2 put forward to become top federal prosecutor for eastern Virginia
The district is one of the most prominent in the Justice Department, with offices in Norfolk, Newport News, Richmond and Alexandria. It often prosecutes high-profile national security cases.
View Article‘I don’t want to be a hypocrite.’ How one school board member is balancing...
Tamara Shewmake is a parent first, she said. But she also has to help decide what's safe for Portsmouth's 13,000 public school students.
View ArticleRiverside official explains how Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine may change...
With Johnson & Johnson’s vaccines on the way to Virginia, the main obstacle to getting shots in arms is no longer whether there are shots to give, said Cindy Williams, vice president and chief...
View Article‘I’m going to die in here.’ A man feared for his life before dying at Hampton...
Sources tell The Pilot police think Thomas Fludd was the victim of a homicide, but detectives have not told his wife that.
View ArticleVirginia unemployment claims remained virtually unchanged last week
The number of unemployed people who were continuing to make claims for traditional state benefits week to week dropped to 63,998 from 64,575 a week earlier. That figure was still 41,795 higher than the...
View ArticleFirst child under the age of 10 dies in Virginia from COVID-19 complications
The child, who has not been publicly identified to protect the family’s privacy, lived in the state's Central Region, which includes Richmond and the surrounding cities and counties. Health officials...
View ArticleMan charged with opening fire at Norfolk federal building dies in hospital
A security guard shot William Rankin several times during the Feb. 8 attack. The FBI said Rankin came to Norfolk’s Social Security Administration building with guns and 600 rounds of ammunition because...
View ArticleCan squeezing more vaccine doses out of each vial speed things up in Hampton...
More doses in Pfizer and Moderna vials means more doses for Hampton Roads residents. But the amount that health providers are able to get depends on the equipment they use.
View ArticleHampton sheriff’s office recruiting deputies, hosts drive-thru career fair
Because of COVID-19 restrictions, applicants are asked to wear masks and stay in their vehicles.
View Article18-year-old Hampton woman arrested after a carjacking and police chase
Officers received a call shortly after 12:30 p.m. Thursday about a stolen Honda Civic from an apartment complex in the 100 block of Spanish Trail, off North King Street. The vehicle belonged to a...
View ArticleA Navy chief got a promotion, and a surprise celebration. The next day, she...
The dozen chiefs from the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command gathered on the family’s front lawn, the day before she went to the hospital to delivered her fourth child, to celebrate the formal pinning...
View ArticleUniversity of Virginia cancels May graduation amid pandemic
The school said it will confer the degrees to the candidates in each school virtually and produce a virtual celebration for students, friends and families this May.
View ArticleSnow day killer? Virginia schools can opt for remote learning during...
Lawmakers passed two identical bills stating school divisions can opt for virtual learning during severe weather conditions and emergency situations that result in the cancellation of in-person classes.
View ArticleVaccines on wheels: Hampton University unveils custom-built RV in battle...
The mobile vaccination unit was unveiled at a press conference on campus this week. University leaders said it’s critical for the historically Black school to lend its weight to the fight against a...
View ArticlePortsmouth to bring back elementary school students for in-person classes in...
Portsmouth students in pre-K through sixth grade have the option to return for in-person classes April 12. The school division was the last in Virginia to make plans to bring back at least some students.
View ArticlePolice find 29-year-old Chesapeake woman safe after she allegedly threatened...
Yahmise Bordies, 29, was reported missing Thursday. Police said she was found unharmed later that evening.
View ArticleAnn Perry-Price, president of Infotech, dies at 61
The mother, wife, entrepreneur, IT professional, animal adoption advocate and strong leader quietly battled cancer over the course of 20 years.
View ArticleVirginians still waiting months for unemployment benefits after waiting on...
Some Virginians who first sought unemployment benefits in November and December were still waiting for payments as recently as the first week of March.
View ArticleNOAA to allow more harvest of dogfish in coming year
NOAA said the proposed revisions increase catch limits by nearly 10%. That would increase the commercial fishing quota to more than 29 million pounds.
View ArticlePeninsula districts weighing starting school before Labor Day
With the effects of the pandemic and a potential conflict with a major Jewish holiday looming large, some Peninsula schools are weighing starting school on Monday, Aug. 30.
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