The Helpers: Angel Tree volunteers won’t let a pandemic stop Christmas from...
For this year’s effort, volunteers wrapped 369 donated gifts last week at the Hampton Coliseum. All of the gifts should be delivered to children in need before Christmas.
View ArticleWorker killed in crane accident in Isle of Wight
The incident occurred just after 9 p.m.
View ArticleEx-Norfolk State University human resources director files discrimination...
Mona Adkins-Easley says the university violated discrimination laws when it failed to renew her contract.
View ArticleHampton Roads Regional Jail facing a staffing shortage so severe it’s moving...
It’s apparently the first time this many inmates have been moved back to city jails because of a shortage. The regional jail’s board chair said staffing has never been this low.
View ArticleNew Virginia unemployment claims dropped nearly 13% after a big spike the...
As of Dec. 5, there were at least 392,022 Virginians receiving some form of unemployment benefit.
View ArticleNorth Carolina frat members funneled huge quantities of pot, cocaine and...
Twenty-one people have been charged in connection to the ring following an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Rep. Joe Cunningham cracks open beer during final U.S. House...
“For the betterment of this country, we have to come together, we have to sit down and listen to each other, and maybe even have a beer,” Cunningham, a Democrat, said, reaching into his suit jacket and...
View ArticleWoman dies after being struck by vehicle in Hampton, police say
Officers got a call about an accident involving a pedestrian at 4:47 in the 2700 block of W. Mercury Blvd., which is between Aberdeen Road and Big Bethel Road. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
View ArticleA Michigan man’s porn stash was destroyed by his parents. Now he’s won a...
U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney ruled in favor of David Werking, who said his parents had no right to throw out his collection. He lived at their Grand Haven home for 10 months after a divorce before...
View ArticlePeninsula Regional Animal Shelter tries to find pets home for the holidays
Selected foster families will pick up the pets on Tuesday and return them to the shelter Sunday.
View ArticleVirginia to get about 100,000 fewer doses of COVID-19 vaccines in December,...
The state will get about 110,000 fewer doses in December than expected but the reason is unclear.
View ArticleNewport News police seek help in solving fatal assault in May
“It was reported that several subjects were arguing with the victim and began to assault him,” Brandon Maynard said in the video. “After the assault, the suspects fled the area.”
View ArticleFormer Richmond drug trafficker was scheduled to be executed for string of 7...
The diagnosis of Corey Johnson, who was convicted of killing seven people related to his drug trafficking in Virginia, comes a day after attorneys for Dustin John Higgs confirmed he tested positive at...
View ArticleOwner of the Patrick Henry Mall emerges from bankruptcy after financial...
The company that owns the mall, PREIT, filed for bankruptcy reorganization on Nov. 1 in hopes of getting access to more capital and extended debt payment timing.
View ArticleSen. Mark Warner: COVID relief negotiations show there’s hope gridlock in...
Virginia Sen. Mark Warner was a central actor in the bipartisan group that tried to find a middle way between the wildly different sums the White House and the two political parties’ Capitol Hill...
View ArticleUNC Chapel Hill suspends 3 fraternities that feds linked to massive drug ring
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Greensboro announced this week that 21 people were charged in connection to the ring following an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Orange...
View ArticleVirginia, Maryland donate 8,000 vaccine doses apiece to Washington, DC
When the latest shortfall hit the local allotment of new COVID-19 vaccine doses, Washington’s neighboring states pitched in to help make up the difference.
View ArticleVirginia health commissioner discusses Pfizer, Moderna vaccines: ‘No reason...
"This vaccine is safe, effective, and they should take it when it is made available to them,” Virginia's state health commissioner Dr. M. Norman Oliver said in a Zoom interview Friday morning.
View Article16-year-old boy seriously injured in Hampton shooting, police say
Officers received a call at 4:48 p.m. about a shooting in the 2800 block of Mercury Boulevard, which is in between Big Bethel Road and Aberdeen Road.
View ArticleMan dies after being struck by bus in Portsmouth, police say
The man was identified by family members at the scene as 78-year-old Jerry Tibbitt, according to WVEC TV.
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