Virginia

A police officer was shot and wounded in Old Town Alexandria on Monday morning, and the suspect was later found dead after an exchange of gunfire, police say. Residents in the area were told to stay indoors for a period but there is now no threat to the public, officials said in an update.

Gunfire broke out on the streets of Old Town Alexandria, injuring a police officer and leaving a suspect dead. News4’s Julie Carey reports residents were forced to shelter in place.

In parts of the D.C. area, people have had to replace stolen campaign signs multiple times. In other areas, signs have actually been riddled with bullet holes. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

A police officer was shot and wounded after responding to a call for an attempted robbery at an Old Town hotel. The suspect was found dead after an exchange of gunfire with police.

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder was in court when Sharonda Avery was sentenced to 11 years for posing as a psychologist.

Change came to Richmond’s historic Monument Avenue this summer at whiplash speed when the city’s mayor invoked emergency powers and ordered the removal of Confederate statues that had towered over the city for around a century.

Trailblazer, educator and philanthropist Jennie Dean was honored with a statue in Manasssas, Virginia, on Saturday. Dean opened the Manassas Industrial School, the first school for Black children in Northern Virginia. News4’s Derrick Ward has more on Dean’s legacy.

A Virginia woman who pretended to be a psychologist, treating hundreds of patients and even testifying as a medical expert during custody hearings in court, was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison. Family after family testified in court in Stafford County on Friday about the damage done by Sharonda Avery. These families trusted Avery so much and were so…

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A newly filed lawsuit against a Virginia children’s hospital alleges patients were subjected to sexual abuse and physical assaults over at least a 12-year period

Federal prosecutors say a Virginia man who sent dozens of harassing emails and phone messages to Tulsa Mayor G

At 55 pounds, and playful as can be, 8-month-old pup Scarlett might seem hard to miss. But just days ago, the mixed rescue counted among the missing.

Scarlett spent nearly two days missing, leading to a massive search to bring her home. Now she’s back, and News4’s Pat Collins talks with the eagle-eyed boy who spotted her.

State officials in Virginia have ordered a third-party investigation into the Virginia Military Institute following a report in The Washington Post that described Black cadets and alumni facing what was described as “relentless racism.”

Initiative 81: This initiative would change the way D.C. enforces the non-commercial planting, cultivation, distribution, possession and use of entheogenic plants and fungi. Examples of these hallucinogens include magic mushrooms and mescaline-containing cacti. Right now, entheogenic plants and fungi are categorized as Schedule 1 drugs in the District. The passage of Initiative 81 would place investigation and arrests of those engaging…

Initiative 81 would change the way D.C. enforces the non-commercial planting, cultivation, distribution, possession and use of entheogenic plants and fungi. News4’s Aimee Cho explains.

This initiative would establish a new commission, composed of eight members of the General Assembly and eight citizens, that would draw new lines for Virginia’s congressional and state legislative districts.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam says the changes are driving the record turnout so far across the state. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

Juneteenth has officially become a state holiday after lawmakers unanimously approved legislation during the Virginia General Assembly special session

A Virginia police department says a man was killed last weekend when the riding lawnmower he was driving in the center of the road was hit from behind by a car