The judge dismissed the charges against Ebony Parker, who was facing eight counts of felony child neglect, after Virginia prosecutors claimed she failed to act on reports that a 6-year-old had a gun that he later used to shoot his teacher.

This spring, Broadway became the third small town in the Shenandoah Valley in about a year to decide to stop fluoridating its drinking water. The move mirrors statewide fluoride bans in Utah and Florida, and skepticism from the U.S. Health Secretary, but remains rare among Virginia municipalities.

Access to health care is emerging as a focus for Democrats seeking to unseat Republican members of Congress this year.

If you’ve driven or walked through Blacksburg or Pulaski recently, you may have seen hundreds of green tubes sticking out of the dirt along creeks and fields. These are trees and shrubs planted by the New River Conservancy.

Republican Congressman John McGuire – who represents much of Central and Southside Virginia – has a bill he says will help federal law enforcement crack down on local crime.

“We in the state government can dictate where federal agents can come — that’s not a promise we can keep," Spanberger told the press Wednesday.

This summer, Charlottesville marks the 50th anniversary of its Downtown Mal— inviting people from all over the state to celebrate.

“We were all hoping that under a Democratic governor, it would not be a question of whether we would have a retail marketplace, but when we would have a retail marketplace,” Petersburg Senator Lashrecse Aird told Radio IQ Tuesday. “And today’s veto is evident that those expectations were false hope.”

“I’ve already lost a marriage, traveling, for 15 years, trying to feed my family,” said Richmond IBEW 666 member Dorian Hargrave. ‘I’d like to have this economy bolstered and stay like it is, right here in Virginia.”

A team from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science is in the middle of a three-year study of two of the Chesapeake Bay’s iconic trophy fish-- red drum and striped bass.