
State Police are assisting authorities in Sussex County as they search for a man who fled into the woods Tuesday afternoon. More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time More>>
CHATHAM, Va. (AP) - State alcohol regulators say they have arrested a Pittsylvania County man after they seized 339 gallons of moonshine from his home. Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control More>>
GROTTOES, Va. (AP) - The Rockingham County Sheriff's Office says a 59-year-old Grottoes farmer was fatally trampled by his bull. Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson said Sam Saufley was found by family members Saturday More>>
The funeral for a young boy killed by a falling tree inside Maymont Park last week will be held today. More>>
A petition to have an animal adoption center at Short Pump Town Center is gaining momentum. More>>
RICHMOND, VA—A young woman is in the hospital after being hit by a VCU bus outside City Hall on Tuesday morning. More>>
An upcoming concert will allow Richmonders to enjoy music from local artists, all while helping aid the victims of the Moore and Shawnee, Oklahoma tornadoes. More>>
A therapist in Caroline County has been sentenced to 65 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to committing sex crimes against children. More>>
Richmond Police say a man was shot while fleeing an attempted robbery early Tuesday morning. More>>
Police are asking for help to identify the man who robbed a Hanover County convenience store early Tuesday morning. More>>
A man was attacked and injured by a mob of juveniles as he waited at a bus stop in the Hillside Court public-housing project in South Richmond late Monday night. More>>
A Chinese food delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint in South Richmond late Monday night. More>>
Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. More>>
A General District Court judge has ruled there's enough evidence to proceed in a case against a couple accused of arson in Accomack County. More>>
A Chesterfield County man is in serious condition after a car driven by his brother ran him over before crashing into their home. More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands More>>
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A former day laborer has pleaded guilty to sneaking up on multiple women in Fairfax County and cutting their backsides with a razor blade or box cutter. Johnny Guillen Pimentel pleaded More>>
NEW YORK (AP) -- Here's the latest goal for food makers: Perfect the art of imperfection. When stretching out the dough for its premium "Artisan Pizzas," Domino's workers are instructed not to worry about More>>
The suspect accused of beating a man to death in Hopewell this weekend has been arrested. More>>
The body of an 11-year-old boy reported missing in Henrico County Saturda was found in a nearby pool Sunday. More>>
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA has eight new astronauts - its first new batch in four years. Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades. More>>
Richmond, VA – Mayor Dwight C. Jones today shared the results of a review his administration requested from the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS). The VDSS review is one of three reviews the More>>
Nine owners and managers of 7-Eleven stores on Long Island and in Virginia were charged on Monday in a scheme to exploit immigrants from Pakistan... More>>
Virginia's Court of Appeals has expanded the issues that can be brought up on appeal by a former UVA lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend. More>>
The U.S. Forest Service says a man drowned while trying to help a horse at Bark Camp Lake Recreation Area. More>>
Curtis L. Finley has been charged with murder in the shooting death of Darvis M. McLaughlin... More>>
Soldiers based at Fort Lee are coming home from a six-month deployment to Kuwait and Afghanistan. More>>
Two dozen localities in Virginia are getting state grants to place school resource officers in public schools... More>>
One person is dead and two others injured after a single-vehicle crash on Woodpecker Road in Chesterfield County Sunday afternoon. More>>
Chesterfield Police have identified the victim in a deadly crash on North Rhodes Lane on Sunday. More>>
CHESTERFIELD, Va – Chesterfield Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred in the 19800 block of Halloway Avenue on Saturday night. An officer on patrol in Matoaca Park came upon More>>
NEW YORK (AP) -- Laura Radocaj of Vero Beach, Fla., was warned when she was pregnant with twins that motherhood would be harder than she imagined - especially because she planned to go back to work while More>>
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. dealt with the aftermath of his famous father's death more than a decade ago. He was asked Saturday how the racing community's reaction to tragedy has changed More>>
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Biker culture came to the Vatican on Sunday as Pope Francis blessed thousands of Harley-Davidsons and their riders celebrating the manufacturer's 110th anniversary with a loud parade More>>
HENRICO, Va - Henrico Police detectives have arrested and charged Mr. Andrew Arthur Pratt, age 22, with 2nd Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony for the shooting death...
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JAMISON CITY, Pa. (AP) -- Four central Pennsylvania residents said they used only a rope and a flashlight during a wild chase to rescue a young bear whose head had been stuck in a plastic jar for at least More>>
HENRICO, Va - At approximately 2:30am Saturday morning the Henrico County Police Division was called to Westham Parkway just north of its intersection with Pinetree Road in western Henrico County in regards More>>
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - University of Virginia officials say their first round of worldwide free online classes were such a success that they'll increase the offerings. Sources say more than 150,000 More>>
Power remains out to thousands of Dominion Virginia Power customers across central Virginia; Find out where Dominion crews are working...
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani was declared the winner of Iran's presidential vote on Saturday after gaining support among many reform-minded Iranians looking to claw back a bit of More>>
The Richmond area will come together at a park where a 4-year-old was killed by a tree during this week's storm to remember the boy... More>>
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The revelation that a top former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who knew 94-year-old Michael More>>
A Chesterfield County teenager is charged after police say he accidentally shot a teenage girl Thursday. More>>
Harry Connick Jr. has written a song in honor of a 6-year-old girl killed in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. More>>
Police have arrested and charged a Petersburg man in connection with the 2010 murder of a Chesterfield County mother. More>>
Creditors are taking over operation of a privately run, state-owned toll road that has failed to generate enough revenue to cover its debt payments. More>>
Prince George County Public Schools and Petersburg City Schools will be closed Friday, following storms that ripped through the area Thursday. More>>
Across Virginia, more than 50,000 Dominion Virginia Power customers are without power due to the severe weather. More>>
Six months after the Newtown school shooting, the tragedy will be marked with a moment of silence, the reading of thousands of names of gun violence victims and calls around the country to pass legislation expanding background checks for gun purchases. More>>
The outdoor deck at a popular Miami-area sports bar partially collapsed during the NBA Finals, sending dozens of people into the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay. More>>
Richmond Police are asking for help finding a missing mother and her five-year-old son... More>>
Here's a look at some the photos 8News viewers sent in from Thursday's storm. Send your photos to news@wric.com.
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A line of severe thunderstorms is sweeping across Central Virginia, causing damage and power outages...
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Nearly a dozen Richmond middle school students were taken to the hospital after their school bus was rear-ended Thursday afternoon. More>>
The first lawsuit challenging Virginia's new abortion clinic regulations has been filed. More>>
A wildfire in a dry, densely wooded area of Colorado has destroyed at least 360 homes - nearly four times the previous estimate and a number that seemed likely to climb as the flames kept burning out of control, authorities said Thursday. More>>
Ambulances and helicopters took at least 30 people from a burning chemical plant after an explosion Thursday in Louisiana, officials said. More>>
Glitter and nail polish aren't glamorous for a box turtle found in Augusta County.
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Cigarette taxes are going up in Salem and Vinton. Beginning July 1, Salem's cigarette tax will increase from 20 cents a pack to 45 cents. Vinton's tax will rise from 20 cents a pack to 35 cents.
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A 10-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis was recovering from a transplant of adult lungs after a judge's ruling expanded her options for lifesaving surgery. More>>
The threat of severe weather on Thursday has forced some local events to be postponed, including the Sheryl Crow event at Innsbrook...
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NASCAR driver Jason Leffler has died following an accident Wednesday night during a dirt car event at Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey. More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The director of the National Security Agency vigorously defended once-secret surveillance programs as an effective tool in keeping America safe, telling Congress on Wednesday that the More>>
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - Republican nominee for lieutenant governor E.W. Jackson admitted that he used marijuana and experimented in other controlled substances in his youth, and acknowledged that he was forced More>>
After around 100 dogs were found living at a Lunenburg County home last month in what an animal rescue group called a hoarding situation, nearly all of the dogs have been rescued. More>>
Richmond Police are searching for the man who impersonated a police officer, pulling over two cars and robbing their drivers along Jefferson Davis Highway late Tuesday night. More>>
An Ohio boy admitted he fatally shot his mother in the head with a rifle when he was 10 after what a relative described as an argument over chores. More>>
All lanes of I-85 north in Dinwiddie County have reopened following a wreck Wednesday afternoon. More>>
The 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl whose efforts to qualify for a transplant drew public debate over how organ donation should be done is getting a new lung. More>>
Police are stepping up patrols after three men robbed a man on VCU's campus early Wednesday morning. More>>
Using voice commands to send text messages and emails from behind the wheel, which is marketed as a safer alternative for drivers, actually is more distracting and dangerous than simply talking on a cellphone, a new AAA study found. More>>
A Cleveland man has pleaded not guilty to holding three women captive in his home for a decade and raping them. More>>
The Henrico County Board of Supervisors approved construction of a new cell tower in the West End, but not everyone is excited about it... More>>
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Democrats nominated Norfolk doctor and state Sen. Ralph Northam for lieutenant governor in a statewide primary that saw two senior Republican delegates ousted by conservative challengers. More>>
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In Spanish and English, the Senate pushed contentious immigration legislation over early procedural hurdles with deceptive ease on Tuesday as President Barack Obama insisted the "moment More>>
Two students suffered minor injures when a special needs school bus ran off the road and crashed in Chesterfield County on Tuesday afternoon. More>>
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network voted to keep the so-called Under 12 Rule, but it created a mechanism that would allow doctors to request exceptions for their pediatric patients. A national lung review board would then approve these children for transplant consideration as adults case by case. More>>
All lanes of southbound Chippenhamp Parkway have reopened following a wreck in Chesterfield County on Tuesday evening. More>>
Passengers who were stuck on a Las Vegas tarmac in two different planes for more than four hours made the best of a simmering situation by joining in to belt out lines of R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly." More>>
Richmond Police have arrested two men, but continue to search for a third man they say robbed a woman early Saturday morning on the city's Southside. More>>
Removable flood walls would be set up for much of lower Manhattan, a 15-to-20-foot levee would guard part of Staten Island and gates and levees would shield Brooklyn as part of a nearly $20 billion plan Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed Tuesday to protect New York City from storms and the effects of global warming. More>>
A three-judge panel is weighing a bid to broaden the appeal of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player who was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend. More>>
A Chesterfield County Police officer has been arrested after police say while on duty he took and sold the jewelry of an person needing medical attention. More>>
Richmond International Airport has reopened its terminal after an unspecified threat was called into the terminal early Tuesday morning, prompting an evacuation. More>>
After resigning amid multiple felony charges in Texas, Geronimo Aguilar, the founding pastor of The Richmond Outreach Center, will receive six months severance from the Richmond-based church and will continue to live in the church's parsonage. More>>
Route 10 in Prince George remains closed after flash flooding during Tropical Storm Andrea... More>>
A memorial service is scheduled Thursday for a soldier from Virginia who was killed in Afghanistan. More>>
NEW YORK (AP) -- The federal government on Monday told a judge it will reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions. The More>>
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A federal grand jury has been impaneled in the FBI's investigation of nutritional supplement maker Star Scientific and ties Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife have with the company's More>>
AFTON, Va. (AP) - Virginia State Police are releasing additional details about a fatal shooting over the weekend involving an Albemarle County police officer. State Police said in a release Monday that More>>
A sentencing hearing is set for a Gloucester County couple convicted of keeping their daughter in a makeshift cage.
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Like a lot of kids, the two brothers from northern Illinois spent hours marveling at the weird and the wonderful in the Guinness Book of World Records - and wondering what they could do to get in it. More>>
Richmond Police have arrested one man, but continue to search for a second suspect after a person was shot early Sunday morning in Richmond's Fan district. More>>