The town government says the officers' status was changed from administrative leave to suspended without pay on Friday and no further statement will be made until Tuesday.
A federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday against two Richmond police officers seeks $2 million in damages and alleges excessive force in their res…
The Coast Guard Auxiliary in the New River Valley is proud to announce the 2021 Flotilla Staff Officers, along with a successful Change of Watch.
Roanoke police are asking for information about the wounding of a man Tuesday on Williamson Road.
FBI agents arrested a Pilot Mountain man Tuesday for his alleged role in the insurrection Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON — As the rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, many of the police officers had to decide on their own how to fight them off. There was no direction. No plan. And no top leadership.
Over warnings it could endanger the lives of law enforcement officers, a bill that would abolish the death penalty in Virginia advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday, largely along partisan lines.
As a violent crowd of insurgents ransacked The Capitol building in Washington, D.C., forcing representatives and senators into hiding, Sgt. T. J. Robertson and Officer Jacob Fracker went inside the Capitol, too. Robertson has insisted they did nothing illegal. Federal authorities disagree.
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump's supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the one ahead.
Officer Eugene Goodman isn't saying whether he thinks he saved the Senate. But the video speaks volumes.
The off-duty police officers from the small town of Rocky Mount were in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Now they face federal charges.
Residents concerned that two Rocky Mount officers were inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection faced off with supporters of the officers outside a town council meeting Monday.
The family of Officer Brian Sicknick, along with police in his New Jersey hometown, lowered a flag to half staff to honor him on Tuesday morni…
President Donald Trump is taking no responsibility for his role in fomenting a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week. A Capitol p…
Two U.S. Capitol Police officers were suspended and up to 15 more are under investigation for their alleged roles in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
The new phase of vaccinations now gearing up in the Roanoke Valley will include coverage for two highly vulnerable populations: people experiencing homelessness and people in jail custody.
Jay Pharoah recalls telling his parents about his encounter with LAPD where an officer put their knee of his neck.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite ample warnings about pro-Trump demonstrations in Washington, U.S. Capitol Police did not bolster staffing on Wednesday and made no preparations for the possibility that the planned protests could escalate into massive violent riots, according to several people briefed on law enforcement's response.
The full extent of the assault on the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters is coming into sharper focus, with scenes of violence so vast they are difficult to grasp.
CHICAGO (AP) — A man who police say killed three people and wounded four others during a series of shootings in and around Chicago posted nonsensical and expletive-laced videos in the days and hours leading up to the attacks.
The Franklin County chapter of Black Lives Matter held a protest in front of the Rocky Mount Police Department on Sunday after learning two off-duty town officers were inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday during a rally and march for President Donald Trump that turned into a riot.
Gov. Ralph Northam and Virginia members of Congress on Friday mourned the loss of United States Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick, a Northern Virginia resident who died as a result of injuries he sustained in Wednesday's rioting.
Marshall Dale Meadows, 61, pleaded guilty in July to nine counts of attempted capital murder and five firearms charges related to a two-hour shootout on March 20, 2019.
Two hapless burglars have been arrested in the UK after accidentally pocket-dialing the police during their crime.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days before supporters of President Donald Trump rioted at the Capitol, the Pentagon asked the U.S Capitol Police if it needed National Guard manpower. And as the mob descended on the building Wednesday, Justice Department leaders reached out to offer up FBI agents. The police turned them down both times, according to senior defense officials and two people familiar with the matter.
