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Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on Wednesday, Nov. 22 in memory and respect of the Chesapeake community after last year’s shooting at Walmart.

University of Virginia officials are further delaying the public release of the findings of an investigation into the events surrounding a 2022 campus shooting that killed three student-athletes and wounded two other students.

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has expressed disappointment with election results that allowed Democrats to take control of both the Virginia House and Senate, but pledged to work with the party's new legislative majority on bipartisan priorities.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin has issued a new executive order with the aim of keeping parents informed about overdoses in school divisions throughout the Commonwealth.

This year's election will have every seat in the General Assembly on the ballot.

In just two weeks, Virginians will be heading to the polls to decide who they want to represent them in Richmond.

The Virginia NAACP has filed a lawsuit alleging Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration failed to turn over public records.

Governor Glenn Youngkin issued the flag order on Sunday, October 8 and requests flags to remain at half0staff until sunset on Saturday, October 14.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration acknowledged this week, with early voting underway, that it is working to fix an error that caused an unknown number of eligible Virginians to be removed from the voter rolls.

A beloved Bedford landmark is now being called a neighborhood nuisance, nearly four years after a devastating fire.

Governor Glenn Youngkin has declared a State of Emergency ahead of Tropical Storm Ophelia.

Music sensation Oliver Anthony has canceled his concert over tickets with an expensive price tag, NBC 12 reports.

No. 8 Washington visits Michigan State on Saturday.

A candidate in a high-stakes legislative contest in Virginia performed sex acts with her husband in live videos posted on a pornographic website while asking viewers to pay them with “tokens" or ”tips” for individual requests.

The father of a Virginia student sexually assaulted in her high school bathroom has been pardoned after his arrest two years ago protesting a school board meeting became a flashpoint in the conservative push to increase parental involvement in public education.

Transferring a car title through the DMV just got a little easier.

The politically divided Virginia General Assembly has approved long-overdue budget legislation, sending it to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

The General Assembly will convene in a special session Sept. 6 to approve amendments to the current two-year budget.

Former Rockbridge County star, Richmond football alum, and now Davidson football assistant Porter Abell joins Brooke and EJ to talk all things college football, including new rule changes.

Virginia lawmakers will reconvene in Richmond next week to consider a compromise General Assembly negotiators recently reached on the long-delayed state budget.

Farmville man, Oliver Anthony is rising to stardom with his song, "Rich Men North of Richmond."

According to the Virginia Department of Corrections, Naseem Isaiah Roulack, 21, was taken into custody around 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25 by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Fairfax County Police Department.

Denny Hamlin is not offering any apologies for the move he made last weekend at Pocono that caused Kyle Larson to hit the wall and let Hamlin sail on to victory.

Those looking to attend community college in the Commonwealth may have to spend a little more

Opposition is forming to Gov. Youngkin's decision to send 100 Virginia National Guard troops to help patrol the border with Mexico.

A man who once served in the St. Andrew church in Roanoke has been accused of child sexual abuse, according to the Catholic Diocese of Richmond.

Political experts say there could be a lot of new faces in Richmond in January due to redistricting.

People who have been disqualified from voting in Virginia because of their criminal records filed a lawsuit Monday against Gov. Glenn Youngkin and state elections officials challenging the state’s automatic disenfranchisement of people with felony convictions.

The next round of COVID-19 vaccines will target one of the latest versions of the coronavirus.

Heads up! Changes are coming to this year’s James River Batteau Festival.

The suspect in a shooting that left two dead and five others wounded after a Virginia high school graduation has appeared in court.

Authorities in Richmond, Virginia, say seven people were shot following a high school graduation ceremony held at a downtown theater near Virginia Commonwealth University.

Police are on the scene near Altria Theater after an active shooter was reported, according to NBC 12.

Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin is joining the list of Republican governors sending soldiers or other state law enforcement officers to the U.S. border with Mexico.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin ordered the flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia to fly at full staff on Saturday, May 20 on public buildings and grounds as part of Armed Forces Day.

Late last year, with the Virginia State Police under scrutiny after authorities said a former trooper kidnapped a 15-year-old California girl and killed three members of her family, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced he had requested a full investigation by the state’s watchdog agency.

Governor Glenn Youngkin has issued a flag order in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day, an observance that remembers local, state, and federal law enforcement officers who have died or who have been disabled in the line of duty.

On Thursday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced $2.4 million in funding for a statewide active shooter response training program, dubbed the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training, or ALERRT.

Family and friends are grieving the loss of a man who has ties to Southwest Virginia.

Inflation remains “stubbornly high” and is no longer making much progress toward the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, a top Fed official said Wednesday, hours after price data for April were released.

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff Monday in memory of the lives lost and those injured in Allen, Texas.

Two students were shot in the parking lot of George Wythe High School on Thursday, NBC 12 reported.

Caesars Casino in Danville is getting closer and closer to becoming a reality.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares says it’s going to take a team effort to try and address the issue of gun violence throughout the Commonwealth.

On Tuesday night, the Gainsboro Neighborhood Center Report will be presented to the community after a year of planning and public input.

The DMV has released new designs of Virginia driver’s licenses and ID cards.

The Virginia Board of Education approved a revised History and Social Science Standards of Learning which will be implemented in 2025.

A grand jury in Virginia has indicted multiple people on felony charges for carrying flaming torches with the intent to intimidate during a rally at the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville nearly six years ago.

Authorities in eastern Indiana lifted a dayslong evacuation order Sunday for an area near a plastics fire after they said it was determined air quality and other environmental concerns were safe.

A fire chief says crews working to fully extinguish an Indiana plastics fire have reduced its smoldering areas to a single hot spot as officials prepared to decide if a dayslong evacuation order should be lifted.

Experts say a fire at a plastics business in Indiana raises numerous health concerns.

An evacuation order for people living near an extraordinary plastics fire in Indiana is stretching into its fourth night Friday.

Authorities say a major industrial fire in Indiana fueled by tons of scrap plastics is close to being extinguished.

Authorities say an evacuation order continues to affect more than 1,000 people within a half-mile radius of a large industrial fire in an Indiana city near the Ohio border.

Appalachian Power has submitted its triennial rate review application to the Virginia State Corporation Commission, asking to increase rates by about $212 million or 16%.

Bubba Wallace's self-confidence is struggling after a slow start to the season and back-to-back poor finishes as he heads into Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway.

Irvo Otieno will be remembered at the 1st Baptist Church in Richmond, slated to begin at 11:30 a.m.

A Roanoke City Councilmember wants to represent Southwest Virginia in Richmond.

Senator Tim Kaine says watching the surveillance video was "blood chilling."

Governor Glenn Youngkin has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff Saturday in memory and respect of Montford Point Marine Tommy Lee DeRamus, Sr.

Virginia Senator Steve Newman announced he will not seek reelection on Wednesday.

When I first started watching Apple TV+’s hit series “Ted Lasso” a few years ago, I just assumed that the football club that Jason Sudeikis’ character coaches (and the area it surrounds) was completely fictional. While the soccer (er, football) team AFC Richmond is totally fake, the small city of Richmond is totally real.

More than $12 million in Virginia Housing Trust Fund Homeless Reduction Grants is headed to the Commonwealth to help mitigate homelessness, Gov. Youngkin announced.

Woodside hit a buzzer beater for the 54-52 victory.

The Patrick Henry High School boy’s basketball team is leading Woodside, 21-12 at the half in the Class 5 State Final.

Patrick Henry boys basketball team hope to bring home a state title for the first-time in over 30 years.

Vikings led by 17 but had to withstand a fierce Blue Devils comeback.

Cavaliers take down Brentsville District 78-41.

The Hilltoppers rallied from a double digit deficit to take the lead before Varina eeks out at 3 point win.

The Lady Cougars fell behind by 20 at the half, and despite a furious rally, finished state runnerups to Hampton.

U.S. Senator Mark Warner is working to strengthen national security, starting with TikTok.

The Maroons' 22 turnovers proved to be costly in the 62-40 final.

Heads up, parents! Students at Pulaski County Public Schools will have the day off on Thursday, March 9 and Friday, March 10.

Days after exiting its stake in troubled electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs, Altria announced a $2.75 billion investment in electronic cigarette startup NJOY Holdings Inc. As part of the deal, tobacco company Altria Group Inc., which makes Marlboro cigarettes, will have full global ownership of NJOY’s e-vapor product portfolio, including pod-based e-vapor product NJOY ACE.

Roanoke-based Blue Cow Ice Cream Company is expanding to it’s fifth location.

Governor Youngkin announced the recipients of the 2022 Governor’s Fire Service Awards on Wednesday, with two recipients in our region.

Democrat Jennifer McClellan has defeated her Republican opponent to win a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she will be the first Black woman to represent Virginia in Congress.

Pulaski County Administrator Jonathan Sweet chats with WSLS 10 about business growth in the county, more than 20 businesses opened in the area.

Virginia’s economic development agency says it has at least 1,700 emails and documents pertaining to talks about the possibility of a Ford Motor Co. battery plant landing at a Danville-area megasite. But it won’t release any of them under the state’s public records law.

The family of a Virginia Commonwealth University hazing victim has filed a $28 million lawsuit against Delta Chi, according to the Richmond-Times Dispatch.

The FBI Richmond Teen Academy gives high school students in the Commonwealth the chance to get an inside look at the work of the FBI, officials said.

A series of abortion bills in the General Assembly went to subcommittee in the House Monday.

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff Tuesday in memory and respect of the former Virginia Delegate Jimmie Massie III.

A Democratic-led Virginia Senate panel has defeated several bills that would have restricted abortion access in the state.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares released a 69-page report on the Virginia Parole Board Wednesday.

The remains of a Confederate general unearthed from beneath a monument at the center of a Virginia intersection have been reinterred at a cemetery in his hometown.

The Governor of Virginia has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the service men and women who were wounded or died on Dec. 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor.

The Safety While Accessing Technology (SWAT) education program is being talked about by lawmakers in Richmond.

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia says there's “a whole lot more” he wants to do and he's seeking reelection next year.

Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced $90 million in development grants for 21 different industrial sites across the state, some of which are in our region.

The Virginia General Assembly kicked off its annual legislative session Wednesday with a hefty agenda that includes taxes, abortion and energy policy, but there are low expectations for how much work will actually get done during an election year.

Governor Youngkin said he wants to continue expanding investments into education, law enforcement and tax cuts.

Lawmakers returned to Richmond on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, for a new General Assembly session.

Local Delegates discuss bills ahead of the General Assembly

On Tuesday night, Lynchburg City Council voted to make the Hill City a Second Amendment Sanctuary.

The Virginia State Police had restored all but two data systems and webpages adversely impacted by an outage that occurred roughly 30 hours before Friday January 6th. The Computerized Criminal History (CCH) and the Virginia Firearms Transaction (FTC) V-Check system are now back in service and fully operating for the magistrates, the courts and anyone wanting to purchase a firearm. The Virginia Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry (SOR) website is back online and accessible to the public.

Virginia State Police say progress is being made on restoration efforts of data systems and webpages that were downed on Wednesday.

The State Corporation Commission is reminding Virginians that open enrollment for health insurance coverage will end on Jan. 15.