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The conservation group Wild Virginia has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, alleging the agency failed to protect Virginia’s rivers and streams from PFAS, commonly known as “forever chemicals.” Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are harmful chemicals linked to manufacturing runoff,...

The CBS 6 Month of Giving made possible by Virginia Credit Union is underway. Watch for a new surprise every day in December on CBS 6 News.

Found weeks before Christmas behind a dumpster, Loca is now safe, and hoping to be adopted soon, a rescue director told Newsweek.

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Hope for Learning is distributing food to students and families over winter break, saying no one should go hungry during this time of year. “They’re going to miss ten meals a week, free breakfast and free lunch for the next two weeks. And so that’s a big impact on those families who struggle to...

Facing both hunger and homelessness as a kid, Samantha Coles hoped to eventually help those that faced a similar situation. Now, she feeds people at a Salvation Army shelter on Christmas morning.

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - Six people were displaced after a fire on Christmas morning in Chesterfield County. Fire and EMS crews were called to the blaze around 6 a.m. in the 15200 block of Braeton Drive. “The first firefighters that arrived on scene found fire on the balcony of a...

RICHMOND, Va. — Five months before a fatal attack on a prison guard, a lieutenant at River North Correctional Center wrote an email to top leadership at the Virginia Department of Corrections, warning that a crisis was just around the corner. The email was sent by former VADOC Lieutenant...

One person is injured after a shooting on Christmas Eve, according to the Hopewell Police Department.

Hopewell City Councilor Yolanda Wyche Stokes has died. Stokes, a former Hopewell voter registrar who was in her first term as Ward 6 representative, died Dec. 24, according to an online obituary from James M. Wilkerson Funeral Establishment in Petersburg. The cause of death was not given, but Stokes had been ill for...

For anyone who may not feel full of Christmas spirit, a local cycling group wanted to make sure no one had to spend their holiday alone.