Baltimore County Police have charged a man with killing his girlfriend, who went missing last year.

A 38-year-old father of two was jogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on the beach, officials said Tuesday.

Robert Groves stood in Madison’s library today, the very room he used to draft the Virginia Plan that became the Constitution

Staff needs time to look at figures

Virginia lawmakers are working to keep your personal financial information under wraps.

Watching youth target-shoot is all the reward instructor needs

The Culpeper Planning Commission will vote on adoption of the town’s 2010 comprehensive plan at its regular meeting tonight at 7 in the county boardroom.

Chamber recognizes Croftburn Farm with award

Pop sensation Lady Gaga brings her matchless brand of music to the Piedmont this fall. Her Monster Ball Tour lands at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville Sept. 8.

The head of Sony Pictures suggested Monday that movie theaters offer healthier snacks to help fight obesity and give audiences a broader range of food choices.

Toyota cast doubt Monday on a California man’s claim that his Prius sped out of control, saying the report is inconsistent with the findings of the company’s preliminary investigation.

The U.S. Coast Guard says high water levels have caused a large barge to bump into the 14th Street Bridge. There were no injuries.

Hundreds of Navy personnel have disembarked from the hos-pital ship USNS Comfort in Norfolk as it returns from a seven-week mission treating earthquake victims in Haiti.

While Virginia lawmakers have taken an unusual step to provide temporary relief to thousands struggling to pay electric bills, some say the state needs to take a closer look at how it regulates utility companies.

22-year-old man from Powhatan has not yet been identified in fatal accident Sunday night

Eagle Hill Equine Rescue in Culpeper has taken in more horses than usual in the past 18 months

CCPS’s spending expected to be trimmed by $4.2M

Culpeper contestant lasts two rounds in Regional Spelling Bee

The Week in Pictures, March 8-15

A.G. Richardson principal awarded by national group

“State of the Chamber 2010” was held on Friday at the Country Club of Culpeper. Every seat was full to hear the new program format this year.

A 27-year-old Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputy suffered non-life-threatening injuries following a two-vehicle wreck near the intersection of routes 20 and 621 in Orange on Saturday, according to the Virginia State Police.

A fire on Sunday at Spiritual Tidings Bible Way Church on Chestnut Fork Road caused between $15,000 and $20,000 worth of damage according to Culpeper County Volunteer Fire Department Co. 1 Chief Kenny Mills.

Former supervisor rewarded for his years of service

Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn.

If it weren’t for a four-page letter scribbled with hatred and ridicule, Paul Warner Powell likely would have spent the rest of his life in prison.

Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective as surgery, doctors reported Sunday.

An avalanche struck a rally of up to 200 snowmobilers in Canada’s Rocky Mountains, killing at least three people and leaving an unknown number missing, police said.

After nearly a decade in business, a great credit rating, debt-free inventory and top-notch credit scores, Blue Ridge Trailer Sales is having trouble getting a loan as finance companies pull out of the small business credit market and federal regulators increase scrutiny of local banks.

House and Senate negotiators are inching toward a compromise budget-balancing plan, promising to have a deal on lawmakers’ desks for today’s overtime finale to the 2010 General Assembly.