A 2.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Richmond, Virginia area Tuesday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The earth tremors in Richmond and its nearby regions are the first incident in Virginia in more than 13 years. Previously, an earthquake of 5.8 magnitude hit Virginia on August 23

The earthquake made a minor impact at around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The epicenter of the quake was in Wyndham, Va., a suburb of Richmond.

Deputies with the Northampton County Sheriff's Office called Virginia State Police just before 7:45 p.m. about a shooting at the intersection of Pauline Street and Seaside Road in Eastville.

Virginia has been under a Justice Department consent decree since 2012 to improve services for people with developmental disabilities. A federal judge ruled the state has made enough progress the

Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday that the state has already launched an investigation into last week’s water crisis in Richmond through the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Drinking Water,

Nine preservation projects in Central Virginia have been awarded grant funding through the Virginia 250 Preservation Fund.

The 31-page order from Judge John Gibney of the U.S. District Court in Richmond details a range of steps the state needs to take over the next seven years

Virginia State Yo-Yo Contest was held this weekend, giving people of all ages the chance to show off their skills.

President Joe Biden officially pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott on the 1994 federal drug charges for which Scott previously served eight years in prison.

President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other Black civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s.