After eight years of faithful service, K9 Aleko is ready to retire. She’s deployed to many natural disasters to help find people trapped in collapsed buildings. News4’s Drew Wilder spoke to her handler about the bittersweet retirement.

A Virginia woman who posed as a psychologist and treated dozens of children was convicted Wednesday in Stafford County. Sharonda Avery entered pleas to nine felony counts and could serve decades in prison. She dodged News4’s cameras and offered silence in response to questions angry parents want answered. “Why did you present yourself a...

The private company that runs Virginia’s Express Lanes has launched an app that allows for mobile payment of tolls

A group of therapy dogs visited an elementary school in Fauquier County, Virginia, Tuesday to help children following the death of their 6-year-old classmate.

A Virginia state delegate is asking police to file charges against a gun rights activist who protested outside the delegate’s home in Alexandria on Saturday with a long gun.

A Virginia teenager accused of killing his mom and 6-year-old brother before shooting his father is set to be extradited back from North Carolina this week. Levi Norwood, 17, appeared in court Monday in North Carolina and waived his extradition rights. Police say the teen killed his mother, Jennifer Norwood, 34, and brother Wyatt, 6, and shot his f...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is announcing new school grants aimed at promoting computer science education

Metro is warning commuters that one station parking lot will close and two will have fewer spaces starting in March as crews prepare to completely rebuild platforms. Commuters who use the East Falls Church, West Falls Church or Vienna surface parking lots should prepare for changes beginning on Sunday, March 15. The popular East Falls Church parkin...

A 17-year-old boy suspected of killing his mother and 6-year-old brother before shooting his father in Fauquier County, Virginia, Friday night was apprehended in Durham, North Carolina, on Saturday after he was caught trying to steal hair dye, clothes and a backpack from a Target store, authorities say. Levi Norwood was arrested after employees at ...

Bellen Woodard was in third grade when she came home with a question. “My friends, they always called the peach crayon the skin-colored crayon,” she recalled. Why? She handed over the crayon but it made her feel “weird.” Her mom suggested that next time she hand over the brown crayon, “because our skin color’s br...

Virginia state employees and public school teachers could soon be getting raises and bonuses

UPDATE: Levi Norwood has been apprehended in North Carolina, the sheriff’s office said Saturday. Find News4’s latest coverage here. A manhunt is underway for a 17-year-old boy in Fauquier County, Virginia, who is suspected of killing his mother and young brother before shooting his father, authorities say. Levi Norwood is wanted on two ...

A Virginia bakery manager is charged with object sexual penetration and forcible sodomy of two adult employees with special needs.