Lawrence Toler’s family says the 39-year-old died in custody after months of medical issues tied to a 2024 police shooting.
- BILL WYATT Martinsville Bulletin
A Franklin County man was sentenced to three active years in prison in connection with a 2024 crash that killed a Martinsville man and seriously injured two children.
- JASON DUNOVANT The Roanoke Times
Rocky Mount police executed search warrants at three vape shops on Thursday for potentially selling products exceeding legal THC limits.
- ETHAN HUNT The Roanoke Times
Kipps Elementary Principal Mark Crummey was among 17 men arrested at a Christiansburg hotel last week.
- LAURENCE HAMMACK The Roanoke Times
Authorities found the body of Charles Arthur Smith Jr. on March 17, after he had been reported missing.
- LAURENCE HAMMACK The Roanoke Times
A $10 million lawsuit accuses a former Roanoke police officer of shooting and seriously wounding an intellectually disabled man who was unarmed during a 2024 encounter.
- LAURENCE HAMMACK The Roanoke Times
Chardonnay Hope claims she was treated more harshly than male coaches for the same conduct.
Charges are pending in a one-vehicle crash in Franklin County that killed the passenger, Virginia State Police said.
A former captain in the department, Rena Jennings, says she and other female employees suffered sex discrimination and harassment.
A 52-year-old man from Rocky Mount was convicted Monday in the July 27 shooting of Franklin County High School basketball coach Tony Gill in Gretna.
Lynchburg Circuit Court Judge F. Patrick Yeatts found Tony Brown guilty of first-degree and three other felonies on Monday in the stabbing death of his Nicole Rosser, his ex-girlfriend.
Virginia football wide receiver Jahmal Edrine was arrested on Thursday and charged with one count of rape and one count of abduction.
The accused has been charged in juvenile court and is being held in jail without bond
Roanoke police seized 18 dogs on Tuesday from a commercial property near Williamson Road.
Authorities said a father accidentally left a handgun in his child's backpack.
Investigators found “morphed” child sex abuse material, apparently produced by AI image-generating programs, that depicted “identifiable, famous child actresses engaged in sexually explicit conduct.”
A 55-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman were found dead inside an SUV in a rural area southeast of Rocky Mount on Friday morning and the deaths are being investigated as a murder-suicide.
Terry Eugene Micheal was convicted by jury in 2023 of two counts of animal cruelty.
UVa police say a report of an active gunman on Grounds Monday afternoon appears to have been a hoax. Their investigation now turns to whoever called the matter in.
Authorities say Dylan Scott Whorley accidently left a gun in his child's backpack.
Anthony Orion Dalton, 17, was tried as an adult and sentenced last Tuesday to a total of nine years with four years suspended.
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Orange County clarifies its summer child care program remains open, with low enrollment prompting consolidation from OES and LES to Locust Grove and Gordon-Barbour.
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Orange County Parks & Recreation earned a VACo Achievement Award for its 2025 Elementary School Flag Football Tournament, hosted with the high school football team.
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North Main Street eastbound lanes will close for a waterline replacement project starting May 18, with one lane open each way and motorists advised to expect delays.
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Westbound lanes on Route 40/Franklin Street near the Tractor Supply development will close May 14, with traffic shifted eastbound between CVS and Schewels Home Store.
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During Monday’s pre-trial hearing in Connie Clay’s wrongful termination lawsuit, attorneys sparred over whether the city had turned over all relevant communications between Clay and her former boss, Petula Burks.
Evan Strauss created an online community that committed a series of crimes nationwide.
Danville City Councilman Lee Vogler was attacked and set on fire outside the Professional Building on Main Street downtown on Wednesday, police and a witness said.
A man has been arrested following a fatal shooting in Pittsylvania County.
The Henry County Sheriff's Office has charged a Ridgeway man with two counts of first-degree murder in a double homicide that occurred Tuesday.
Matthew Davis received a suspended jail sentence under a plea agreement.
Daniel Elwood Duncan was sentenced to 28 years in prison as part of a plea agreement in the murders of Vicky Purdy and Ricky Dodson.