A bipartisan group of Commonwealth's Attorneys say a 'crisis' in the criminal legal system has become a public safety issue. They hope a bill will help.

The "Criminal Record Relief Bill" recently passed through the House committee in the Virginia General Assembly and is on its ...

A bill aims to help Virginians better navigate the state’s legal system, outlining improvements like making lawyers more ...

Henry L. Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond and a figure who embodied the rise of African American power in the ...

“Stealing a gun from an unlocked vehicle means a criminal gets a gun. Putting a gun between the drivers’ seat and the console ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The widespread water crisis that engulfed the Richmond metro area earlier this month was completely avoidable and never should have happened, according to a damning Notice of Alleged ...

A bill that would install a public defender in every judicial jurisdiction in Virginia but also expand the responsibility of ...

Erik Siebert was sworn in as the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, according to the U.S. Department ...

Henry L. Marsh III Elementary School was dedicated in Richmond in August 2020. Richmond's first Black mayor died Thursday ...

President Joe Biden officially pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott on the 1994 federal drug charges for which Scott ...

Sheriff's deputies said Hasimba C. Brown, of Richmond, Virginia, was wanted by the Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office on charges of abduction by force, malicious assault, burglary, robbery and ...

Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth), the first Black person to serve as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, was convicted ...