3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (705+ words) Virginia is replacing traditional food-assistance benefit cards with chip-enabled versions designed to make it harder for thieves to steal SNAP benefits from families. About 749,000 state residents receive assistance through the program. Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced Thursday that the state has…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (40+ words) Police have made an arrest after five people were shot at Virginia State University. One person remains in critical condition. Police have made an arrest after five people were shot at Virginia State University. One person remains in critical condition....

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (207+ words) Virginia State University's lockdown was lifted Saturday following a shooting involving multiple suspects resulted in five people being injured. Five people suffered gunshot wounds outside campus dormitories. Officers responded just before 1:30 a.m. and the lockdown was lifted at about 9 a.m., county police…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (40+ words) Police are investigating the shooting which triggered an early-morning campus lockdown. Authorities may be looking for more than one gunman. Police are investigating the shooting which triggered an early-morning campus lockdown. Authorities may be looking for more than one gunman....

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (343+ words) A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown and police investigation early Saturday. It happened near the university's Quad Annexes, where campus police and Chesterfield County officers discovered five people suffering…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (163+ words) Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger was booed off stage during a convention in Galax, Virginia, on Saturday, August 8.Footage here shows the governor’s address being drowned out by a heckling crowd on the final day of the 90th Annual Old Fiddlers’ Convention....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (52+ words) The August primary elections in Virginia featured a slate of competitive races as candidates seek to secure their party's nomination for the general election in November. The August primary elections in Virginia featured a slate of competitive races as candidates…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (255+ words) (The Center Square) – Retired Army Maj. Gen. Bert Mizusawa won the Republican primary in Virginia on Tuesday and will challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner in the Nov. 3 general election. Mizusawa previously served as deputy under secretary of the Army,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (36+ words) Voters in Virginia are casting ballots in primary elections a month later than originally scheduled. Turnout remains low. Voters in Virginia are casting ballots in primary elections a month later than originally scheduled. Turnout remains low....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (722+ words) The congressional primaries will take place using the commonwealth's existing district boundaries. Voters approved a more Democratic-friendly map in April, but Virginia's highest court invalidated the new boundaries less than three weeks later. The failed effort to enact a new…...