Hampton Roads Transit won’t charge for rides on Election Day
Anyone who wants to get to the polls Nov. 3 can do it without having to shell out cash.
View ArticleWilliam & Mary faculty pushing for reinstatement of eliminated sports, new...
William & Mary faculty members are calling for the appointment of a new Athletics Task Force in consultation with Faculty Assembly with significant representation of W&M; faculty, staff,...
View ArticleHampton Roads Sanitation District receives $225 million loan from EPA to help...
The money will support the Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow program, or SWIFT. It’s a long-term plan for converting sewage into drinking water, then injecting it back into the Potomac aquifer.
View ArticleVirginia Institute of Marine Science’s dean and director to retire in 2021
John Wells, dean and director of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, has announced that he is retiring in June 2021.
View ArticleAfter statewide voter registration outage, attorney general files motion and...
Changing the deadline would require a court order. “This is a very important election (and) every voice should be heard,” an NAACP official said.
View ArticleHampton University part of $15 million COVID-19 testing grant
At Hampton, a $2.3 million donation of equipment from Thermo Fisher earlier this year is a critical part of its plan to test staff and students.
View ArticleTeenager dies in hospital after being found with gunshot wound in Newport...
Police found the teenager Saturday night in a vehicle at a 7-Eleven in the 12400 block of Warwick Boulevard.
View ArticleHampton police identify man wanted in assault of officer
One officer reported being assaulted. A second officer was injured during a foot pursuit.
View ArticleVirginia Beach man gets 6 months in jail for breeding roosters for...
Animal Control officers seized more than 200 hens and roosters in 2018 from a four-acre property off Dam Neck Road. Emmanuel Garcia told officers he prepared the roosters for cockfighting, then shipped...
View ArticleQuarantine pay could get second look from Virginia lawmakers if bill is...
The bill would have mandated quarantine pay for employees of businesses with more than 25 workers. It was killed in a Senate committee during the Virginia General Assembly special session after being...
View ArticleNASA’s new moonshot rules: No fighting or littering, please
The space agency released a set of guidelines Tuesday for its Artemis moon-landing program, based on the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and other agreements. So far, eight countries have signed these...
View ArticleLA’s newest firefighter, a robot, can go where humans can’t
The bright yellow machine, which evokes some images of a “Star Wars” droid but without the beeps and burps, is nicknamed RS3. That’s short for Robot Solution 3.
View ArticleNewport News schools reverse course; will delay return to classrooms
The superintendent's message didn’t give a new timeline for students to return, saying that he made the decision with the support of the school board and division leaders to extend the districts...
View ArticleMan charged in fishing trip slaying was accused of domestic abuse,...
Man who is charged with killing a man on a boat off the coast of Massachusetts in late September was released from custody by an immigration judge in Northern Virginia.
View ArticleFisherman charged in 2018 scallop boat slaying ruled mentally incompetent and...
A Mexican national charged with killing a veteran Newport News scallop fisherman off the Massachusetts coast two years ago has been declared mentally incompetent to stand trial.
View ArticleChesapeake doctor faked procedures, falsified patient charts to do more...
Dr. Javaid Perwaiz led a lavish lifestyle, driving vehicles such as Jaguar and Bentley, and showered his employees with gifts while performing unnecessary surgeries on women, according to the first...
View ArticleGloucester schools on track to have all grades back by Nov. 12
Gloucester is one of several districts in southeastern Virginia with plans to bring all grades back.
View ArticleOur Lady of Mount Carmel School achieves national recognition
Newport News elementary and middle school, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School, received a national distinction for its commitment to Catholic education.
View ArticleLeader of Black Lives Matter 757 found guilty of blocking traffic at Hampton...
A local leader of the Black Lives Matter movement was convicted Wednesday of blocking traffic at a major Hampton intersection during a July protest.
View ArticleHampton police chief to retire after helping hire his replacement
Hampton Police Chief Terry Sult announced after 50 years in law enforcement he plans to retire.
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