All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 7 2022 // VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Two people were killed Monday when a storage tank exploded at a Virginia welding business, a fire official said.Firefighters responded to Neptune Welding on Virginia Beach Boulevard just after...
Dec 1 2022 // A Mississippi-based consulting firm hired to figure out Florida’s insurance company financial rating conundrum has faced scrutiny in other states after audits found improper disbursement of funds, long delays in...
Nov 23 2022 // FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a Virginia school board that says it shouldn’t be held liable for the alleged sexual assault of a student by a classmate on a band...
Nov 22 2022 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has handed down four decisions that could affect insurers’ payouts in auto, homeowners and worker injury claims.Non-employee Covered In Ball vs. United Financial Casualty Co., the...
Nov 21 2022 // Highway crews plan to build a temporary bridge over a giant sinkhole in southern West Virginia that has overtaken a road and threatened a nearby police department’s building.The 125-foot (38-meter) temporary bridge...
Oct 12 2022 // The U.S. Department of Labor reported that it has obtained a default judgment to recover $703,609 in back wages and liquidated damages for 38 employees denied overtime pay by a Chesapeake, Virginia home healthcare company...
Oct 11 2022 // A lawsuit against a Virginia town that alleges its police department has operated in a way that led to unlawful racial discrimination and violated individuals’ constitutional rights can move forward, a judge ruled...
Oct 4 2022 // FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) –The son of a 77-year-old man who died after sustaining injuries during a traffic stop in Virginia earlier this year has filed a $6 million lawsuit that alleges the deputies involved in his...
Sep 22 2022 // Walmart and CVS Pharmacy have settled with the state of West Virginia for a combined total of $147 million in a lawsuit over the companies’ roles in contributing to the oversupply of prescription drugs that fueled...
Sep 20 2022 // Virginia Commonwealth University will pay nearly $1 million to the family of a young man who died after a 2021 fraternity hazing incident as part of a recent settlement agreement.The agreement with the family of Adam Oakes...
Sep 19 2022 // A Virginia judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of 13 young people who claim that the state’s permitting of fossil fuel projects is exacerbating climate change and violating their constitutional...
Sep 14 2022 // NORFOLK, Va. — The Elizabeth River Project’s latest work doesn’t fight the rising tide. It will roll with it.The environmental group is constructing a 6,500-foot resilience lab along Colley Avenue and...
Sep 9 2022 // Virginia lawmakers elected a handful of local judges Wednesday but failed yet again to fill a vacancy on the powerful State Corporation Commission, which regulates a wide range of business interests.The lack of action...
Aug 23 2022 // Former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder has withdrawn a lawsuit he filed against leaders of Virginia Commonwealth University following a public personnel dispute in which Wilder had pushed for the firing of an employee he accused...
Aug 22 2022 // A jury has awarded $50,000 to a northern Virginia landlord who was shot three times with a stun gun when sheriff’s deputies wrongly arrested him following a tenant’s complaint.Matthew Souter, 57, of The Plains,...
Aug 22 2022 // A former deputy Virginia attorney general who says she was fired over social media posts in which she praised the Capitol rioters as “patriots” and falsely claimed Donald Trump won the 2020 election is suing...
Aug 19 2022 // A Virginia volunteer firefighter charged with setting fire to an abandoned building was with the first crew to arrive on the scene, an investigator said Monday.Firefighters from several departments responded to a report of...
Aug 15 2022 // Two people remained in critical condition on Saturday among the more than a dozen who were injured after a vehicle crashed into a northern Virginia pub and restaurant, according to authorities.The crash at the...
Aug 5 2022 // Utah-based PCF Insurance Services (PCF) has acquired Professional Warranty Service Corp., a specialty insurance and home warranty company based in Chantilly, Virginia.Founded in 1995, PWSC provides risk management to the...
Aug 3 2022 // West Virginia cities and counties reached a $400 million tentative settlement with three major U.S. drug distributors, lawyers announced Monday.In a lawsuit in state court, the cities and counties accused the distributors...