In May, Virginia recorded 75,376 background checks — more than double the total from the same month last year.
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For five days this July, 20 Smyth County students will get an opportunity to realize their potential, learn about the criminal justice system and its careers, and get to know local law enforcement, prosecutors, and community leaders.
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Skeins of chunky yarn fill the multiple cubicles lining a portion of the classroom wall. Everyone, teacher and students alike, believe the yarn supply will only continue to grow. They’ve found a creative experience that’s teaching business skills, encouraging time away from digital devices, …
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A widespread multi-agency manhunt spanned parts of Virginia and North Carolina for Michael Timothy Puckett.
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Everyone in the courtroom agreed that the death of Delilah, an outdoor black cat, was a tragedy. The disagreement centered on whether the manner of her death willfully inflicted inhumane pain or was the act of a panicked woman.
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Four of those who died were in an Acura that caught on fire. The occupants included a 45-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman, a 13-year-old girl, and a seven-year-old boy from Greenfield, Mass.
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Norfolk Southern is helping make Pathway Park as attractive as possible to developers.
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There’s still a path forward for a retail marijuana market that could include Virginia’s budget, say the sponsors of the vetoed bills, who are members of General Assembly budget-writing committees.
A grand jury added three involuntary manslaughter charges against the driver in Friday’s deadly I-95 bus crash in Stafford County.
A man from Cana with a criminal record is being actively sought by multiple agencies after fatally shooting a Carroll County sheriff's deputy and injuring another during a welfare check.
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Virginia and NC State will not play in Brazil on Aug. 29, the ACC announced on Wednesday.
SAN DIEGO — I’m not sure baseball can call itself America’s pastime anymore. America’s mirror is probably more accurate. If one were looking for a sports league that most faithfully reflects the modern United States — its stratification, its rituals of self-justification, its remarkable talent for dressing inequality in the language of tradition — Major League Baseball would be hard to beat. ...
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Virginia basketball picked up a commitment for its 2027 class on Tuesday in Mahamadou Landoure, who has developed his game at the NBA Academy Africa.
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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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Orange County warns residents about email scams impersonating county staff, urges verification of charges, and provides tips and contacts to avoid fraud.
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Building Safety Month is an international May campaign promoting modern building codes and awareness of safe, sustainable structures, including the 2026 theme “Built to Last.”
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Ever since the mid-20th century, novels, movies and TV series have explored our fascination with the secretly troubled lives of people living in the suburbs — perhaps because the majority of Americans, including in the Bay Area, live in suburbs. In narratives from the “dark suburbia” genre, the characters want to enjoy the American dream of finally owning a nice house with a big yard in a ...
Though his novels have been praised by Ursula K. Le Guin and Ann Patchett and adapted into well-regarded films, Willy Vlautin says he began writing fiction for an unlikely reason. “The reason I started writing, I think, is because I made so many people unhappy playing music,” says Vlautin, who began composing songs when he was just 11 and growing up in Reno. “I lived in the basement below my ...
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