Nelson County is preparing to welcome tens of thousands of visitors during the Valley of the Seven Stars this week. Here's everything locals need to know.
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- LAURENCE HAMMACK The Roanoke Times
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit claiming inmates held in solitary confinement at Red Onion State Prison endured cruel and unusual punishment.
- Jane Sathe
Comedian "Weird Al" Yankovic, who's just been blessed with an asteroid named in his honor, is slated to take the stage at JPJ in Charlottesville Thursday.
- David Velazquez
Doug Ollivant, the Republican challenging Democrat Eugene Vindman in Virginia's 7th District, has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.
- Jane Sathe
Coming up, "Weird Al" Yankovic heads to John Paul Jones Arena, Fred Armisen brings comedy for music fans to the Jefferson Theater and more.
- DEBORAH A. WILSON
Karyann Parkinson's decision to let her 5-year-old walk a half-mile alone, and the resulting criminal conviction, have put parenting on trial in Virginia.
- Heather Price Ives
The Orange County Sheriff's Office is searching for 17 Great Danes and a "poodle-type" dog reported missing amid an animal welfare investigation.
The first bill filed in the Virginia General Assembly ahead of the next legislative session would make police statements from autistic individuals inadmissible.Â
Louisa County Public Schools has some new staffers. And while they can't teach reading, writing or arithmetic, they can sit, fetch and roll over.
The proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger wouldn't just benefit the railways. The Port of Virginia has much to gain.
The Nelson County Sheriff's Office is hosting a town hall on the controversial Flock license plate-reading cameras that other Virginia localities have turned off.
The race between Republican John McGuire and Democrat Tom Perriello in Virginia is helping to drive early voting turnout.
The constant drip-drop of rain couldn't stop the Foxfield Fall Races on Sunday. Nor could it dampen the spirits of the many children at the family-friendly outing.
The Virginia Court of Appeals has determined that Michael Swiney, the Albemarle school counselor accused of molesting four girls, deserves another chance at bail.
- Hawes Spencer
The Virginia Court of Appeals has determined that Michael Swiney, the Albemarle school counselor accused of molesting four girls, deserves another chance at bail.
- Hawes Spencer
During his intake at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, Zachary Scott was behaving oddly. That would be because he had drugs secreted in his rectum.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia regulators are looking into allegations Florida's NextEra Energy influenced elections in its home state as they review its merger with Dominion Energy.
- ERIC KOLENICH Richmond Times-Dispatch
James Madison University will begin readmitting graduates for free classes and training if they have not found a job one year after college.Â
- NORI LEYBENGRUB The Virginian-Pilot
After searching a Portsmouth property for days, police said they had found the dismembered remains of a man in the backyard and charged the homeowner with murder.Â
- David Velazquez
Winsome Earle-Sears wants voters to say no to enshrining gay marriage and abortion access in the Virginia constitution. Voting rights for felons? That's complicated.
- Jane Sathe
More than 5,500 people came out for Charlottesville Pride last month, on par with last year's record-breaking attendance.Â
- Haley Sandlow
Kratom, an opioid-adjacent drug, has been found in the the popular and unregulated gas station drugs cat's claw and kava, according to UVa experts.
- David Velazquez
"There are a bunch of RINOs loose." Former 5th District congressman Denver Riggleman and other Republicans are lining up behind Democrat Tom Perriello.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s new energy plan, a sharp break from her GOP predecessor, pushes Virginia to adopt more nuclear, wind and solar power.
- Greg Madia
A disastrous second-quarter doomed Virginia football in its lopsided loss at Florida State on Saturday in Tallahassee.
- NORI LEYBENGRUB The Virginian-Pilot
Three men have been arrested as part of a cockfighting investigation in Virginia Beach that discovered 200-plus birds, including 30-plus gamecocks, in Pungo.Â