A text-message threat emptied Charlottesville High School Friday, but a parent-teacher conference day kept students out of harm's way.

Robert E. Short, 61, was pronounced dead at the scene. Deputies still don't know why his Mini Cooper left the road.

Meir Fischer was thrown from his lane and killed when his Tesla hit a tree and caught fire on Sports Lake Road.

A Mexican national accused of fatally stabbing a 21-year-old woman in Staunton is now at the center of a federal-state immigration clash.

Darin Thompson allegedly used school payment cards for personal travel and unrelated events before turning himself in.

Police upgraded a reported assault call before finding a man shot in Gilpin Court. The same block has seen two prior homicides.

Tameka Renee Lane allegedly struck and killed a man before fleeing, leaving police to track down an abandoned car on Banks Street.

VCU police say the suspect was in custody within minutes and no one was hurt. More charges could be coming.

Major Crimes investigators are on the case after a fatal shooting left multiple victims on Sledd Street.

A late-night shooting on Perry Street prompted a death investigation, and investigators say any detail could help crack the case.

Thomas Bradley Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene near Stanfield Road and Matta Way. The other driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

A passerby spotted the man down early Saturday near the 4200 block of North Avenue. Detectives have not named a suspect or motive.

Ashtain Noel Davis, a fire academy graduate and military veteran, died at the scene on an I-64/I-95 ramp.