Posted: 4:33 AM A student at Thomas Nelson Community College has won $1 million in a Virginia Lottery scratch-off game.

Posted: 4:27 AM State Police statistics show both violent and property crimes fell about 3 percent in Virginia in 2012 compared to the year before.

Posted: 4:25 AM Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal accident that happened Friday morning in Stafford County.

Updated: 4:25 AM Governor Bob McDonnell has scheduled a ceremonial signing for a signature legislative triumph. He will be signing Virginia's Transportation Bill Monday at the Capitol.

Posted: 6:22 AM Virginia State Police will hold a ceremony Friday to honor 59 troopers who died, including special recognition for two troopers who were killed since October.

Posted: 4:30 AM Metro says it will conduct weekend work on four of the five train lines, and buses will replace trains on a section of the orange line.

Posted: 4:29 AM A former Culpeper County school employee charged with assaulting a 5-year-old autistic boy on a school bus is due in court for arraignment.

Updated: 7:16 AM UPDATE: Authorities say searchers have found the body of an 83-year-old woman who went missing after arriving at a Washington airport from Barbados.

Posted: 5:36 PM Democrat Terry McAuliffe is continuing statewide tour with his party's luminaries in an official launch of a Virginia governor's race he entered almost six months ago.

Posted: 5:36 PM A pair of Virginia songwriters is suing Justin Bieber and Usher for $10 million for copyright infringement.

Updated: 5:37 PM Virginia Military Institute's Board of Visitors has approved across-the-board tuition increases.

Updated: 4:51 AM The Smithsonian Institution is limiting the number of galleries it will close due to budget cuts mandated by Congress.

Updated: 4:52 AM The former chef to Governor Bob McDonnell alleges in court papers that he presented investigators with evidence of wrongdoing and abuse involving the governor and his family, saying McDonnell received lavish gifts from a business executive. The FBI is investigating.

Updated: 5:20 AM WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service says it has expanded its security perimeter around the White House following the explosions at the Boston marathon.

Posted: 4:53 AM RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Democratic fundraising maven Terry McAuliffe raked in $5.1 million for his own Virginia gubernatorial quest the first quarter of this year.

Posted: 4:27 AM RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The city of Martinsville's jobless rate remained the highest in Virginia in February.

Posted: 7:47 AM Commuters can now keep up to date on Metro service alerts with their smartphone.

Updated: 4:30 AM RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The Virginia governor's race this fall will test whether a tea party favorite can carry a closely divided state.

Posted: 12:01 PM Gov. Bob McDonnell wants to prohibit abortion coverage through insurance plans purchased through the federally run health care exchange that will serve Virginia.

Posted: 8:15 AM Military officials say a Marine who shot two of his colleagues to death and then killed himself at a Virginia base was a tactics instructor who joined the corps seven years ago.

Posted: 8:07 AM Virginia is preparing for potential base realignments and closures by hiring a consultant to study the state's military assets.

Updated: 11:18 AM A base spokesman says the suspect in a shooting at Marine Base Quantico in Virginia has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound along with a second victim, leaving a total of three dead early Friday morning.

Posted: 6:00 AM RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Dominion Resources' charitable foundation is offering $1.3 million in education grants.

Updated: 5:54 AM HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) -- Virginia State Police are awaiting the identification of a body found in the same area where a missing professor's car was discovered.

Posted: 12:55 PM Chesterfield County authorities are investigating the deaths of two people who were found in a burning house.