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STAUNTON - A man diagnosed as mentally ill was sentenced Tuesday in Staunton Circuit Court to seven years in prison for receiving oral sex from a 12-year-old girl in 2006.

On a recent call, Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad medics were met with a 42-year-old man whose condition was deteriorating before their eyes.

Small distilleries are bubbling up all over Virginia. Chris Richeson owns Chesapeake Bay Distillery - a small enterprise in the Lynnhaven area, where he crafts and hand bottles a corn-based vodka called Spirits ...

WAYNESBORO - Police said a 50-year-old man on a moped was struck and killed Friday night on North Delphine Avenue, according to a Waynesboro police report.

Old clothing and chairs are among two exhibits that will be on display this year at James Monroe's Ash Lawn-Highland. These pieces are items owned or on loan to the presidential home in Charlottesville.

When she fled Iraq out of fear for her life, America welcomed her with open arms.

President Bush will spend some time this July 4th at the home of the man who virtually wrote the Declaration of Independence.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, and happy Fourth of July. I am thrilled to be here at Monticello.

Seventeen black students who endured isolation and their classmates' scorn to integrate Norfolk's public schools will be honored Sunday for ending Virginia's stubborn defiance of court-ordered desegregation.

The number and variety of the excuses for failing, in various ways, to resist the transition we are in from democratic republic to dictatorship never ceases to amaze me.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Sax player LeRoi Moore of the Dave Matthews Band has been seriously injured in an ATV accident.

People hoping to see President Bush waited for hours for a chance to get free tickets for Monticello's annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony.

In an evening post on Dave Matthews Band fansite AntsMarching.org, it was announced that longtime saxophone player Leroi Moore was hospitalized for injuries sustained during an all-terrain vehicle accident at ...

With the airline industry creaking under the weight of fuel prices, officials from the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport anxiously sought signals about what's next for the local operation during an industry ...

NPR's Linda Wertheimer, known for folksy political chats with regular Americans in diners and break rooms across the nation, visited Charlottesville recently to talk to locals about how the ages of the two ...

For years, Helena Cobban has been standing on a street corner in Charlottesville, Virginia, with her local anti-war group, holding up "Honk if You Want Peace" signs.

A longtime University of Virginia supporter has given $1.28 million to the marching band at U.Va.'s College at Wise.

In early America, the undisputed beverage of choice was hard apple cider - even more so than water.

A 13-year-old Charlottesville girl is missing and police are looking for her and a man accused of abducting her.

The Shenandoah Valley Art Center's judged show for members continues through June, featuring 58 entries exhibited in all the center's galleries.