Cuccinelli used his nomination speech to tack to the political center as he eyes the November election, minimizing his support for restrictions on abortion and opposition to gay rights, as he attacked Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffeMore>>
Saturday, May 18 2013 4:43 PM EDT2013-05-18 20:43:13 GMT
DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) - Witnesses in southwestern Virginia say a car has driven into a crowd at a parade. Several people appear to be hurt, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known. The
Witnesses said a car drove into a crowd at a parade
Saturday, May 18 2013 10:39 PM EDT2013-05-19 02:39:11 GMT
BOB LEWISAP Political Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Republicans have chosen firebrand conservative minister E.W. Jackson's for lieutenant governor, the first black candidate the party has nominated
Jackson provoked the loudest ovation of the day, declaring in an impassioned speech, "I am not an African-American, I am an American!"
Sunday, May 19 2013 11:44 AM EDT2013-05-19 15:44:08 GMT
(Blacksburg Police) -- Blacksburg Police, with assistance from Virginia Tech Police, responded to a call at the intersection of Draper Road and College Avenue in reference to a fight and possible stabbing.
Kente Gilkes, 31 year old resident of Blacksburg, has been charged with Malicious Wounding and Obstruction of Justice
Saturday, May 18 2013 9:32 PM EDT2013-05-19 01:32:41 GMT
Virginia Tech Police are searching for a man who officers say robbed a female student on campus Saturday morning.The young woman told investigators that she was walking in-between Vawter and Newman Halls
Woman was walking in-between Vawter and Newman Halls at 7:35 a.m., when a man walked up behind her, told her not to turn around, grabbed her purse, then ran off.
Law enforcement officials tell News Channel 11 a vehicle drove into a group of several people at "Trail Days" in Damascus.
Law enforcement officials tell News Channel 11 a vehicle drove into a group of several people at "Trail Days" in Damascus. Pokey Harris, Emergency Management Coordinator with Washington County, VA, says the earliest reports indicate 50 to 60 injuries, some being critical. Harris says it is likely that 12 to 15 people were transported to local hospitals. She says there are no reports right now of any fatalities.
Saturday, May 18 2013 9:44 PM EDT2013-05-19 01:44:32 GMT
With the cutting of a ribbon Saturday morning, it was finally time for the public to experience first hand what nearly two-years of work, and $27 million in upgrades created at Downtown Roanoke's Center
Judging by the expressions and reactions of people who walked into the science and cultural mecca on Saturday, the $27 million renovation is getting good reviews
Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.
Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open.
"Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's...
"Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.
South Korea says North Korea has fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area.
South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing, officials said Monday.
In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University.
The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision in law enforcement: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high...
