On the weekend, we present a review of the top stories and headlines from across Virginia. Here's a roundup of some of the biggest stories across the state. You can also find your local Patch and catch up on those stories by clicking here.
Two buses collided head-on in a Pentagon bus loop during the morning rush hour on Friday, leaving a dozen people with injuries.
A Tazewell County Circuit Court judge has blocked a constitutional amendment that sought to redraw Virginia’s congressional districts from being certified, ruling Wednesday that the legislative process used to advance the measure was unconstitutional.
An Arlington man was arrested after police said he entered a secured residential building on Columbia Pike, shoved a person from an elevator, forced entry into an unoccupied apartment and injured six officers and a police K-9 during his arrest, authorities say.
A highly contagious virus that causes severe vomiting and diarrhea in young children is circulating at elevated levels nationwide, including in Virginia, health officials warn.
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about thefts involving distraction tactics, as the sheriff says the department is investigating eight separate incidents over the past 30 days in which victims were deliberately distracted so suspects could remove victims’ jewelry from their bodies or take it from stores.
A Loudoun County public school substitute teacher was arrested on April 20 and charged with making threats, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office announced.
A teenage boy was wounded in a shooting outside the Waterfront Metro Station in Southwest Washington, D.C. on Saturday night.
Fredericksburg’s Caroline Street has been named the Best Main Street in the South by Garden & Gun after winning a regional competition focused on small-town downtown districts, according to a city press release.
Fredericksburg police are investigating a stabbing at the McDonald’s on Emancipation Highway near Eagle Village, according to a statement the department posted to its official Facebook page just before 1 a.m. Sunday.
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