Prince William County

The embezzlement case against a former Executive Mansion chef is now in the hands of a special prosecutor, not Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Cuccinelli won an indictment against chef Todd Schneider in March but later, citing a conflict of interest,...

I would like to take the opportunity during Law Enforcement Memorial Week to pay tribute to the men and women who protect and serve the Commonwealth, risking their lives each day to keep us safe. Since the first known line-of-duty death in America,...

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's office filed a motion in Richmond Circuit Court today announcing that it will recuse itself from prosecuting former Executive Mansion chef Todd Schneider. Schneider, who left the mansion after two years in...

The Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va., was on lockdown early Friday after an isolated shooting  left one dead at the Officer Candidate School, the base said. The gunman was surrounded after barricading himself in barracks. Base residents were ordered...

If anyone was at risk in the case of the Anne Arundel County second-grader who nibbled a strawberry pastry into the shape of a gun, it wasn't his classmates eating breakfast at Park Elementary School, where authorities say he waved the confection around....

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — To get a sense of just how much federal government spending influences the Washington metropolitan area, all you have to do is listen to the ads on an all-news radio station there. Instead of promoting happy hours and...

It's been a grueling campaign. You just want to sit down with a bowl of popcorn and find out who will be president for the next four years. So when will we know? Technically speaking -- who the heck can say? With a race that went into Election Day neck...

UPDATED 3:30pm Saturday: Republican Mitt Romney's appearance scheduled for Sunday in Richmond has been canceled because of weather concerns. Instead, the Romney campaign says the presidential hopeful will meet with voters in Ohio. ---------------------...

Hurricane Sandy's approach has canceled at least one presidential rally in the campaign's closing days in swing state Virginia and may do the same for other events as the freakish late-season megastorm comes ashore. The long-lasting Mid-Atlantic storm...

Republican Mitt Romney will see President Barack Obama a Thursday campaign event in Richmond and raise him with three Virginia rallies in the state's most populous regions on Sunday. Obama comes to Richmond on Thursday for a rally in a city park. That...

Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...

If the presidential race is as close as some polls suggest, just a small percentage of the vote could make the difference between victory and defeat. This week, the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama is stepping up its efforts to win over...