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Nine localities make up more than half of Virginia’s gun-related homicides, report finds
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Nine localities make up more than half of Virginia’s gun-related homicides, report finds

admin / December 17, 2025

A new report shows that gun violence is significantly affecting some communities and children across Virginia. The Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC)...

Mustang Owner Arrested Just 60 Minutes After Buying His Car
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Mustang Owner Arrested Just 60 Minutes After Buying His Car

A.J. O'Leary / December 12, 2025

The California Highway Patrol says a man lost his newly purchased Ford Mustang only an hour after driving it off the lot. Officers arrested him...

Suspect apprehended following homicide in Gloucester County
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Suspect apprehended following homicide in Gloucester County

A.J. O'Leary / December 12, 2025

Deputies apprehended a suspect Thursday morning after a homicide in Gloucester County. Officials say deputies responded to the 3000 block of George Washington Memorial Highway...

Trial dates set for 2 former Virginia Beach deputies in in-custody death of Rolin Hill
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Trial dates set for 2 former Virginia Beach deputies in in-custody death of Rolin Hill

A.J. O'Leary / December 12, 2025

Former Virginia Beach sheriff’s deputy Eric Baptiste, one of three deputies charged with second-degree murder in the in-custody death of Rolin Hill, asked a judge...

South Carolina prison officers intercept drone delivering steak, crab legs and other contraband to inmates
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South Carolina prison officers intercept drone delivering steak, crab legs and other contraband to inmates

A.J. O'Leary / December 12, 2025

Prison officers in South Carolina intercepted a drone early Sunday morning as it attempted to drop a holiday-style bundle of food and contraband into Lee...

26-year-old found guilty in Minnesota’s largest fentanyl bust gets 3 years supervised release
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26-year-old found guilty in Minnesota’s largest fentanyl bust gets 3 years supervised release

A.J. O'Leary / December 12, 2025

Shardai Allen, one of nine people charged in Minnesota’s largest fentanyl bust, was sentenced Wednesday to three years of supervised release. Allen, 26, and eight...

Nevada Man Receives 17-Year Sentence for Selling Fatal Fentanyl-Laced Pills to Utah Woman
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Nevada Man Receives 17-Year Sentence for Selling Fatal Fentanyl-Laced Pills to Utah Woman

A.J. O'Leary / December 12, 2025

A Las Vegas man will spend nearly two decades in federal prison after pleading guilty to selling oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that killed a...

Suffolk man charged with destroying 13 Flock cameras
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Suffolk man charged with destroying 13 Flock cameras

A.J. O'Leary / December 12, 2025

A Suffolk man faces possible jail time after authorities accused him of damaging more than a dozen license plate readers in North Suffolk and stealing...

Youngkin announces decrease in Virginia’s unemployment rate, continued job gains
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Youngkin announces decrease in Virginia’s unemployment rate, continued job gains

A.J. O'Leary / December 12, 2025

Gov. Glenn Youngkin has announced a drop in Virginia’s unemployment rate and continued job growth across the state over the past year. Virginia’s unemployment rate...

Armed suspects in McCloud shooting, pursuit arrested; shelter in place lifted
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Armed suspects in McCloud shooting, pursuit arrested; shelter in place lifted

A.J. O'Leary / December 12, 2025

The search for 35-year-old Leanne Varao continued in McCloud on Wednesday, one day after she and her partner allegedly opened fire during a pursuit that...

Reno man charged with murder in Lassen County double homicide after highway shooting
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Reno man charged with murder in Lassen County double homicide after highway shooting

A.J. O'Leary / December 12, 2025

The Lassen County District Attorney’s Office has formally charged a Reno man with two counts of murder in connection with a double homicide along Highway...

Missing woman last seen in Rockville 3 months ago
Virginia News

Missing woman last seen in Rockville 3 months ago

A.J. O'Leary / December 11, 2025

Police are searching for a woman who was last seen nearly three months ago in Rockville. Xiaohong Lui, 64, was last seen on September 23,...

Norfolk police investigate vandalism at Colley Avenue mosque
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Norfolk police investigate vandalism at Colley Avenue mosque

A.J. O'Leary / December 11, 2025

Norfolk police are looking into a vandalism case at a local mosque that occurred on Sunday, December 7, around 9:20 p.m. Officers responded after receiving...

Virginia students ask court to block Confederate names being forced on them
Virginia News

Virginia students ask court to block Confederate names being forced on them

A.J. O'Leary / December 11, 2025

Attorneys for the NAACP Virginia State Conference and five Shenandoah County families are heading to trial this week, arguing that the Shenandoah County School Board...

North Carolina man sentenced after 10 kilos of cocaine intercepted en route to Portsmouth
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North Carolina man sentenced after 10 kilos of cocaine intercepted en route to Portsmouth

A.J. O'Leary / December 11, 2025

A North Carolina man will spend the next decade in federal prison after investigators intercepted a package containing 10 kilograms of cocaine headed for Portsmouth....

Norfolk man sentenced to 40 years for killing neighbor outside Ghent apartment building
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Norfolk man sentenced to 40 years for killing neighbor outside Ghent apartment building

A.J. O'Leary / December 11, 2025

A Norfolk man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting and killing 44-year-old Bradley Kristoffer Kortbawi outside a Ghent apartment building in...

Man dies after shooting on Goochland Street in Norfolk
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Man dies after shooting on Goochland Street in Norfolk

A.J. O'Leary / December 11, 2025

Norfolk police are investigating a Thursday morning shooting that killed a 19-year-old man. Dispatchers said officers responded to the 900 block of Goochland Street around...

North Carolina man sentenced for trafficking cocaine through package sent to Portsmouth
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North Carolina man sentenced for trafficking cocaine through package sent to Portsmouth

A.J. O'Leary / December 11, 2025

A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a cocaine trafficking scheme that involved shipping a package...

Virginia among 6 states approved for new SNAP food-choice waivers
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Virginia among 6 states approved for new SNAP food-choice waivers

A.J. O'Leary / December 11, 2025

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved six new state SNAP food-choice waivers under the Make America Healthy Again initiative for 2026, including one submitted...

NC couple charged with felony safecracking, exploitation of elderly victim
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NC couple charged with felony safecracking, exploitation of elderly victim

A.J. O'Leary / December 11, 2025

A Chowan County couple faces multiple felony charges, including safecracking, after a larceny incident in Craven County, North Carolina. Randy Michael Boyce Jr., 42, and...

Bemidji grandmother charged with domestic assault, child endangerment in filthy home
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Bemidji grandmother charged with domestic assault, child endangerment in filthy home

A.J. O'Leary / December 11, 2025

A 65-year-old Bemidji woman faces three criminal charges after allegedly assaulting a child and keeping her in a home with extremely unsanitary conditions. Nell Christine...

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