How a wave of segregationist tributes, from streets to schools, entrenched...
Scattered across Hampton Roads, memorials to segregationists take the form of monuments, plaques, statues, street signs, schools and building names. In the wake of renewed calls for social justice,...
View ArticleVirginia’s vaccine stats don’t include the military. What does that mean in...
"Any vaccinations they do for our troops, vets, employees and possibly families helps us build that herd immunity in our area,” said a Virginia Department of Health spokesperson.
View ArticleVCU student died at fraternity hazing event, cousin says
Courtney White told The Richmond Times-Dispatch that Adam Oakes had been at an off-campus residence following a night of hazing as part of the Delta Chi fraternity. He was given a bottle of whiskey and...
View ArticleVirginia to allow up to $100,000 in business expense deductions for...
The tax change was part of a normally uncontroversial annual tax conformity bill that lays out how the state will follow or depart from IRS federal tax filing rules.
View ArticlePolice searching for missing Chesapeake woman last seen Jan. 18
Police said in a news release that Mardy Ruth Martinez, 35, was last seen by family in the 1200 block of Plantation Lakes Circle, off Volvo Parkway.
View ArticlePolice identify body of 20-year-old York County woman found in Hampton
Officers received a called around 4 p.m. Friday about a person laying on the ground in the 400 block of Harbor Drive. Officials later identified the woman as Marina Turner, of York County, a police...
View ArticleDeath at Hampton Roads Regional Jail being treated as a murder, sources say....
Two sources say Portsmouth police are investigating one of four recent deaths as a possible homicide. But police and the jail won't confirm that.
View ArticleNavy fighter jet’s 2012 crash in Virginia Beach gets fresh look as Oceana,...
While the Navy’s firefighters and city emergency workers gather every couple of years for a refresher, this year’s training included something new, in addition to an in-depth review of the 2012 crash...
View ArticleGov. Ralph Northam never received draft report on parole board, Virginia...
The draft report, which outlines the findings of an investigation into the parole board’s handling of the case of a man convicted decades ago of killing a police officer, was recently obtained by GOP...
View ArticleWhat makes the universe work? NASA Langley’s Sigma Series digs into the...
Stephan Wolfram, is a computer scientist, physicist and the author of "A New Kind of Science."
View ArticleMan dies in single-vehicle accident in Hampton, police say
Police said the man died at the scene.
View ArticleVirginia man doused brother with kerosene and tried to set him fire, police say
Larry Darnell Tatum, 69, of Patrick Springs has been charged with attempted first-degree murder.
View ArticlePolice identify Norfolk man killed in triple shooting Saturday
Police found Troquan S. Martin in the 500 block of Timothy Avenue suffering from a gunshot wound. He died at the scene.
View ArticleNewport News could end the fiscal year with extra money
The city created its fiscal year 2021 budget in the early stages of the pandemic and has repeatedly referenced its commitment to living within the revenues that it generates.
View ArticleHere’s what to know to prepare for your COVID-19 vaccine appointment
Vaccine rollout is continuing across the state of Virginia. Here’s what you might want to know to prepare for your appointment.
View ArticleNavy career unit at Little Creek is speeding up answers to sailors’ questions...
Call center designed to help sailors, families with routine business found extra challenge in pandemic
View ArticleVirginia Beach School Board approves $828.8 million budget, including 5%...
The budget, which still needs to be OK’d by the City Council, was approved on a 9-2 vote. The employee raises caused the most tension on the board.
View ArticleVernon Jordan, civil rights activist who advised Clinton and even Hampton U....
Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, has died at the...
View ArticleUS Marshals arrest Norfolk man in Arizona after fatal February shooting
Dequan T. Copeland has been charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in connection with a shooting that killed a man, officials said. He is in police custody in Arizona until he can be...
View ArticleNavy sailor killed, 5 service members hurt in California convoy crash
The convoy was heading south on Interstate 5 near Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County when the pileup happened shortly before 7 a.m., the California Highway Patrol said.
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