NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Police at Old Dominion University are investigating after fliers that appear to promote Nazism were found on campus. Media outlets report that the school’s newspaper, Mace & Crown, says the fliers were discovered over the weekend on monorail poles between the engineering and education buildings. That newspaper reported that one of … Continue reading
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — A mentally ill man who was found dead in a jail last year was not on a waiting list for a bed at a state mental hospital, even though a judge had ordered him to be sent there, authorities said. State investigators released a report into 24-year-old Jamycheal Mitchell’s death on … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia prisoner who killed two people during an escape was improperly denied a chance to show that he wouldn’t do it again if spared the death penalty, his lawyer told a federal appeals court Tuesday. Attorney Jonathan P. Sheldon said the trial judge should have allowed an expert witness to … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Purchase agreements have been signed for virtually all of the natural gas that would be delivered to the Southeast by the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, the lead energy company behind the $5 billion project said Tuesday. Diane Leopold, president of Dominion Energy Inc., said the utility agreements reflect the need for … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia will become home to Deschutes Brewery’s East Coast operations after beating out North and South Carolina for the coveted facility that’s expected to create more than 100 new jobs, Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Tuesday. Oregon-based Deschutes will invest $85 million to build a facility in Roanoke, joining nearly 150 other … Continue reading
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A man shot by a Fredericksburg police officer who had been dragged about 600 feet by a fleeing vehicle has died, Virginia State Police said Tuesday. Department spokeswoman Corinne Geller said in an email that the man died about 6 p.m. Tuesday at a hospital. Geller says the body will be … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s business as usual at the Supreme Court this week, no matter that confirmation politics is on everyone’s mind in Washington. The justices are entering their second month of life without longtime Justice Antonin Scalia. They could be without a ninth colleague for many months. The court may be the one place … Continue reading
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — In 2002, smallmouth bass began to sicken and die by the thousands in Chesapeake Bay tributaries. Alarmed, federal scientists began retrieving fish for study from big rivers such as the Potomac, the Susquehanna, the Shenandoah, the upper James. “They had bacterial infections, they had fungal infections, they had parasite infections,” … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — There are differences between Will Wade’s VCU Rams and Shaka Smart’s. When Smart left to become the Texas coach he took his end-to-end pressure defense known as “Havoc” with him and some key players have moved on, too. The results, though, have been pretty much the same. Mo Alie-Cox scored 13 … Continue reading
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — There are generals and regular grunts in this group, men who were drafted into military service as well as those who hated mandatory retirement. But no one pulls rank at Veterans Breakfast Club of Fredericksburg meetings, held once a month at the Cracker Barrel in Central Park. In fact, there’s more … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for a man convicted in a 1982 rape and murder case say recent DNA testing proves he is innocent. The attorneys for 59-year-old Keith Allen Harward’s filed a petition for a writ of actual innocence on March 4, citing Virginia Department of Forensic Science testing that failed to find Harward’s … Continue reading
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Echoing a national trend, students at the University of Virginia are seeking out psychological help in record numbers, school health officials said. The number of U.Va. students seeking appointments at the university’s office of Counseling and Psychological Services rose 25 percent in the past year, Executive Director of Student Health Dr. … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Wednesday plans for the state to buy electricity produced from a proposed Dominion Virginia Power 20-megawatt solar plant, with Microsoft offsetting the extra costs associated with the plan. McAuliffe said at a Capitol news conference that the project will serve as a symbol of Virginia’s embrace … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Besides having one of the bigger delegate totals up for grabs in the Super Tuesday primary, a win in the swing state of Virginia will come with a special cachet, political watchers say. The Old Dominion is undergoing a brief but intense courtship from multiple presidential hopefuls looking for a big … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Friday signed into law a compromise gun policy hammered out between Democrats and Republicans who rarely see eye-to-eye on the hot-button issue. The measures will allow more out-of-state concealed-handgun permit holders to legally carry guns in Virginia, prohibit people subject to permanent protective orders from carrying … Continue reading
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