For the first time in Virginia’s history, people with past convictions will be able to have their record sealed from public view. Virginia’s General Assembly passed the record-sealing law in 2021, and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WJHL) — As the search for Union High School football coach Travis Turner continues, community members are left with questions regarding the investigation and Turner’s time with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, virtually joins a discussion panel with criminal justice experts in Richmond on ...

Next summer, certain people with past convictions will be eligible to apply for their criminal records to be sealed - meaning long-past convictions won't show up on background checks. This can help ...