The Virginia Zoo’s 36-year-old, two-ton white rhino is dead.

The families of victims of last year’s Virginia Tech massacre came with questions — and President Charles W. Steger arrived with extra security.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP)—Increasing demand for services is forcing some free health clinics in Virginia to tighten their eligibility requirements.

Virginia election officials say they are prepared for a record voter turnout on Election Day, but voters who show up during rush hours can still expect to wait in line.

Dave Matthews had the audience’s votes locked up. Barack Obama might not.

LEESBURG, Va. (AP)—GOP Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is meeting with the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. as part of a three-city tour in Virginia designed to upend Democrat Barack Obama’s lead over Republican John McCain in a state that hasn’t backed a Democratic White House hopeful since 1964.

The City of Salem confirms that the Palin event will move from the Salem Civic Center to Salem Stadium.

Page County’s sheriff was arrested Thursday at his Luray home and charged with diverting $100,000 in public money into his private accounts, putting jail inmates to work for him and pocketing bribes from a cockfighting operation.

Pittsburgh police say a McCain campaign volunteer made up a story of being robbed, pinned to the ground and having the letter “B” scratched on her face in a politically inspired attack.

The Danville Register & Bee is blogging about Sen. Joe Biden’s campaign stop in the Southside.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is “conspiring” with the Barack Obama campaign to add pardoned felons to Virginia’s voting rolls, surrogates for John McCain said today.

A Virginia Beach woman apparently was strangled by her 13-foot pet python as she tried to administer medication to the snake, police said. The husband of the victim, 25-year-old Amanda Ruth Black, found her lying on the floor late Tuesday night in front of a large, empty snake cage in an upstairs bedroom of their home, police said.

A Republican Fairfax County supervisor is warning that more than 200 absentee ballots from members of the military could go uncounted because of a technicality.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia farmers with less than 10 acres of land may now be eligible for federal assistance.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Forest fires have charred more acreage in Virginia this year than in any year since 1963.

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden will campaign Friday at the Community Market in Danville.

SENECAVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Even if the issue doesn’t often get star billing on the campaign trail, health care remains a huge issue for voters. It seems like everyone’s got a story to tell about their medical challenges and how they do - or don’t - get insurance coverage.

A Colonial Heights woman is accused of operating an Internet-based prostitution service that arranged sexual encounters with customers at Chesterfield County motels.

McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A dispute between a veteran Santa and one of the Washington area’s biggest malls appeared to be headed for a happy ending after his abrupt firing prompted a public outcry.

Educators and government leaders pleaded Wednesday with a legislative subcommittee not to cut education funding to make up for a $2.5 billion state budget shortfall.

A U.S. District Court Judge in Roanoke ruled Bill White is a threat to society and denied his request for bail.

Should your best friend next door be president? It’s common for candidates for president to proclaim that they’re ordinary people who think just like us, but should extraordinary responsibilities be borne by an ordinary person?

UPDATED: The McCain-Palin campaign says the time for the Salem rally will be at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 7th. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m.

A survey released this week shows three out of four Virginians feel the Earth’s climate has grown warmer in the last 40 years.

Proposals to smooth relations between landowners and hunters who use dogs are headed to the board of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

Democrat Barack Obama is bouncing from one patch of Republican turf to another this week.

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission wants a $32,500 penalty imposed on BWX Technologies for a chemical spill that injured a worker at its Lynchburg plant.

No sensitive public or citizen information was lost in the attack on the VDOT Dashboard, said Lemuel C. Stewart, the state’s chief information officer.

The McCreery wingtip shoes made in New York offered one clue. The silver cigarette case and belt buckle with the fancy engraved initials - first letter S, last letter F - offered another.

Leroy C. McLaughlin finished his workday on Friday and was cooking dinner when a family member phoned. The 4-foot-by-8-foot Barack Obama campaign sign that McLaughlin had posted in the front yard of his Chesterfield County home was gone. A Confederate flag hung in its place.