After 15 years, Orange County Sheriff Mark Amos is stepping down. It's appropriate he had his retirement party on the county's first annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.

The Lake Monticello Volunteer Rescue Squad received a Stryker Xpedition powered chair on Friday.

Organizers announced the market’s cancellation Friday afternoon, citing Tropical Storm Ophelia’s expected impacts.

The non-profit Friends of Charlottesville Downtown hosted their "How Do You Love Downtown" event Friday.

Tropical Storm Ophelia, which formed off the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast, is expected to deliver heavy rain, storm surge and high winds to communities across North Carolina and the Chesapeake Bay.

The White House is preparing to direct federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded.

A military judge at Guantanamo Bay has ruled one of the 9/11 defendants too mentally ill to stand trial.

Images posted on social media showed plumes of smoke over the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the city of Sevastopol.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has been indicted, accused of using his foreign affairs influence to help Egypt in return for bribes from the authoritarian regime.

In announcing the strike's expansion Friday, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Ford was spared additional strikes because the company has met some of the union's demands during negotiations over the past week.

Two Virginia Beach parents have filed a lawsuit seeking to force their local school system to adopt Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's initiatives for the treatment of transgender students.

Early voting started Friday in Virginia's costly, high-stakes and closely watched legislative elections after a week in which elected officials and candidates rallied their supporters across the state.

The Treasury Department said Friday the working groups will provide channels for frank and substantive discussions on economic policy issues.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said 'peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia will truly create a new Middle East.'

The Orange County Landfill and Little Control Committee will be hosting the annual Hazardous Waste Collection on Oct. 14.

Governor Glenn Youngkin issued the declaration in advance of Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen on Friday.

The event will be taking place April 17 through 21 throughout downtown Charlottesville.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission will be conducting a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and the Wireless Emergency Alerts on Oct. 4.

Some parts of the Commonwealth will be facing several inches of rainfall, high winds and storm surge.

A Richmond man is facing charges after a loaded firearm was found in his bag at the airport on Thursday.

City Manager Sam Sanders issued a directive to remove the closing time.

UVA swim and dive coach and three-time national champion Todd Desorbo has been named head coach of the U.S. Olympic women's swim team.

Jaqueline Bledsoe was convicted in Louisa County of second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of murder following a two-day trial.

City Manager Sam Sanders has issued a directive to lift the closing time in  Market Street Park.

Risa Goluboff, dean of the UVA School of Law, announced on Thursday that she will leave her post at the end of the academic year.