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

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.

The family of a man who died while handcuffed and pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes as he was being admitted to a Virginia psychiatric hospital has reached an $8.5 million settlement with the city and others.

A judge rejected a request by prosecutors to revoke the bond of the mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher as she awaits sentencing on a federal weapons charge that she used marijuana while possessing a firearm.

A tropical storm warning has been issued from the North Carolina coast to Delaware ahead of a potential tropical cyclone that's headed toward the densely populated East Coast.

Artificial Intelligence has been a hot topic lately, and now Virginia is looking at how to protect residents’ privacy and support job opportunities.

Officials with the Virginia Department of Elections say this step and others aim to ensure the most accurate voter records heading into the start of early voting for the November 2023 General Election.

A federal judge in Washington has upheld an obstruction conviction against a Virginia man who stood trial with members of the Oath Keepers extremist group in one of the most serious cases brought in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin pushed to ban the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy but was blocked by the Democratic-controlled Senate earlier this year.

Christopher Scott Jones of Newport News was sentenced Tuesday to more than 33 years in prison.

Northern Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton says she won't seek re-election next year after learning that she has a severe form of Parkinson's disease.

Secretaries Miguel Cardona and Tom Vilsack of the Departments of Education and Agriculture sent letters Monday to 16 governors.

A prospective student's lawsuit alleges that a Virginia Military Institute cadet sexually assaulted her during an overnight open house.

The U.S. government has warned a Virginia judge that an American Marine's adoption of an Afghan war orphan was flawed and could be seen as international child abduction.

Several students were hurt in a crash involving two Augusta County Public Schools buses on Thursday afternoon.

The latest results from the Virginia Department of Education’s Standards of Learning (SOL) tests show improvements by students in writing, math, history and science.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed a bipartisan state budget that provides $1 billion in tax relief and boosts spending on public education and mental health.

Authorities say that Jason Dockery was arrested Thursday in Tennessee's Union County outside Knoxville.

Candi Royer pleaded to a first-degree murder charge connected to the death of Khaleesi Cuthriell on Wednesday.

A Virginia library that traces its roots to the 18th century could soon be shuttered over a dispute about children's books that expose readers to gay, lesbian and transgender characters.

Attorney General Jason Miyares announced the creation of the 100 Percent Business Alliance Against Trafficking or BAAT.

Mop-up efforts are underway at the site of the Millers Head Fire, which has burned about two-and-a-half acres since it was first reported last week.

Authorities are searching for a homicide suspect in a remote corner of western Virginia after they say he fled from police in eastern Tennessee.

Dozens of members of Congress are calling on President Joe Biden to take further actions to fight gun violence and to limit the sales of certain weapons.