RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Governor Timothy Kaine is heading to Indiana this weekend to campaign for De-mocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

A University of Virginia researcher believes he has found a way to curtail automobile fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

SUFFOLK — Hours after a tornado smashed through his subdivision on Monday, Dewitt Dorsey made a quick inspection of his home of 14 years and thought it looked salvageable.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will roll out a legislative proposal in the next 10 days to fix the state’s $1 billion transportation funding gap.

WINSTON-SALEM - To a crowd of 2,500 people at a town-hall meeting here, Sen. Barack Obama portrayed himself Tuesday as the only candidate capable of healing the divisions in the United States and doing something to alleviate the struggles of working-class American families.

Collisions of cold and warm air produced seven tornadoes Monday, including Virginia’s strongest in nearly 15 years.

Daniel Glenn spent nearly seven years in the Army as a communications specialist, qualifying him for federal veterans education benefits.

Giant catfish are taking over the James River.

“Money Mike” Ricco is serving 30 years in federal prison for using a music business to run powdered cocaine through Bristol, Va.

WASHINGTON — It takes an important event to bring together all of Virginia’s living governors.

ABINGDON, Va. – Former Gov. Jim Gilmore said he wants to help people who are struggling to make ends meet by providing jobs and opportunities.

The General Assembly impasse that tossed a prized appointment to the State Corporation Commission to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine likely augurs more legislative bickering over judgeships.

As the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles learns more about Real ID requirements, holders of driver’s licenses should prepare to stand in line.

Friends and family of the teenage Interstate 64 shooting suspect sighed with relief Wednesday when the judge decided to try the 16-year-old as a juvenile.

Virginia lawmakers agreed Wednesday to scatter nearly $1.5 billion in bricks and mortar around the state and gave Gov. Timothy M. Kaine an unexpected prize.

Now it’s time for Virginia legislators to hit the roads — and find a politically palatable fix to the state’s $1 billion transportation funding problem.

RICHMOND - Web sites such as MySpace are safer than they used to be, thanks in part to an agreement reached earlier this year with the attorneys general of 49 states, but safeguards aren’t perfect, so watch out for yourself.

RICHMOND — Lynchburg attorney John T. Cook was confirmed for a circuit court judgeship in Camp-bell County by the General Assembly late Wednesday night.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — About 150 Virginia National Guard members who have been serving in Iraq will return to their armory in Charlottesville late Thursday.

RICHMOND — Virginia legislators approved a nearly $1.5 billion bond package Wednesday to finance higher education, state parks and mental health facilities with public borrowing.

RICHMOND — The Virginia General Assembly has approved a resolution commemorating actor and gun rights champion Charlton Heston.

RICHMOND — Virginia legislators approved a nearly $1.5 billion bond package Wednesday to finance higher education, state parks and mental health facilities with public borrowing.

RICHMOND — More than 40 legislators signed a letter Wednesday asking Governor Tim Kaine to declare a state of emergency to help watermen hurt by new crab harvest restrictions.

Lawmakers are back in Richmond today, tinkering with the Virginia budget, approving construction and trying again to pick judges.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police can conduct searches and seize evidence after arrests that sometimes violate state law.

When Hasan Zarif was sentenced to life in prison in 1973, he knew he had to turn his life around.

A heavily promoted federal effort aimed at putting the brakes on the national foreclosure rate is barely keeping pace, according to a second report by a group of state banking and law officials.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is offering a million-dollar prize to anyone who can create a commercially viable poultry product in a laboratory.

Former Gov. Jim Gilmore’s campaign claimed this week that enough delegates pledged to Gilmore have been elected to the Republican state nominating convention to guarantee him the nod to run for the U.S. Senate.

More than two dozen times, women who work for U.S. military contractors have said they were raped by co-workers on military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, with no charges being filed in any case.