Kate Jacobson

Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

Three arrested in connection to P.G. county robberies Police in Prince George's County have arrested three men in connection with more than 50 burglaries in the county since December 2012. Anthony Nyrekie Edwards, 40, David Benjamin Neal, 24, and Jamal Cooke, 21, all from Oxon Hill, have...

Kate Jacobson

Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

A Loudoun County man was found shot to death Friday night in his home in Sterling, the victim of a domestic homicide. Police said Steven Spradling, 52, was shot around 9 p.m.,in his home, located in the 21700 block of Blossom Drive. His wife, Rosangela Spradling, 42, has been charged with...

Steve Contorno

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

RICHMOND, Va. – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal traveled to Virginia Friday to bolster the gubernatorial campaign of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and to introduce himself to voters in what is likely to be a critical swing state in the 2016 presidential election. Jindal was the keynote speaker...

Naomi Jagoda

Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

The southbound lanes of Interstate 95 have reopened in Stafford County after they were closed for several hours Friday morning due to a collision involving two tractor-trailers, police said. One of the tractor trailers rear-ended the other at about 5:10 a.m. Friday on I-95 south of Exit 133 in...

Steve Contorno

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli promised Thursday that battling President Obama over environmental policies would be a cornerstone of his energy agenda. Speaking at a power line manufacturer in the Virginia-Tennessee border town of Bristol, Cuccinelli...

Steve Contorno

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

Republicans from across Virginia will gather in Richmond this weekend to officially anoint Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli as the party's nominee for governor and pick the rest of the ticket he will lead this fall. For Cuccinelli, the moment is more than a year and a half in the making, the...

Steve Contorno

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling announced plans on Wednesday to recruit and support "mainstream" Republicans to run for office in yet another move that undercuts his former rival, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Bolling, a one-time Republican candidate for governor, launched the Virginia...

Steve Contorno

Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli recused his office Wednesday from representing Gov. Bob McDonnell in the state's case against executive mansion chef Todd Schneider. In a letter sent Wednesday, Assistant Attorney General Ellen Porter appointed former state Attorney General Anthony...

Liz Essley

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

Commuters going home on the Virginia Railway Express or MARC trains Wednesday evening will face delays as the trains go slower to avoid running into heat kinks in the tracks. VRE officials said Wednesday's forecasted temperature of 88 degrees varied so widely from Tuesday's high of 67 degrees...

Steve Contorno

Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's approval rating is at it's lowest point in two years, but it's still at enviable heights, according to a new poll. More importantly for the Republican leader, an FBI investigation into his family's relationship with embattled Star Scientific CEO Jonnie Williams is...