Henrico County

Update: State Police find convicted sex offender in North Carolina

Police in North Carolina arrested arrested Jason Akers Wednesday morning. Akers was convicted of rape and other sex crimes with a child in Henrico County six years ago. --------------------------------------------- State Police in Central Virginia...

Tags: Hanover County, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice

UPDATE: Democrat Tim Kaine defeats George Allen for U.S. Senate seat

WDBJ7 Reporters

Republican George Allen has conceded the Virginia Senate race to Tim Kaine. "Tonight after a very hard fought contest, we’re reminded how closely divided we are here in Virginia politically. And I’m glad though that I got off the sidelines."...

Tags: Hampton Roads, George Allen, Regional Authority, Government, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)

Nearly 70 percent of Virginia schools meet new education benchmarks

Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...

Tags: King William (King William, Virginia), Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Lunenburg County, Mount Vernon, Shenandoah County

$100K lottery prize in Va. to expire this month

The clock is ticking on an unclaimed $100,000 lottery prize in Henrico County.   The Virginia Lottery says the prize-winning ticket for the March 26 Cash 5 day drawing will be worthless if the owner fails to cash it in by 5 p.m. Sept. 24.   The ticket...

Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Awards and Prizes

Ex-Va. deputy sentenced on child porn charges

A former Henrico County deputy convicted of receiving child pornography will spend more than seven years in prison. Fifty-three-year-old John Harlan Mullins was sentenced Friday in federal court in Richmond to seven years and 11 months. Mullins...

Tags: Pornography, Ken Cuccinelli, Punishment

Giuliani to campaign for Romney in Virginia Beach

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani will campaign for GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney in Virginia Beach. Giuliani will headline a rally for veterans at a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Virginia Beach at 2 p.m. on Thursday.  The next day Giuliani...

Tags: Mitt Romney, Republican Party, Rudy Giuliani, Politics, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)

Baltimore County's new schools chief won over skeptics in Houston

In the crowded glass and steel lobby of the Houston school headquarters, Principal Susan Monaghan paused briefly to touch the shoulder of her boss, a man with far less experience in the education field and young enough to have been her student. "I am OK,...

Tags: Randallstown, Students, Catonsville, Baltimore County, Teachers

Brain-Eating Amoebas Blamed in Three Deaths

KTLA News

BREVARD COUNTY, FL -- Three people have died this summer after suffering rare infections from a waterborne amoeba that destroys the brain. This is the time of year when there is an uptick in cases. The amoebas flourish in the heat -- especially during...

Tags: Brevard County, Louisiana, Symptoms, Health, Brain

WBFF leads Baltimore stations in regional Emmys - Ron Smith honored

The Baltimore Sun

WBFF-Fox45 led Baltimore stations in winning eight regional Emmys announced Saturday night at the Newseum in Washington. But overall, that was only good for a fifth place finish behind one Virginia and three Washington stations in the competition for the...

Tags: Television, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Pancreatic Cancer, Virginia Living Museum, The Washington Post

Virginia Senate passes ignition interlock DUI bill for first-time offenders

The Virginia Senate has passed legislation requiring an ignition interlock for every first-time drunken driver, no matter how high the offender's blood alcohol content registered. Current law mandates the device only for repeat offenders or anyone...

Senate Democrats vote no as General Assembly money committees roll out budget proposals

Reporter

Lobbyists lined the walls Sunday afternoon, as the two General Assembly money committees approved changes to the Governor's spending plan. The vote was unanimous in the House Appropriations Committee, but it was a different story in Senate Finance, where...

Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, Richard L Saslaw, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Walter A Stosch

Howard, Baltimore county schools were vying for same superintendent finalists

As the clock ticked toward midnight Monday, school boards in Howard and Baltimore County were scrambling to make job offers to their next superintendents. The timing was not a coincidence. The school boards in the adjoining districts knew they were in an...

Tags: Loyola University Maryland, Colleges and Universities, Baltimore County, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Chesterfield County