Journalists and politicians claim Virginia's "ban" on "assault weapons" would end civilian access to the AR-15 category. This is a demonstrable half-truth.
- Heather Price Ives
Gordonsville man William Napier faces multiple charges of sex crimes against children and animals, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
- LAURENCE HAMMACK The Roanoke Times
Jacob Ryan Barnett, a former youth pastor of a Botetourt County church, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after admitting to grooming girls online.
- SEAN JONES Richmond Times-Dispatch
A transmission fault in Northern Virginia briefly removed 3 gigawatts of demand last week, sending measurable grid ripples across the eastern U.S.
- CHRISTOPHER HOWARD
We should be celebrating the 61st anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare. Beacuse of Trump, we're bracing for their collapse.
- DONALD J. GLAZER
Virginia’s new 340B Program Work Group is a chance to restore accountability, transparency and patient-focused reform to a federal program that has failed us.
- CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT STAFF
Reva woman Crystal Dean faces a total of 39 charges after authorities say she stole gifts meant for addresses along her postal route.
Coming up, two approaches to clay by Holly Horan and John Pluta at the Crozet Artisan Depot, tickets go on sale for the Botanical Art Festival and more.
Alphonso Washington was supposed to stay on good behavior after he was released following his murder conviction in Charlottesville. He's back behind bars.
Not even a week after Keaton's Lake reopened at Lake of the Woods, it is closed again. The first time was because of E. coli. This is because of algal bloom.
Virginia voters finally get their chance to choose candidates for the state's 11 congressional districts after an election year like no other in the state's history.
As was expected, Charlottesville's second annual Tomato Tomato Fest turned out to be an even bigger spectacle than the first time around.
Albemarle County teacher Nicholas Clark is expected to plead guilty in one of two child sex crime cases that have rocked the school division this year.
One of the hardest parts about cancer is learning to balance the desire for a fulfilling life with the strength to face the realities of the disease. Writing can help.
- CAMERON STEELE
One of the hardest parts about cancer is learning to balance the desire for a fulfilling life with the strength to face the realities of the disease. Writing can help.
- Jane Sathe
Tickets are on sale now for a Sept. 10 gala honoring Charlottesville Symphony music director Benjamin Rous' 10th anniversary.
- Heather Price Ives
Orange County man Michael Dickerson is in custody after a high-speed chase that led deputies straight to his home.
- GWYNDOLYN MILES Richmond Times-Dispatch
There are now 126 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in Virginia, according to the state's health department — still not enough to constitute an outbreak.
- JOHN BUZBEE The Virginian-Pilot
An independent review has found Old Dominion University had effective safety measures in place before the deadly shooting this past March.
- MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch
Vincent Maiden has been named director of the Virginia Department of Energy, where he has worked for four years.
- JORGEN VIK
It t takes a lot of hubris or ignorance, or both, to suggest one knows how to predict when the market will turn south next time.
- DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia’s 2018 workers' compensation insurance reform continues to pay dividends for businesses as insurers propose another rate cut, the seventh in a row.
- MARLENE A. CONDON
Make no mistake about it, the destruction of Albemarle County's mimosa trees is literally an environmental crime against nature.
- Hawes Spencer
A detective's criminal complaint is shedding light for the first time on the rape reported at the Free Bridge homeless encampment earlier this month.
- DAILY PROGRESS STAFF
Coming up, a final weekend of "Shakespeare at the Ruins," a final weekend of the Heifetz Institute's Festival of Concerts and more.
- Hawes Spencer
A second rape has been reported at the Free Bridge homeless encampment on Charlottesville's eastern edge. A suspect is in custody, police reported Monday.