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(Caroline County)- A Caroline County mother is facing charges for allegedly punching a school bus driver. Deputies say on Friday 37-year-old Kristen Young got on the bus, and attacked the driver in front of children. They say

(Wallops Island)- Early risers have a chance to see a rocket launch early Thursday morning along the Virginia coast. An Antares rocket will launch from the Wallops Flight Facility at 4:49 a.m. It will be sending supplies

(Louisa)- A defense attorney is seeking to have a Confederate portrait taken down in a Louisa County courtroom for a murder trial. Attorney Douglas Ramseur called the courtroom’s painting of Robert E. Lee a symbol of unequal

(Bealeton)- Fauquier County investigators are calling the deaths of a father and son a homicide. The two were found shot to death at a home in Bealeton on Friday morning. The last time anyone from their family

(Fredericksburg)- The Fredericksburg Police Department took Eric Woods, a foster parent, into police custody yesterday, November 8th, 2018 on one felony count of Child Abuse Causing Injury. Earlier this year on August 23rd, faculty at an elementary

(DC)- Closures are in effect at the Crystal City and Reagan National Airport Metro stations. The stations will be closed through Monday for repairs. Free shuttle bus service will operate between Braddock Road, National Airport, Crystal City

(Undated)- Abagail Spanberger is the projected winner of Virginia’s Seventh Congressional District race. She declared victory late last night over incumbent Republican Congressman Dave Brat, but Brat didn’t concede. Spanberger led by roughly five-thousand votes or one-point-four

(Crystal City)- If selected, Crystal City may only end up housing half of Amazon’s second headquarters. According to a report published in the Wall Street Journal, Amazon plans to split its new HQ2 into two locations. Crystal

(Richmond)- It’s Election Day and voters in Virginia can take a selfie with their ballots. More than a dozen states prohibit ballot selfies, but the Virginia Attorney General says there are no laws saying folks can’t snap

(Richmond)- Elections officials are preparing polling locations across Virginia for what could be a busy election day tomorrow. Mailed and in-person absentee ballots have already roughly doubled the early total of the last midterm election in 2014.

(DC)- Virginia Senator Mark Warner says election security is much stronger now than it was in years past, but there’s still progress to be made. Warner said on CBS’ Face the Nation that the Homeland Security Department

(DC)- Amazon is reportedly in the final stages of preparation to locate its second headquarters in Northern Virginia. Published reports over the weekend said the online retail giant has been in talks to open its massive center

(Southern Maryland)- The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is taking a new approach to helping parents look for the warning signs of drug abuse. The H.O.P.E. trailer is set up like a typical teenager’s bedroom but is also

(Norfolk)- A new study says Virginia is a difficult state to vote in. The Cost of Voting Index was developed at Northern Illinois University and weighs 33 different variables in every state dating back to 1996. The

(Mount Vernon)- A six-thousand-year-old axe is joining a collection of artifacts at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate. A group of students and teachers participating in an archaeology field trip discovered the stone axe head at Mount Vernon’s

(Richmond)- Enrollment begins today for Virginia’s expanded Medicaid program. The General Assembly came to an agreement and voted earlier this year to extend coverage to 400-thousand low income residents after months of debate between Republicans and Democrats.