12 - Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport has joined more than 130 airports nationwide that have full body-scanning technology. (Full Story)
Va. Preacher Collapses, Dies After Giving Sermon 8 Comments Last Updated: 10:59 AM 02/07/12 - Members of a Virginia Beach church are mourning the death of their pastor, who collapsed after giving a sermon. (Full Story)
Virginia Ballot Lawsuit Dead After Judge Dismisses Gingrich Be the first to comment Last Updated: 10:32 AM 02/07/12 - The lawsuit by four Republican presidential candidates challenging Virginia's ballot access law is now dead. (Full Story)
High Chlorine Levels Found in Va. Pond Where Fish Died Be the first to comment Last Updated: 10:49 AM 02/07/12 - State environmental officials have found high chlorine levels in one of two Henrico County ponds where hundreds of fish died. (Full Story)
DNA Tests Show Va. Man Wrongfully Convicted in Rape 1 Comment Last Updated: 10:37 AM 02/07/12 - Lawyers say they have DNA evidence that will exonerate a man in a 1978 rape in Williamsburg. (Full Story)
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Mother of Slain Hanover Twins Speaks Openly for the First Time
HANOVER COUNTY, Va (WTVR)- In Kristina Hooper's eyes, 3-year-old twin daughters Madison and Caroline were perfect in every way.
VCU going to National Championships: For Slams, not Slamdunks
RICHMOND, Va (WTVR)- Virginia Commonwealth University’s poetry slam team won the regional college championships and is heading to the national college championships in California in April.
Are you being tracked?
RICHMOND, Va (WTVR)- It is currently legal for someone to use a tracking device to determine your every move. However, lawmakers are one step closer to prohibiting such action.

Prescription Drugs are a Big Problem for the Valley
Prescription drugs are a dangerous drug that the DEA said seven million Americans abuse. In fact, prescription drugs cause more deaths than heroine and cocaine combined. The rapid growing trend of abuse is fueling a new war on drugs here in the Valley.
2 Va Counties Added to Disaster Aid List
Residents in Albemarle and King George counties are now eligible for federal disaster assistance to help recover from the Aug. 23 earthquake and its aftershocks.
Black Ice is a Threat for Road Safety Thursday Morning
It was hard to believe that snow was a major concern on Wednesday, after a few weeks of what seemed like spring weather. But actually the for chance ice on the roads on Thursday morning poses more of a danger for drivers than the flurries.

Prescription Drugs are a Big Problem for the Valley
Prescription drugs are a dangerous drug that the DEA said seven million Americans abuse. In fact, prescription drugs cause more deaths than heroine and cocaine combined. The rapid growing trend of abuse is fueling a new war on drugs here in the Valley.
2 Va Counties Added to Disaster Aid List
Residents in Albemarle and King George counties are now eligible for federal disaster assistance to help recover from the Aug. 23 earthquake and its aftershocks.
Black Ice is a Threat for Road Safety Thursday Morning
It was hard to believe that snow was a major concern on Wednesday, after a few weeks of what seemed like spring weather. But actually the for chance ice on the roads on Thursday morning poses more of a danger for drivers than the flurries.

Prescription Drugs are a Big Problem for the Valley
Prescription drugs are a dangerous drug that the DEA said seven million Americans abuse. In fact, prescription drugs cause more deaths than heroine and cocaine combined. The rapid growing trend of abuse is fueling a new war on drugs here in the Valley.
2 Va Counties Added to Disaster Aid List
Residents in Albemarle and King George counties are now eligible for federal disaster assistance to help recover from the Aug. 23 earthquake and its aftershocks.
Black Ice is a Threat for Road Safety Thursday Morning
It was hard to believe that snow was a major concern on Wednesday, after a few weeks of what seemed like spring weather. But actually the for chance ice on the roads on Thursday morning poses more of a danger for drivers than the flurries.

Police search, collect potential evidence from Mo Money Taxes
Dulles, Reagan, Newark among 30 airports to test lower-hassle screening
Travelers can enroll in a test program so that they can get through airport security with less hassle.
2 women sought for stealing from daycares, schools in Va. Beach
Police say the women went into classrooms, offices and libraries and took purses, credit cards and money that had been left unattended.

Virginia Senate Approves Repeal of 1-Gun-A-Month Law
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Va. Preacher Collapses, Dies After Giving Sermon
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ABC Agents Arrest Alleged Moonshiner, Seize Stills
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Black Leaders Criticize Va. GOP Voter Bills
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Virginia Senate Passes Voter ID Bill
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Virginia Senate Passes Texting, Emailing While Driving Ban
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