Central Virginia has seen a slight increase in COVID-19 cases. Doctor Taison Bell, an infectious disease expert with UVA Health, calls this the start of a new surge heading into the winter.

The drug, molnupiravir, has been shown to significantly cut the rate of hospitalizations and deaths among people with mild-to-moderate coronavirus infections.

A medical helicopter bringing a patient to UVA Medical Center encountered a drone well above the legal flying limit late Tuesday, Nov. 23.

Amtrak has kicked off its annual “Track Friday” sale, giving riders the chance to buy one ticket and get another free to certain destinations.

A Virginia man is fighting to hang on to $9,000 in unemployment benefits that the state gave him when his compressor plant closed in 2018.

Shoppers headed to the stores early to get their Black Friday deals.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 804-748-1251 or Crime Solvers at 804-748-0660.

One of Virginia Tech football’s biggest fans lives extremely close to enemy territory. JD Wells, who lives in Waynesboro, has been going to Hokies games for decades.

A World Health Organization panel named the variant “omicron” and classified it as a highly transmissible virus of concern, the same category that includes the delta variant, the world’s most prevalent.

Ahead of the season kickoff in April, the Virginia International Raceway has announced its 2022 schedule of spectator events.

The parade route starts at Leigh and N. 7th Street and Turns right onto Lombardy Road towards Virginia Union University. Towing will be enforced starting at 6 a.m. Saturday followed by street closures.

Once extinguished, they turned the fire over to the State Forestry Agency to monitor until Dominion Energy arrived on scene to fix the high voltage transmission line.