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October 28, 2009
JMU student journalists face judicial charges at the school
Two student journalists at James Madison University face judicial charges at the school after entering a dorm to get comments for a news storyDanny Marshall has 2-1 cash lead in 14th District race
Marshall and challenger Seward Anderson have raised more than $450,000 this election cycle and have spent nearly $370,000.Valentine, Garrett rack up campaign donations in 23rd District race
The race shot past the $600,000 mark in fundraising this weekOctober 27, 2009
Obama campaigns for Deeds
This is the president's first appearance with Deeds, who has previously refused to call himself an Obama Democrat and has been critical of parts of the president's agenda including health care reform and Cap and Trade legislation.UVA issues Halloween safety reminder
Press release says "The disappearance more than a week ago of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington reminds everyone that no community is safe from potential harm."‘Unusual event’ keeps reactor down at North Anna
“There was no threat to station employees or the public as a result of this incident,” Dominion spokesman Richard Zuercher said Monday.Hanover Co. student charged in ax attack against schoolmate
A Lee-Davis High School student faces possible life in prison if convicted of an ax attack on a fellow studentFive Virginia correctional officers charged in K-9 fondling
Five Virginia Department of Corrections officers have been charged with animal cruelty involving the fondling of a K-9 dog and videotaping the two incidentsOctober 26, 2009
1 in 137 chance of hitting a deer in Virginia
State Farm Insurance deer crash rate up 28%, VA a high risk stateMany in Virginia don’t know gas tax
How much does the state receive every time you buy a gallon of gas? A recent poll shows that many Virginians don't know.October 25, 2009
Senator Jim Webb talks health care reform on CNN’s State of the Union
Webb criticized the way health care reform has been handledMorgan Harrington most well known of Virginia’s missing list
A case from the late 1970s includes a pair of girls who left to hitchhike from Roanoke to Florida and were never seen again
Couple donates $5 million to UVA for diabetes research
The gift by Paul and Diane Manning comes on top of nearly $3 million they've donated to the university in recent years.October 24, 2009
Absentee ballot deadline approaching
Voters have until tuesday October 27th to submit a ballot application to make sure it's mailed to the voter in time.William and Mary students show they’re an open-minded student body
Jessee Vasold took the field this afternoon during halftime of the homecoming game versus JMU.Creigh Deeds campaigns in Roanoke; Calls on Democrats to get out the vote
Deeds says he needs a big Democratic voter turnout on Novermber 3rd, to have a chance to win
Would-be bounty hunters nab innocent woman in Bristol
A woman accused of skipping bond was handcuffed, sexually assaulted during a strip search and hauled off to jail Oct. 9. But the three who arrested her were only masquerading as drug task force agents.October 23, 2009
Final Attorney General debate takes on racial overtones
Democrat Stephen C. Shannon accused Republican Ken Cuccinelli of being "an ideological crusader" who favors states' rightsSniper victims’ families ask to witness John Allen Muhammad’s execution
Muhammad was sentenced to death in Virginia for the Oct. 9, 2002, slaying of Dean Harold Meyers, 53, who was shot at a Manassas-area service station where he stopped for fuel while returning home from work that eveningAbandoned baby in Chesterfield may be as old as 3 weeks
A baby girl found abandoned in a Chesterfield County neighborhood Monday may be as old as three weeks and could have been delivered at a medical facilityState police investigate whether felons voted last November
Virginia State Police have launched a statewide investigation into possible illegal voting by felons in last November's election.October 22, 2009
Police follow up on leads; $100,000 reward in missing VT student case
Officers searched the area near University Hall at UVA, where Morgan Harrington was last seen
Senate committee passes bills to recognize 6 Virginia, 1 N.C. Indian tribes
The six Virginia tribes, which have around 3,000 members, have been seeking recognition since the 1990sGov. Kaine: Roanoke’s Mill Mountain to be placed under conservation easement
The Governor said Roanoke City Council has agreed to support plans to establish two perpetual conservation easements on Mill Mountain, and the surrounding 600 acre parkSmyth Co. Commissioner of Revenue finds Northrup Grumman owes $15 million in taxes
Jeff Richardson says Northrup Grumman, the state’s beleaguered information technology vendor, owes as much as $15 million in local taxes to communities across VirginiaSix Virginia schools among top research universities
Virginia Tech ranked 46th in the 2008 list based on research and development expendituresState Bar committee publishes draft opinion on attorney-client sex
Lawyers engaging in sexual relationships with clients risk seriously damaging their clients’ interests and should refrain from such liaisons, concludes the draft of a legal ethics opinion proposed by a Virginia State Bar committeeManatee spotted in James River near Richmond
"He'll come up and get some air, roll over on his back, rub his face and go swimming along," said Joe Owen Jr., 37, a sergeant with the Dinwiddie County Sheriff's OfficeLouisa Co. woman admits to dumping boyfriend’s body in well
Ulisa Mary Chavers, speaking in barely audible tones, pleaded guilty to charges of concealing the body of Reginal Cody BowlesOctober 21, 2009
