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Virginia trucker wins $92M prize from Pennsylvania Lottery
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (AP) – A truck driver who bought a lottery ticket at a truck stop in central Pennsylvania is now $92 million richer, before taxes. The Pennsylvania Lottery said Wednesday that Steven...
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Stronger collaboration between FEMA, National Hurricane Center since...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Next month marks ten years since the most costly natural disaster in U.S. history — Hurricane Katrina. The category 3 storm made landfall on August 29th, 2005 with winds well...
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McAuliffe kicks off campaign to enroll more kids in FAMIS health insurance
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – Gov. Terry McAuliffe kicked off a major campaign Wednesday to get low income children enrolled in health insurance. It’s called the Virginia “Family Access to Medical Insurance...
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Driver, passenger sent to hospital after tractor trailer overturns on I-95N...
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia State Police were on the scene of a overturned tractor trailer Interstate 95 northbound at the 61 mm in Chesterfield on Wednesday. The tractor trailer overturned...
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Mechanicsville man’s death blamed on flesh-eating bacteria
MECHANICSVILLE, Va. (WRIC/AP) — Flesh eating bacteria is being blamed for killing a Mechanicsville man. Last week, 75-year-old Charles Horner died after he cut his leg on a catfish spine in the...
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Freeman H.S. looking to reunite alumni with mementos left behind
HENRICO, Va. (WRIC) — Did you go to Freeman High School in the 60’s or the 70’s? Any chance you left something behind? Well plenty of students did and now the school is reaching out to try and find...
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RVA in Haiti: The beautiful spirit at Wings of Hope
FERMATHE, Haiti — High in the mountains overlooking Port-au-Prince is a refuge for kids who were literally left for dead. “We find them sometimes in our stairway, like someone just leaves them and...
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3 UVA graduates sue Rolling Stone over retracted rape story
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Court documents show that three University of Virginia graduates and members of a fraternity profiled in a debunked account of a gang rape in a retracted Rolling Stone magazine...
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Students compete in statewide technology contest to help veterans
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Inventors of all ages showed off their designs for VA Hospital’s Innovation Creation Make-A-Thon on Thursday with each design meant to make life just a little bit easier for our...
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Southside residents say they’re tired of being ‘overlooked’ by police
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Neighbors on Richmond’s south side say they are fed up with crime. Not only do they want more officers on patrol- they want a new police station. Dozens of people filled the gym...
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Robert Griffin III buying into Jay Gruden’s philosophy
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Thursday on the opening day of Redskins Training Camp in Richmond, Robert Griffin III discussed how he understands what head coach Jay Gruden wants to accomplish with the...
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UVA’s Morgan Moses and VT’s DeAngelo Hall healthy for practice
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Thursday was the opening day of Redskins Training Camp and the first action Virginia graduate Morgan Moses and Virginia Tech alumna DeAngelo Hall have seen in some time. Both...
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Day 1 of Redskins Camp wraps
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Day one of Washington Redskins Training Camp ended just as quickly as it began. Many new faces were on display and for Desean Jackson, he admits it’s different but believes...
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Quirarte’s 8 strikeouts squandered by bullpen in 11-3 loss
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Edwin Quirarte struck out eight Binghamton Mets in four innings of work before being pinch hit in the bottom of the fourth. Juan Ciriaco walked to push the go-ahead run home...
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Redskins rookie Scherff working to earn starting role
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The 1st round draft pick for the Washington Redskins carries big expectations at right tackle. Brandon Scherff welcomes them and wants to work for the right to be a starter on...
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Former UVA basketball player Mike Scott arrested on drug charges
ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta Hawks forward Mike Scott has been arrested on drug charges. The Banks County sheriff’s office says deputies attempted to stop an SUV driven by Scott’s 20-year-old brother,...
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Virginia State Police complete review of UVA student’s arrest
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police have concluded their review of an arrest that injured a University of Virginia student and prompted allegations of racism. State police spokeswoman Corrine...
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ACLU sues City of Petersburg for not allowing man to speak at council meeting
PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia (ACLU) filed a lawsuit today against the City of Petersburg. The lawsuit is seeking monetary damages for “the violation of the...
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Historic headstone missing from Henrico cemetery
HENRICO, Va. (WRIC) — Under a canopy of trees, hidden in the shadows of the undergrowth sits a burial site called East End Cemetery in Henrico. “Several people that are buried here are significant in...
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