A Rocky Mount woman was arrested in connection to a homicide that occurred early Tuesday morning.
- JASON DUNOVANT The Roanoke Times
The case stems from a incident that took place between Patterson and staff at the Raine and Perdue law firm in Rocky Mount in April.
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A Franklin County Sheriff's Office K9 will soon receive a bulletproof and stab-proof protective vest thanks to a charitable donation.
- ERIC KOLENICH Richmond Times-Dispatch
In January, Erin Strotman pleaded no contest to nine counts of child abuse in Henrico County Circuit Court as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
- KEITH EPPS The Free Lance–Star
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.
Kipps Elementary Principal Mark Crummey was among 17 men arrested at a Christiansburg hotel last week.
Authorities found the body of Charles Arthur Smith Jr. on March 17, after he had been reported missing.
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.
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.”
Erin Strotman, a former nurse at Henrico Doctors' Hospital, pleaded no contest Thursday to nine counts of child abuse in Henrico County Circuit Court.
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Learn about Orange County, VA’s free Playin’ in the Park Independence celebration at Booster Park on July 2, 2026, including parking, timing, and meeting access.
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Parking at the Orange County Public Safety Building will remain available for the July 2, 2026 planning commission meeting during the Playin’ in the Park event.
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Orange County government facilities, landfill, libraries, and animal shelter will observe Independence Day closures July 3–4, with normal operations resuming afterward.
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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.
Federal authorities say Diane Earls helped her husband steal $4.5 million from clients.
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.