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Lydell Ellis explains why his grandmother played a big role in the content he creates today.

The newly appointed public defender for Henrry Villatoro Santos is asking the court to delay the dismissal of his charges for 14 days in order to get Santos immigration counsel. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia filed a motion to drop a charge against a man arrested last month, who top federal officials accused of being one of the U.S. leaders of the gang MS-13.

Neighbors say they’re scared after the shooting that riddled their street with bullet holes. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

Two parents were arrested after their third grade child picked up an unsecured handgun at home, took it to school and it went off by accident inside his backpack in a classroom in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, authorities say.

A gun inside a third-grader’s backpack went off in a classroom in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, on Monday morning, authorities say. Here’s initial info.

A teacher evacuated 26 students from a classroom at Lee Hill Elementary School, the sheriff’s office said.

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The Virginia governor’s race is now set after a candidate who often called herself “Trump in heels” as well as a former state delegate did not qualify for the ballot. Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears will face Democratic nominee and former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger. The Republican Party of Virginia said Saturday that Earle-Sears was the sole candidate to qualify...

Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears will face Democratic nominee and former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger in the Virginia governor’s race. Here’s what to know after the state GOP said Amanda Chase and Dave LaRock did not qualify for the ballot.

Alex Ovechkin is skating into the week as the new GOAT – greatest of all time – in the world of hockey, and Capital One Arena is opening The Ovi Shop on Monday so fans can commemorate the major milestone. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

Some Virginia military families once again are fighting to protect a higher education benefit they were promised. Kayla Owen spent most of last year fighting for a college waiver. She advocated and lobbied while also working, raising her kids and caring for her husband, a military veteran left severely injured as a result of his service. Because of her...

Some Virginia military families are once again fighting to protect a state benefit they were promised. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains.

A devoted father and his 6-year-old son drowned while fishing in the Rappahannock River last month. Danny Sumner and his son Donovan spent hours at the Rappahannock, where they bonded over their love for fishing. “Donovan loved going fishing with his dad, so this wasn’t an uncommon thing for them to go fishing,” mother and wife Madeline Sumner said....

A community in Fredericksburg is grieving the devastating loss of a devoted father and his 6-year-old son who drowned while they were fishing. News4’s Dominique Moody spoke with the victims’ wife and mother about her effort to keep their memories alive.

One man died and a second man has life-threatening injuries after they argued and opened fire at each other in the Woodlawn area of Fairfax County, off Route 1, police say. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos appeared in federal court. The DOJ says the Dale City man is a leader of MS-13. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

A suspect is in custody after a woman discovered a stranger who was fatally hurt inside her home in Fauquier County, Virginia, authorities say. Just before 10 p.m. Thursday a woman returned to her home in Linden and found 29-year-old Brandon Probst with traumatic injuries, the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office said. The woman didn’t know Probst. Probst, of Stuarts...

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