Good Samaritan killed trying to help car crash victim on I-664
The resident of New Bern, N.C., died from his injuries Monday afternoon.
View ArticleAmazon to open new delivery stations in Norfolk and Hampton, creating 200 jobs
The global e-commerce giant said the two stations, where packages will be loaded into vehicles to be delivered to customers, will open next year.
View ArticleDead man found in a car in Isle of Wight, sheriff’s office says
Deputies spotted Casey Cagle, 19, slumped over a steering wheel in the 2000 block of Elmwood Drive while conducting a welfare check.
View ArticleAfter more than 3 years of construction, Atkinson Boulevard is open in...
The project cost about $66 million with the city chipping in $5 million.
View ArticlePortsmouth sheriff’s deputies on leave during internal investigation
Fewer than 20 deputies were on leave at the start of the probe, and some have returned, a Sheriff’s Office spokesman said.
View ArticleNorth Carolina sets 10 p.m. curfew statewide amid surge in coronavirus cases
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled a modified stay-at-home order on Tuesday that requires the state’s roughly 10.5 million residents to remain off the streets between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
View ArticleArmy’s ritual of Block Leave lives on during pandemic; officials hope changes...
Maj. Gen. Lonnie Hibbard and his team have found a way to let 45,000 young soldiers on posts across the nation and even overseas get home for the holidays.
View ArticleWhere to get tested for COVID-19 in Hampton Roads and northeastern North...
Here's where to get a tests in Hampton Roads and northeastern North Carolina.
View ArticleFormer Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe set to announce bid to get his old job back
The former Virginia governor is set to announce a formal bid for governor Wednesday morning in Richmond, according to a McAuliffe aide who was not authorized to speak publicly about the campaign.
View ArticleNewport News fire leaves one person seriously injured
Firefighters responded early Wednesday morning to a two-alarm structure fire in the 800 block of 30th St.
View ArticleReal-time flooding alerts for drivers? ODU researchers are using machine...
Armed with a new $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the team is attacking the idea from different perspectives.
View ArticleNewport News City Council makes Juneteenth a city holiday
The holiday will be observed annually on June 19, unless it falls on a Saturday or Sunday. If June 19 falls on a weekend, the day will be observed the Friday before.
View ArticleMan killed in Portsmouth early Wednesday morning
It happened around 1:20 a.m. in the 600 block of Lincoln Street. Raeqwon L. Wiggins, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene.
View ArticleHampton takes school libraries to students ahead of winter break
This Friday, the district is making its biggest push yet, hoping to make sure as many students as possible have something to read over winter break.
View ArticleA Virginia Beach businessman fraudulently took $350,000 in coronavirus aid...
Scott Suber submitted a loan application claiming he needed help paying employees, rent and utilities during the pandemic. But he didn't have any employees at the time and was working out of his...
View ArticlePortsmouth sailor convicted of passing classified information to Russian
Chief Petty Officer Charles T. Briggs was sentenced to two years and seven months of confinement for that and making false official statements three times.
View ArticleFormer Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe calls for “bold” action on education...
McAuliffe, once best known as a top Democratic money man and close friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s, enters an already crowded slate of Democratic candidates.
View ArticleMore than 4,300 new coronavirus cases reported in past 24 hours in Virginia
Hampton had its highest single-day-increase, with 104 new cases.
View ArticleNewport News projects $1.2 million surplus for first quarter
“When we created this budget in the early days of the pandemic, and every month since then, we have said that we will live within the revenues that we generate,” said Lisa Cipriano, the city’s budget...
View ArticleVirginia Beach Sheriff’s Office reports additional reductions in COVID-19 cases
The release said 32 are new cases and 13 previously tested positive.
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