Police in Virginia say former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax killed his wife before killing himself.

A police officer remarkably escaped injury when a car careened across a highway at 120 mph while he conducted a traffic stop.

A police force and university in northern Virginia are teaming up for what they say will be a first-of-its-kind study that will seek over the next 20 years the assess the challenges police agencies face in recruitment and retention.

A northern Virginia police officer has been fired after fatally shooting a shoplifting suspect last month following a foot chase at a busy shopping mall.