Posted: 1:28 PM A May 20 trial is set on a petition seeking the removal of an Albemarle County official who pleaded guilty to sexual battery.

Posted: 11:59 AM The West Virginia Senate has authorized the construction of the state's sixth casino.

Posted: 10:21 AM Liberty University's Board of Trustees has loosened the school's weapons policy.

Posted: 3:12 PM A Norfolk sheriff's deputy has been disciplined for leaving his loaded handgun in a Macy's dressing room.

Posted: 10:36 AM Virginia State Police are investigating a crash on Interstate 85 in Brunswick County that left five people dead and closed all southbound lanes.

Posted: 10:23 AM A woman has been charged in connection with the latest of more than 70 arsons on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Posted: 11:37 AM Interstate 77 near the Virginia-North Carolina has reopened following a 95-vehicle pileup that killed three people and injured 25 others.

Posted: 11:34 AM The Food and Drug Administration says smokers that are trying to quit can safely use nicotine gum, patches and lozenges for longer than previously recommended

Posted: 10:14 AM Fans of a massive white oak at Charlottesville Albemarle Airport are upset with security measures that have limited access to the 300-year-old tree.

Updated: 11:03 AM A Newport News middle school teacher says she had no idea two of her students were poisoning her tea by putting hand sanitizer in it.

Updated: 1:33 PM A New Jersey man has been convicted of driving 95 miles per hour on a Virginia highway with six unrestrained kids while high on heroin.

Updated: 4:21 PM Dominion Virginia Power says it's not asking state regulators to increase its base rates for its customers for at least two years.

Updated: 12:00 PM The U.S. Postal Service is moving up the closure of its processing and distribution center in Clarksburg.

Posted: 10:13 AM Liberty University says it's moving forward with plans to convert two islands in the middle of the James River near downtown Lynchburg into athletic parks.

Posted: 3:50 AM Delegate Lacey Putney is retiring after 52 sessions in the Virginia General Assembly.

Posted: 3:34 AM More than $2 million in grants are being awarded through the Virginia Department of Education.

Posted: 3:25 AM Abortion-rights supporters in Virginia say they have more than 3,000 public comments opposing state abortion clinic regulations up for a final vote in April.

Updated: 12:45 PM Two civil rights groups are urging Gov. Bob McDonnell to issue an executive order restoring the voting rights of about 350,000 felons who have completed their sentences.

Posted: 12:01 PM An Albemarle County resident has submitted a petition to circuit court seeking the removal of a county supervisor who pleaded guilty to sexual battery.

Posted: 10:22 AM The Waynesboro Historical Commission hopes to find a way to save a historic city-owned building that's fallen into disrepair.

Posted: 4:35 PM The parents of a Virginia Tech student who was killed after attending a Metallica concert in 2009 in Charlottesville are making new claims against a security company.

Posted: 12:59 PM The Virginia Court of Appeals has reversed the felony murder conviction of a Danville man who sold the drug that led to a fatal overdose.

Updated: 12:01 PM Gov. Bob McDonnell wants to prohibit abortion coverage through insurance plans purchased through the federally run health care exchange that will serve Virginia.

Posted: 10:26 AM Many applicants seeking jobs with the city of Richmond will no longer have to disclose felony convictions on initial applications.

Posted: 10:23 AM Gov. Bob McDonnell has amended the transportation funding reform bill to potentially extend regional taxing authorities beyond Virginia's urban areas to other areas statewide in an effort to satisfy concerns about its constitutionality.