New data from the West Virginia Department of Education quantifies what every teacher already knew: Students who attend school regularly perform significantly better than students who miss a lot ...

A 6-year-old Virginia student took a gun to school Monday and investigators are trying to figure out how the child got ahold of the weapon, according to authorities. The incident happened at ...

Every month or so I check the county-by-county voter registration figures at the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office to see if the shift toward more Republicans and fewer Democrats is ...

Cam Inman is a Bay Area News Group sports reporter who covers the San Francisco 49ers for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. He joined the Bay Area News Group in 1995, though he delivered the ...

Academic and activist Cornel West, who is running for president as an independent candidate, won’t be on the ballot in Pennsylvania, the state Supreme Court decided Monday in upholding a lower ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) has released its final guidelines for school districts to become cellphone-free zones by the start of 2025. The guide banned cellphone ...

Boar's Head Provisions will no longer make liverwurst and is closing the Virginia facility at the center of a listeria outbreak that killed nine people and hospitalized at least 57 in 18 states ...

A longtime valet at the popular Barney’s Beanery location in West Hollywood was left in critical condition after he was beaten by an unknown attacker over the weekend. “This past Saturday ...

The family of an 11-year-old boy said he was suspended from his Virginia Beach, Virginia, school because administrators thought he waited too long to report that another student brought a bullet ...

Boar’s Head said Friday it’s closing the Virginia plant tied to a deadly listeria outbreak. The Sarasota, Florida-based company said it will also permanently discontinue production of ...

Popular beach destinations along the coasts of Maryland and Virginia are closed Sunday to swimming and even wading as officials investigate reports of “medical waste,” including needles ...

Jadon Sancho is pushing for his first starting appearance for Chelsea when they take on West Ham United this weekend. Having made his return to London on loan from Manchester United, Sancho came ...