3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (522+ words) Louise Lucas, the candid Virginia state senator whose office and cannabis retail business the FBI reportedly raided this week, is a longtime public servant servant known for her no-holds-barred style, marijuana advocacy and jubilant, post-victory dancing. Media outlets reported May…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (312+ words) The FBI searched the office of Virginia state Senate leader L. Louise Lucas and a cannabis retail business she co-owns May 6 as part of a corruption investigation, according to multiple media reports. In a statement to USA TODAY, the FBI said…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (137+ words) The PPA Tour's Virginia Beach Open features top professional pickleball action, making it a great event for fans to see the best of the best compete. Set on the sprawling 14-acre Pickleball Virginia. .. Vote now for Virginia Beach Open! Best…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1790+ words) Virginia voters approved a full redrawing of the state's congressional districts, according to Decision Desk HQ and NBC News, a change that could blunt President Donald Trump's push to expand the Republican majority in the U. S. House of Representatives. The approved…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (596+ words) United Kingdom's royal couple, King Charles III and Queen Camilla, are on a four-day state visit to the United States, through Thursday, April 30. They first stopped in Washington, D. C. , a trip that included a White House visit and Charles' address to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (877+ words) May Day protests are expected across Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia on May 1 as organizers call for protests, rallies, marches and walkouts tied to labor and immigration rights. May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, commemorates the efforts made…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (41+ words) Republicans started a redistricting fight to grab more seats in the midterms. But if Virginia's vote survives legal challenges, GOP could be losing. Republicans emerge on back foot from Virginia redistricting referendum...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (255+ words) A Virginia state judge blocked officials from certifying the approval of new congressional maps in Old Dominion, a day after voters narrowly passed them. Tazewell County'Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley Jr. called the ballot measure'to approve the maps "flagrantly misleading…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (243+ words) James Franklin's Virginia Tech football tenure is off to an inauspicious start. The Hokies' spring game on Saturday, April 18, from Lane Stadium'in Blacksburg, Virginia, was delayed after a skydiver was suspended from the video board. The parachuter hit the scoreboard,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (394+ words) When Virginia unexpectedly fired head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, the program's biggest star entered the transfer portal. But after fielding calls from prospective teams and even visiting Dawn Staley's program at South Carolina, Kymora Johnson decided she's going to stay at…...