Virginia lawmakers to consider reducing penalty for assaulting police
Virginia lawmakers plan to take up dozens of criminal justice reforms during a special legislative session this week, but one proposal in particular is expected to spark an intense battle: a push to change a law that allows police to charge people with felony assault even if the arresting officers are not seriously hurt.
Virginia man who plowed through Black Lives Matter protesters sentenced to 6 years
A Virginia man who a prosecutor described as a leader of the Ku Klux Klan and who drove through a Black Lives Matter protest in June was sentenced Monday to six years in jail.
Virginia judge imposes injunction barring removal of Robert E. Lee statue
A circuit court judge in Virginia Monday imposed an injunction barring the state from dismantling a 21-foot-high statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond.
Virginia flight delayed after passenger refuses to wear mask
American Airlines says a flight out of Virginia was delayed after a passenger refused to comply with its policy requiring a face mask.
‘This is my city’: Video captures woman yelling racial slur at George Floyd hologram event
The video, recorded July 28 by Mikhail Smith, shows a White woman yelling at a group of people attending a hologram memorial event in honor of George Floyd in Virginia.
George Floyd's family gathers in Richmond to unveil hologram
The family of George Floyd witnessed the unveiling of a hologram in Virginia Tuesday night, where flickering lights came together to create an image of Floyd's head and shoulders transposed over the Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue.
Fires set, windows shattered during raucous Richmond protest
A city dump truck was set on fire as protesters faced off with police in Virginia's capital during a demonstration billed as support for protesters on the other side of the country in Portland, Oregon.
Protests turn violent in Richmond
At least six people were arrested in protests in Richmond over the weekend.
Fugitives arrested in Michigan after Virginia jailbreak, choking out officer
Police say two fugitives are behind bars again after a coordinated jailbreak from a Virginia juvenile detention center involving a cord, a hole in a fence and a getaway car.
Virginia removes Confederate monuments from its state Capitol
Virginia has removed from its iconic state capitol the busts and a statue honoring Confederate generals and officials.
US Marshals offering $5K for help finding escaped Virginia killer, DC robber
The U.S. Marshals service is joining the hunt for a pair of violent felons who escaped from juvenile detention facility near Richmond on Monday.
Second Virginia juvenile corrections worker charged in connection with violent felons’ escape plot
Virginia State Police have arrested a second employee at a juvenile corrections facility near Richmond after he allegedly gave a cell phone to violent offenders who escaped Monday.
Virginia juvenile detention center worker charged in violent felons’ escape
A Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice employee has been accused of helping two violent felons escape from a facility near Richmond.
Richmond removing statue of Confederate JEB Stuart
Work crews in Richmond began taking down an enormous monument to Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart on Tuesday, the third major statue to be cleared away in less than a week, as the Confederacy's former capital rushes to remove symbols of oppression in response to protests against police brutality and racism.
Richmond mayor orders removal of Confederate statues
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney on Wednesday ordered the immediate removal of all Confederate statues in the city.
Richmond police arrest armed off-duty cop on roof overlooking Lee monument
Police in Richmond say they arrested an armed off-duty cop spotted on the roof of a vacant building overlooking the city's controversial statue of Robert E.
Injunction extended against removing Richmond Robert E Lee statue
A judge on Thursday indefinitely extended an injunction preventing the Virginia governor from removing a historic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Richmond’s famed Monument Avenue.
'White Lives Matter' sprayed on Arthur Ashe memorial in Richmond
A statue of African American tennis legend Arthur Ashe on Richmond, Virginia's, Monument Avenue has been vandalized with the words “White Lives Matter.”
Richmond police chief resigns as tensions escalate in Virginia capital
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced on Tuesday that he'd requested Police Chief Will Smith's resignation, in light of how local law enforcement has handled various protests over the past several weeks.
Third Confederate statue torn down in Richmond
News outlets report demonstrators in Richmond tore down another Confederate statue in the city Tuesday night.