The Staff Union at UVA, the Graduate Labor Union at UVA, and the Students for a Living Wage Campaign protest Charter School Initiative.

Rally at UVA to protest Charter School Initiative by UVA, William & Mary and Virginia Tech

Hundreds of ex-convicts will get a chance to vote in the upcoming presidential election, thanks to Gov. Mark R. Warner, who has restored civil rights to more people than anyone else in Virginia’s modern history.

RICHMOND - Two African-Americans filed separate lawsuits against Waffle House restaurants in Hopewell and Fredericksburg Wednesday in federal court in Richmond, alleging racial discrimination. The lawsuits were announced by a group called the the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights during a press conference at the Richmond Omni Hotel.

Employees of A&G found themselves locked out of company offices on Hurricane Road Monday morning and company locks tampered with, according to Sheriff Ronnie Oakes.

RICHMOND — President George Bush has a steady – but not overwhelming – lead over Sen. John F. Kerry in Virginia, according to a new poll.

Bush led Kerry, 49 percent to 43 percent, in a survey of 625 registered Virginia voters conducted Friday through Monday by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. All participants in the poll said they plan to vote in the presidential election.

Seven percent of voters were undecided in the poll.

PETERSBURG - Truck drivers across the country may know what it is like to be in a truck cab for 24 hours at a time. Many have sleeper cabs, where the truckers rest. Some may even have a truck that has no air conditioning.

The march and subsequent gathering at a picnic shelter here were in response to the death of a 3-year-old child killed in his sleep last month when a large rock from a nearby mine access road rolled through his home and crushed him.