Bill Atkinson

Traffic was tied up in both directions of Interstate 295 near Hopewell Aug. 24 after a tractor-trailer caught fire on the side of the highway.

Petersburg Progress-Index A drone dropped a package of contraband at a Virginia state prison in Sussex County.

Petersburg Progress-Index A Virginia State Police trooper is recovering from injuries received after she was hit while covering a work-zone accident on Interstate 95 in Chesterfield County on the evening of Aug. 24.

Petersburg Progress-Index A Petersburg man has been convicted in a 2024 shooting at Southpark Mall in Colonial Heights that left one man injured and shoppers on edge.

Petersburg Progress-Index A $17 billion settlement between the owner of Facebook and 48 states , including Virginia, is a “down payment on

The settlement, announced Wednesday, requires Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to put a hard cap of two hours a day on screen time for users

Petersburg Progress-Index The Prince George County Board of Supervisors denied a request to rezone 48 acres for a new truck terminal.

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said there are “no silver bullets” for protecting teenagers from the potential harms of social media, as he defended Meta's approach during a landmark child-safety trial

Petersburg Progress-Index An electrical issue is to blame for an early morning fire Aug. 27 that destroyed a residential garage in Prince George County.

Petersburg Progress-Index An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution-Petersburg Medium died in his cell on August 27.