Virginia

RICHMOND

State police: 10 killed in 562 July 4th crashes

52 mins ago

Virginia State Police had a busy July 4th weekend, responding to 562 highway crashes that left 10 people dead.The 10 deaths for the Friday-to-Sunday reporting period match the same number of deaths over last year's four-day holiday weekend.

ROANOKE

Va. closing 18 interstate rest areas July 21

56 mins ago

Travelers who count on Virginia's no-frills rest areas as places to stop are about to find their passage through the state less comfortable.The state will close nearly half of its interstate rest areas July 21 as officials struggle with a $2.6 billion shortfall in the transportation budget.

MANASSAS

Va. woman pleads guilty in death of daughter

1 hr 14 mins ago

A Manassas woman pleaded guilty Monday to killing her 13-year-old adopted daughter, whose body was found in a creek earlier this year.Alfreedia Gregg-Glover stood before Judge Craig D. Johnston in Prince William County Circuit Court pleaded guilty to felony murder, felony child abuse and filing a false police report.

RAPHINE

Family: 2 dead in Va plane crash

2 hrs 21 mins ago

The family of former Checkers Drive-In Restaurants CEO Daniel Dorsch says he and his wife Cyndie died in a single-engine plane crash Sunday in southwestern Virginia.Authorities say the pilot reported losing an exterior panel shortly before the aircraft hit the ground about 10:30 a.m. on a farm owned by Virginia Tech in Rockbridge County.

RICHMOND

Va. inmate's lawyers argue double jeopardy

2 hrs 27 mins ago

Lawyers for a Virginia inmate scheduled to die next week for killing a 16-year-old - then bragging about it to prosecutors when he thought he couldn't face the death penalty - are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the execution.Paul Warner Powell's lawyers argue that he was unconstitutionally convicted twice for the 1999 murder and attempted rape of Stacie Reed.

SUFFOLK

2 more parvovirus cases found at Virginia shelter

4 hrs ago

Two new cases of parvovirus will keep Suffolk's animal shelter closed for another week.The city closed the shelter June 27 and euthanized at least 12 dogs after officials learned that a dog adopted from there died from the highly contagious virus.

NEWPORT NEWS

Counterfeit clothes seized from Newport News store

5 hrs ago

The manager of a Newport News store faces charges after $340,000 worth of clothing that police say is counterfeit was seized.Newport News Police Department spokeswoman Holly McPherson says 36-year-old Hyun Nam Kim of Yorktown is charged with infringement, a felony. Kim was being held Monday at the city jail.

MANASSAS

Manassas woman pleads guilty in death of daughter

6 hrs ago

A Manassas woman has pleaded guilty to killing her 13-year-old adopted daughter.Alfreedia Gregg-Glover pleaded guilty Monday in Prince William County Circuit Court to felony murder, felony child abuse and filing a false police report.

VIRGINIA BEACH

Barge hits Va bridge-tunnel, causes minor damage

6 hrs ago

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel suffered minor damage when it was hit by a barge.Spokeswoman Debbie Cooley said one barge hit the bridge-tunnel's middle trestle at 6:20 a.m. Monday. No injuries were reported.

ARLINGTON

Ex-WVa governor to head teaching standards board

7 hrs ago

Former West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise is the new chairman of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards' Board of Directors.Wise is president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and author of "Raising the Grade: How High School Reform Can Save Our Youth And Our Nation." He succeeds former Georgia Gov. Roy E. Barnes as chairman.

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