LEXINGTON – An unusual plea agreement that spells out facts involved in a fatal Rockbridge County auto accident will remain confidential until the case is resolved, a circuit judge has ruled. The bid to unseal the would-be plea deal created ...

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A Charlottesville Circuit Court says the family of a young woman who was murdered after she was refused reentry to a concert venue despite her disoriented state and visible injury may sue the marketing firm that provided certain services to ...

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A petitioner may pursue her habeas claim after completion of a jail sentence; an Augusta County Circuit Court says petitioner’s claim is not moot because she ultimately seeks reinstatement of her nursing license. It is reasonable to suggest that prior ...

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An Augusta County woman can pursue her habeas case, even though she completed her jail sentence. Judge Jay T. Swett ruled that her case was not moot, because her conviction resulted in suspension of her nursing license and loss of ...

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Local officials violate Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act when they went into a closed meeting for discussion of a proposed contract with a counterterrorism training company that wants to build a training facility and academy in the county, a Westmoreland ...

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A former Henrico County police investigator, terminated after conflicts with the Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney and Henrico police officials over the investigator’s role in a criminal investigation allegedly involving several high-level Richmond government officials, can sue the commonwealth’s attorney and defendant ...

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