Darren H Roberts was arrested in Myrtle Beach and charged with kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct.

The Supreme Court has allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.

A Virginia state trooper has resigned after he claimed in a text message that he intentionally coughed on a driver he ticketed in hopes of spreading the coronavirus. Virginia State Police began an internal investigation into Trooper Jacob Gooch after the texts surfaced during a homicide investigation in Arizona. Gooch’s brother, Mark Gooch, is charged in the killing of a Sunday school teacher who disappeared from a Mennonite community in New Mexico. In one text exchange in mid-April, Jacob Gooch told Mark and another brother that he gave a Mennonite man a ticket and coughed on him “so he would spread Corona to the wedding they were going too.”Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said Jacob Gooch resigned late last month.

Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia. A preliminary hearing is scheduled today, for the Roanoke County police officer, charged with embezzlement. An internal investigation revealed he recorded time that had not been worked over a two-year period. It's a five-day celebration, ending with the Hindu New Year, today. There is a celebration in Salem today, which includes food, art and youth activities.