WASHINGTON – With more than 26,000 calls and e-mails to his office from constituents asking for tickets to Barack Obama’s swearing-in, Sen. Jim Webb is asking inaugural officials for a little help.

A storage tank containing 2 million gallons of liquid fertilizer collapsed Wednesday, injuring two and dousing six workers, a fire official said.

The federal government is moving forward with the process to lease land off the Virginia coast for oil and gas exploration.

Police say a woman who fled with thousands of bras and panties from a Virginia Beach lingerie shop left them with a key piece of evidence: her photo on a cell phone.

This winter, more money will be available to keep hearths glowing in the homes of the neediest Virginians.

The public is getting an opportunity to weigh in on the idea of drilling for oil and gas off the coast of Virginia.

The widow of a Gretna man killed in a hunting accident Tuesday said he was a good husband, a great provider to his two daughters and an enthusiastic outdoorsman.

Franklin Co. investigators say they have charged Dean Stone with 24 counts involving sexually molesting one child over the age of 13 and two under 13.

Among his firsts, Barack Obama on Jan. 20 will become the first new president sworn in since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. His inauguration also will mark the first wartime transfer of executive power in the United States since 1964.

The state of Virginia and several other public entities are venturing back into the nation’s bond markets.

Virginia State Police save $250,000 each month a new Trooper class is not held, but response times will pay the price.

In his first interview since conceding the presidential election, John McCain said yesterday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid and he dismissed anonymous criticism aimed at her following their crushing defeat.

A Staunton man remains in critical condition today at the University of Virginia Medical Center after he was shot in the head early Sunday near the James Madison University campus in Harrisonburg.

Police say a woman died on the way to a cemetery when a traffic accident hurled her husband’s coffin against the back of her neck.

The Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office received a report about the fatal incident at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday

Pittsylvania County residents say traffic along U.S. 29 is dangerous because drivers have to contend with high-speed vehicles when making turns.

Edward Farley is a lucky man. Farley was a 19-year-old platoon sergeant when he came ashore in the 1944 invasion of Normandy.

Virginia’s operating budget during the past decade has ballooned by about 80 percent, according to a legislative study released Monday.

The Virginia State Police investigation of last year’s Virginia Tech massacre has filled about 300 3-inch-thick volumes, but it isn’t over yet.

As president, Barack Obama and a new U.S. Senate could transform the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, long one of the most conservative in the country.

Stunned by their first presidential defeat in Virginia in 44 years and the loss of perhaps three House seats, state Republicans are teetering on a return to the minority and struggling to regroup ahead of what could be make-or-break elections for governor and the legislature in 2009.

If you think Barack Obama cruised to victory in Virginia based on his strength in Northern Virginia alone, think again.

A lead by Tom Perriello over Virgil Goode in Virginia’s 5th District narrowed a bit Monday, according to the State Board of Elections Web site.

Police say a woman has abandoned her 18-year-old daughter at a hospital, saying she can’t control the girl, in what may be the latest use of Nebraska’s unique safe-haven law.

It’s been a good five days since the last presidential election, so naturally it’s time to start the speculation about the 2012 race.

President-elect Barack Obama may not be back in Washington yet, but a downtown D.C. building is already housing his presidential transition office to start appointing government staff and build a new administration to slide into power January 20.

A trial is scheduled to begin today in Virginia for a man accused of killing one Mormon missionary and wounding another in 2006.

CHICAGO (AP)—President-elect Obama said Friday that the country is facing the greatest economic challenge of our lifetime and “we’re going to have to act swiftly to resolve it.“

The governor’s panel report on the Virginia Tech massacre may have inaccuracies, but the group did its key task, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine says.

Two laptop computers containing encrypted voter information were stolen from a Tonsler Park polling precinct between Tuesday night and Wednesday, according to Charlottesville police.