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Election results reflect continuing shift in Virginia's political landscape

Reporter

It was late Tuesday night, before many Republicans at their Richmond election night party realized the Senate race wasn't going their way, but political analyst Bob Holsworth knew it much earlier when he saw the results coming in from Chesterfield County....

Tags: Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Bob McDonnell, Government, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)

Man facing charged with sending sexually explicit messages, pictures to girls he believed to be underage

A Georgia man has been arrested by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office on charges that he sent sexually explicit messages and pictures to three girls who he thought were underage. 50-year-old Brian Spivey of Hephzibah, Georgia, was arrested on Oct....

Tags: Bedford County (Virginia), Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)

Update: Obama greets supporters at Newport News airport

Daily Press

NEWPORT NEWS — President Barack Obama greeted supporters at Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport on Saturday afternoon on his way to Williamsburg to prepare for Tuesday's debate. More than 40 people clapped and cheered as Obama exited...

Tags: Local Government, Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Williamsburg (Bronx, New York)

Nearly 70 percent of Virginia schools meet new education benchmarks

Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...

Tags: Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), New Kent County, Isle of Wight County, Sussex County (Virginia), Goochland County

Baltimore County's new schools chief won over skeptics in Houston

In the crowded glass and steel lobby of the Houston school headquarters, Principal Susan Monaghan paused briefly to touch the shoulder of her boss, a man with far less experience in the education field and young enough to have been her student. "I am OK,...

Tags: Louisa County, Virginia Union University, Baltimore County, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Dundalk

Tags: Political Candidates, Elections, American Legion, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mitt Romney

Biden stumps in suburban Richmond Republican turf

Vice President Joe Biden made a raw appeal to Virginia's middle class, blasting Republican Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan for what he says is a blueprint for boosting middle-income taxes while giving the rich trillions in tax breaks. Biden...

Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Elections, Paul Ryan, Portsmouth (Portsmouth, Virginia), Barack Obama

Houston administrator to be Baltimore Co. superintendent

S. Dallas Dance, chief middle schools officer in the Houston school district, has been chosen as the next superintendent in Baltimore County. Dance, 30, had only two years of teaching experience in public schools, and therefore needed and received a...

Tags: David Marks, Louisa County, Virginia Union University, Crime, Law and Justice, Kevin Kamenetz

Howard announces finalists for school superintendent

The Howard County school board announced Monday its two finalists for superintendent, and whoever gets the job could make county history. The candidates are S. Dallas Dance, chief middle schools officer in the Houston Independent School District, and...

Tags: Louisa County, Virginia Union University, Baltimore County, Towson University, Montgomery County (Maryland)

Howard, Baltimore county schools were vying for same superintendent finalists

As the clock ticked toward midnight Monday, school boards in Howard and Baltimore County were scrambling to make job offers to their next superintendents. The timing was not a coincidence. The school boards in the adjoining districts knew they were in an...

Tags: Towson University, Parkville, Teaching and Learning, Elections, Virginia Commonwealth University

Minor injuries for school bus riders in Richmond area wreck

State police say 10 Chesterfield County students were treated for minor injuries at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center after their school bus, a public-transit bus and two other vehicles were involved in a crash on Interstate 64 near...

Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)

Virginia Senate OKs drug testing for welfare recipients

The Virginia Senate has passed legislation to require drug screening of welfare recipients. The Republican-backed bill passed 20-19 Tuesday and now goes to the House of Delegates, which has postponed its version of the measure until 2013. Sen. Steve...

Tags: U.S. Senate, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Steve Martin, Politics