Virginia News

The pit bulls were running wild in Northwest Washington's Brightwood neighborhood, a scene so chaotic that D.C. police said in a report that "grown men were jumping fences to get away from the dogs" on that Sunday afternoon in January.

The Virginian-Pilot reports the officer struck by the car was taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries that aren't life-threatening. Police spokeswoman Karen Parker-Chesson says police were called to a bank in the Ghent neighborhood for a report of someone trying to pass a bad check.

Del. Dave Albo was given three awards last week for his 2013 voting record by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce .

Hurricanes and severe storms are a part of summertime in Northern Virginia and experts are predicting a number of Hurricane experts predict that this year's hurricane season could yield four major hurricanes this year in the Atlantic in the 2013 season.

Planned Parenthood endorsed Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe Thursday hours after the Democrat bashed opponent Ken Cuccinelli on the abortion issue.

David Boaz at The Cato Institute makes an interesting point this week about the extent to which "Republicans" campaigning for higher office in the state of Virginia are adopting positions on social issues that could prove very costly to their electability.

You may want to know how area restaurants performed in their last Virginia Department of Health inspection.

Patch has 31 community sites in Virginia and D.C. Here are some of the top stories from around the region over the past week.

Racism has been a consistent thread weaving through the American Right from the early days when Anti-Federalists battled against the U.S. Constitution to the present when hysterical Tea Partiers denounce the first African-American president.

By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer They battle it out weekly on the Billboard charts, and now they're competing at the Billboard Music Awards.

Witnesses described a frantic scene and close calls after an elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a small Virginia mountain town's parade.

Inspectors from the Virginia Department of Health visited several restaurants in or near Fairfax City this week.

A senior White House adviser insists President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had been targeting tea party groups "when it came out in the news." A top White House adviser insisted President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans ... (more)

Virginia Discovery Museum's 23rd Annual Discovery Dash , held on the Monticello High School track, was for runners between the ages of three and 12.

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has unveiled the official West Virginia sesquicentennial coin.

Aneesh Chopra , one of two Democrats running for Virginia's Lt. Gov. seat, wants to reverse controversial legislation backed by Republican Gov.

The Alexandria Housing Development Corporation property, the Station at Potomac Yard , will represent the City of Alexandria in a regional "Parade of Homes." The event is put together by the Communications Action Network and features 17 communities throughout the District, Northern Virginia and Maryland.

Editor's Note: Patch has 31 sites in Virginia and D.C., and not a day goes by that something weird isn't happening in at least one of them.

Witnesses in southwestern Virginia say a car has driven into a crowd at a parade.

In the past week at least, nine people in the region - two have died - from what police attribute to heroin overdose.