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Virginia State Police say a driver fled on foot after crashing during a high-speed pursuit on Route 250 late Tuesday night in Albemarle County.

State Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Thursday that Michael Donivan White has been sentenced by the Wise County Circuit Court to 100 years in prison for the first-degree murder of Big Stone Gap Police Officer Michael Chandler.

Spring is when drivers will be sharing the road with farmers moving oversize equipment. And when normal traffic meets up with larger, slower vehicles, there’s an increased risk of accidents.

The downtown Dewberry hotel property is on the market, and The Daily Progress editor Reynolds Hutchens tells Morning News possible suitors have been touring the property.

Aqua Virginia is working on an issue that cut water off to customers in the Stoney Creek Village/Wintergreen area of Nelson County.

A probationer who escaped from the Cold Springs Correctional Center’s Camp 10 facility Wednesday afternoon has been located and taken into custody, according to the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office.

A 41-year-old Charlottesville man has been charged with assault and battery following an altercation that left another man seriously injured on the roadway near 4th Street NW and Preston Avenue.

Ron Sanchez will not be retained as the University of Virginia’s men’s basketball head coach following his interim tenure during the 2024-2025 season, UVA Athletics announced Tuesday.

Republicans, particularly those in Congress, have been overwhelmingly supportive of broad cuts across the federal government at the hands of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. But some, including Virginia 2nd District Rep. Jennifer Kiggans, have had words of caution.

The Free Enterprise Forum tells Albemarle County leaders the Board of Supervisors needs to expand the development area by at least 2% for “a thriving economy” in its AC’44 update of the Comprehensive Plan.