Wittman posts strong lead in 1st Congressional District
Republican incumbent claims large lead
View ArticleGloucester votes in favor of tax increase to fund school projects
Voters in Gloucester County weighed in on a sales tax increase to support school projects.
View ArticleTeenager injured in Yorktown shooting, sheriff’s office says
The 17-year-old male was taken to a hospital and is in stable condition, according to the sheriff’s office.
View ArticleWilliamsburg-James City County Public Schools preparing for students’ return...
PreK through third graders will begin blended learning Nov. 9, according to the current timeline. Grades four and five will return on Nov. 16 and grades six and 12 will return on Nov. 30.
View ArticleChesapeake Regional patient and donor information exposed in data breach
Chesapeake Regional officials said they have contacted the approximately 23,000 people whose information was exposed.
View ArticleFlash of luck: Astronomers find cosmic radio burst source
Scientists tracked a fast radio burst to a weird type of star called a magnetar that’s 32,000 light-years from Earth, according to four studies in Wednesday’s journal Nature.
View ArticleReferendum results in Gloucester lead to optimism for school construction plans
Gloucester County may have a path forward for replacing the roofing and ventilation system at Gloucester High School, adding sports fields, repairing bus loops and other school construction projects.
View ArticleHuntington Ingalls earnings rise, COVID cases fall
The parent company of Newport News Shipbuilding said third-quarter net earnings rose 44% from last year’s level to $222 million.
View ArticleNewport News man advances on NBC’s ‘The Voice,’ joins Team Blake
“Blake was the only person that turned around for me,” Jus Jon said during a phone interview Friday. “That didn’t mean that I wasn’t good. It actually meant more for me. He recognizes greatness. He...
View ArticleAfter eight months, 2nd Sundays returns to Williamsburg, with a few changes,...
Restrictions on the number of people that could gather in one place, city permits, and safety concerns meant an eight-month wait until the next 2nd Sundays.
View ArticleHampton schools faced 65 classrooms without teachers before changing...
Wednesday marked the first day of in-person instruction for some students in Hampton.
View ArticleMan shot to death in Hampton, police say
The man died from his injuries at the hospital.
View ArticleBon Secours’ bigger hospital plan for Suffolk ‘premature,' state report says
State staff received over 600 letters of support and 189 signatures on a petition in favor of the expanded Harbour View hospital plan.
View ArticleEmergency SNAP benefits to continue in November
“Consistent with the emergency allotments provided during the months of March – October, benefits will be automatically loaded to recipients' Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards,” the release said.
View ArticleHot spring chicken: 3 cited for Yellowstone culinary caper
A park ranger heard that a group with cooking pots were hiking toward the park’s Shoshone Geyser Basin. The ranger found two whole chickens in a burlap sack in a hot spring.
View ArticleA Chesapeake couple was defrauded in a scheme targeting the elderly. A...
Kent Maerki, 78, of Scottsdale, Arizona, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Norfolk to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud.
View ArticlePolice detain men driving Hummer from Virginia after tip about armed group...
On the back window of the Hummer were decals associated with the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy movement, including a large “Q” and “#WWG1WGA,” which stands for “where we go one we go all.”
View ArticleN.C. first lady apologizes for comment on Trump supporters
North Carolina’s first lady has apologized after a screenshot of her saying she “flipped off” supporters of President Donald Trump during a rally in the state was circulated on social media.
View ArticleWhat happened in Virginia on Election Day? Laws making it easier to vote made...
The state expanded its use of early and absentee voting, but the votes cast before Election Day were the last ones to be counted.
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