War often leaves soldiers suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and the Veterans’ Administration provides care for that condition. The same symptoms are seen in many people confined to American prisons, and some mental health professionals are now calling for a new diagnosis— Post-Incarceration Syndrome.

Police say a 19-year-old man forced his way into Westwood Hills Elementary School Wednesday morning. He was found dead a few minutes later.

The city's school superintendent said all students, staff and teachers at Westwood Hills Elementary School are safe.

To help support early educators, Virginia Tech and other partners across the region are hosting a free symposium for childcare workers on September 25 in Blacksburg.

Many of the 380,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer this year who get mastectomies, lumpectomies, and breast reconstruction go home with hospital-issue surgical recovery bras. A Charlottesville breast cancer survivor, though, has teamed up to build something better.

“It’s this idea that you can compose, you can play with sounds that don’t fall into traditional ideas about harmony and rhythm.”

Governor Abigail Spanberger was in Botetourt County Tuesday to speak with cattle ranchers and farmers about what’s happening in their industry right now.

The festival expands to the Oceanfront over Labor Day Weekend.

While states like New York and South Carolina have expansive no distracted driving laws that encompass pretty much any cell phone use, one legal analyst said Virginia’s laws still leave room for improvement.

Now, instead of one department simply sending information to the Department of Criminal Justice Services, the agreement directs each office to create a “secure exchange, verification, and reconciliation of deaths-in-custody data.”