Posted: 6:18 PM Appalachian Power and another subsidiary of American Electric Power will buy power from an Indiana wind farm as part of its long-term plan to cut greenhouse gases.

Posted: 6:05 PM A game warden who says he shot a teenager after the youth attempted to run him down pleaded not guilty to voluntary manslaughter.

Posted: 5:59 PM A Virginia Beach man will serve time for putting rat poison on a submarine sandwich and in a fruit drink he gave to his ex-girlfriend.

Posted: 5:58 PM A federal grand jury in Baltimore has indicted a corporate executive in Maryland who allegedly ran a scheme to defraud his Virginia-based company.

Posted: 5:56 PM A Louisa County judge will hear arguments later this month on whether to dismiss 13 embezzlement charges against a priest accused of taking donation money for two Catholic churches where he served as pastor.

Posted: 5:53 PM The horses usually roaming the streets of Colonial Williamsburg got a break Wednesday thanks to the sweltering heat in the region.

Posted: 5:52 PM A massive cannon recovered from the wreck of the USS Monitor in 2000 is now upright thanks to two 20-ton hoists and an ingenious doughnut-shaped turning cradle.

Posted: 5:50 PM It was an escape at a tortoise's pace at the Mill Mountain Zoo in Roanoke.

Posted: 5:46 PM The nation's largest traditional grocer is expanding organic food offerings and widening its customer targets for the hot-growing segment.

Updated: 12:36 PM An overhauled shuttle Endeavour is expected to reach the international space station on Friday.

Updated: 12:40 PM Hot, humid weather prompted Appalachian Power customers to set a record summer demand for electricity.

Updated: 11:03 AM The Virginia State Police are preparing to release new information.

Updated: 12:44 PM A new report says water treatment plants, and farm runoff may not be polluting the Chesapeake Bay as much as previously thought.

Posted: 7:52 PM Some opponents of illegal immigration are asking Prince William County officials to stop the Human Rights Commission's review of a law that could deny some county services to illegal immigrants.

Posted: 7:52 PM The Culpeper County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a resolution declaring English the county's official language.

Posted: 7:22 PM State Senator Edd Houck wants the abusive driver fee laws to be stopped and refunds be paid to those who paid any portion of a fee.

Posted: 7:20 PM Attorneys for a man facing his fifth charge of driving on a suspended license argued before a circuit judge Wednesday that the daunting new fees on bad driving are unconstitutional.

Updated: 7:14 PM Virginia will physically inspect the state's 12 deck-truss bridges.

Posted: 7:13 PM Flags flew at half staff at the Capitol in St. Paul Wednesday as Minnesota honored the victims of Minneapolis' bridge collapse.

Posted: 7:12 PM Forgot to pay your child support? Your next cell phone call might not be so pleasant.

Posted: 7:02 PM Copper thieves have struck again at William and Mary, just weeks after thieves took over $7,500 in copper gutters.

Posted: 7:02 PM Fairfax County officials are considering raising commercial property taxes to help pay for up to $110 million a year in transportation projects on their wish list.

Posted: 7:01 PM A man injured in a Taser incident in 2005 has filed a $4.5 million federal lawsuit against the town of Colonial Beach and two of its police officers.

Posted: 7:00 PM Wednesday's blazing heat will mean another slower than normal commute home for Metro riders.

Updated: 2:35 PM A federal employee circulated an e-mail urging colleagues to lobby for the defeat of farm legislation in Congress, prompting a complaint from the National Black Farmers Association and a stern warning from U.S. Department of Agriculture officials.