A trial date has been set for the owner of a Richmond day-care center where a child was left in a hot van and later died. Valerot Whitlow is to be tried... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Petersburg police are investigating two shootings less than two hours apart that left one man dead and another wounded. Authorities were alerted to the... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Richmond police are asking for help in locating a dark-colored Jeep Wrangler that may have struck a pedestrian Saturday at North Boulevard and Kensington... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Petersburg police are investigating the shooting death of a man who was discovered about 9:30 this morning in the 600 block of Harrison Street. Details... Richmond Times-Dispatch

A trial date has been set for the owner of a Richmond day-care center where a child was left in a hot van and later died. Valerot Whitlow is to be tried... Richmond Times-Dispatch

No injuries were reported late last night in the armed robbery of a convenience store along West Cary Street in Richmond. Richmond police Capt. Scott Booth... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The man who played God with sniper fire seven years ago, ending 10 lives in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, was quietly executed by injection last night.... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Here is a selection, from comments made online and by e-mail, of people’s recollections of the anxiety and tensions created by the sniper shootings... Richmond Times-Dispatch

A 16-year-old Meadowbrook High School student was released from custody yesterday but placed on house arrest for a prank that involved running into an... Richmond Times-Dispatch

A 16-year-old Meadowbrook High School student was released from custody today but placed on house arrest for a prank that involved running into an occupied... Richmond Times-Dispatch

No injuries were reported last night in the armed robbery of a Richmond service station and convenience store. Richmond police Capt. Dave Martin said the... Richmond Times-Dispatch

A Chesterfield County man was ordered held without bond yesterday after his weekend arrest on charges of raping a woman while posing as a police officer.... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Blackstone police, with assistance from the Nottoway County Sheriff’s Office and Virginia State Police, are looking for twin brothers in an assault... Richmond Times-Dispatch

John Allen Muhammad’s last hope is a petition before Gov. Timothy M. Kaine. Should Kaine decline to intervene, Muhammad is set to die by injection... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Chesterfield County police are searching for a man they believe robbed two SunTrust bank branches, one on Saturday and the other this morning. Richmond Times-Dispatch

Two state Alcoholic Beverage Control agents testified today that they paid to watch sex between two female dancers at a Richmond strip club and had lap... Richmond Times-Dispatch

A Chesterfield County man has been charged in Henrico County with impersonating a Richmond police officer and then raping a woman. Johnny Eugene Quick,... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Chesterfield County police are looking for a man who is suspected in yesterday’s robbery of a SunTrust bank at 13001 Hull Street Road. The suspect... Richmond Times-Dispatch

For three weeks in 2002, John Allen Muhammad led a two-man sniper team that struck on his orders, claimed 10 lives and deliberately terrorized Virginia,... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Bryan T. Norwood entered an awkward political environment when he started as Richmond’s police chief just over a year ago. Norwood, the former police... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Police officers and firefighters from around the Richmond region were recognized yesterday for their selfless acts of bravery. They risked their lives... Richmond Times-Dispatch

A driver for a Richmond day-care center faces 15 years in prison after being convicted in the death of a 13-month-old boy who was left in a van used by... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Following is a summary of some burglary reports made to police recently in Richmond and in Chesterfield and Henrico counties. RICHMOND POLICE 1600 block... Richmond Times-Dispatch

A Richmond day-care center’s driver was convicted today on two felony charges related to his role in the death of a child who was inadvertently left... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Cold teen pulled from James River after police pursuit A 17-year-old boy was pulled from the James River in Chesterfield County yesterday morning after... Richmond Times-Dispatch

A 14-year-old girl reported missing more than a week ago by authorities in New York was found early today in the company of a man at a hotel in Richmond.... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Richmond police have several suspects in one set of robberies in the Fan District and neighborhoods around Virginia Commonwealth University, with three... Richmond Times-Dispatch

The Virginia attorney general’s office said yesterday that there is no evidence John Allen Muhammad’s lawyers had reason to think he was mentally... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Moving testimony from teachers, family and friends—and an assist from the prosecution—may have kept a police impersonator found guilty of attempted... Richmond Times-Dispatch

Mechanicsville doctor Torino R. “Tee” Jennings was sentenced to a year and one day in prison yesterday for writing tens of thousands of prescriptions... Richmond Times-Dispatch