The Augusta County Sheriff's Office has asked for the public's help finding a teenager who ran away from home. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.  UPDATE: The missing teen has been found and is safe.

In part two of our series on private companies that work in correctional facilities, WMRA's Randi B. Hagi talks with administrators at two regional jails and an activist who hopes to reform the market.

Researchers at UVa are working on a vaccine that could be equally effective against any and all COVID-19 variants. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

With the exception of one privately owned prison in Brunswick County, Virginia's prisons are owned by the state, and local and regional jails are owned by cities and counties. But there are still entities that profit from incarceration: the private companies that provide services to inmates. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

The Augusta County Sheriff's Office got word of a phone scam happening in the area on Monday morning. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

Researchers at the University of Virginia have developed a way to operate on the brain - without a scalpel.  WMRA's Randi B. Hagi has more.

As inflation soars and many people still struggle financially post-pandemic, a national movement in which goods and services are exchanged for free is growing. WMRA’s Jessie Knadler takes a look at the Buy Nothing movement taking hold in Lexington.

The pandemic prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide universal free lunches to all K through 12 students through next spring. But some local school divisions were already providing free meals -- and will continue to do so post-pandemic -- under another federal program. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

The finance committee for the Middle River Regional Jail board met Tuesday afternoon to discuss funding scenarios if their renovation plan is approved. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.