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A proposal to create a public defender office for Prince William County has won two favorable votes already at the General Assembly. The House Courts criminal laws subcommittee approved the bill Jan. 17 without opposition after advocates said it would ...

(AP) Tens of thousands of gun-rights activists from around the country rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol Jan. 20 to protest plans by the state’s Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation — a move that has become a key flash point ...

A bid by gun rights activists to block a temporary Capitol Square weapons ban has foundered both in circuit court and in the Supreme Court of Virginia. Gov. Ralph Northam on Jan. 15 decreed that weapons of all kinds would ...

A proposal advancing at the General Assembly is designed to encourage guardians ad litem in family law cases to both meet with children they serve and meet court standards for their work. The measure would pay GALs for face-to-face contact ...

After two legislative votes this month, it appears Fairfax County could finally get an additional general district judge in 2020. Judges there have argued for more than a year that their court deserves special attention. “We are the busiest court ...

(AP) A Richmond nursing home patient has been charged with killing his 86-year-old roommate at the care facility. Richmond police arrested Lynwood L. Main, 65, at ManorCare Health Services-Imperial on Jan. 15, according to the department. Officers responded to the ...

(AP) A gun-rights group has filed an emergency appeal of a Richmond judge’s ruling upholding the governor’s ban on firearms at a rally that’s expected to draw thousands of gun activists to the state Capitol on Monday. The Virginia Citizens ...

RADFORD (AP) A Radford dentist who was involved in a crash has been accused of driving under the influence with two guns, 150 pills and brass knuckles. Matthew Scott Mower, 40, had a bond hearing Jan. 16 in Radford, The Roanoke ...

SPOTSYLVANIA (AP) Authorities say a woman has been charged with felony child neglect and endangerment after her baby died with methamphetamines in its system. Lurissa Rynea Keyes, 24, of Spotsylvania, is being held in the Rappahannock Regional Jail, The Free ...

A law firm associate who collected fees from clients on the side has agreed to a 90-day suspension with terms that include two years’ probation and three years of unannounced inspections of her accounts. Danielle M.H. Lewis first worked as ...