Virginia State Police are mourning the loss of a retired master trooper. Retired Master Trooper, Jay Alderman, who had been separated from the department on long-term disability (non work-related), passed away Saturday,

Over the past week, Southwest Virginia has seen several missing person alerts. The Commonwealth has 6 missing person alerts it sends out, each with its own criteria for how the Virginia state police is allowed to send them out.

Virginians who hold a permit to carry a concealed handgun will be able to keep it on their persons or in their cars when visiting Pennsylvania.

The agreements allow for local law enforcement to do some of the work typically reserved for employees with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

Virginia State Police say the incident began around 9 p.m. on June 8 when troopers attempted to stop a dark blue Cadillac for reckless driving on I-264 westbound in Virginia Beach. The driver refused to stop, leading officers on a pursuit that exited the interstate and veered into oncoming lanes of traffic.

Legal analyst Steve Benjamin anticipates Virginia State Trooper Logan Pingley faces a similar situation after being charged with felony threatening. On Wednesday, Albemarle County-based Virginia state trooper Pingley was arrested for making written threats against his neighbor.

Virginia State Police have released the name of the victim in Friday morning’s fatal two-vehicle crash in Smyth County.

WESTON, W.Va. — An accident reconstruction team from the West Virginia State Police continues to work on finding all of the details of the fatal crash which claimed the life of Doug Skaff in Lewis County. Skaff was killed when his SUV rear-ended a semi on I-79 in the southbound lanes between Jane Lew and Weston around 4 p.m. Tuesday.

A Virginia man died after he was ejected during a high-speed crash while trying to pass another vehicle on the shoulder of I-81, authorities said. Jose O. Torres, 43, of Broadway, died at the scene after he lost control of his 2005 Ford F-150 and overturned while attempting to pass a Toyota RAV4 on