Stormwater fees in Hampton will keep going up if city budget provision is...
The Hampton City Council on Wednesday heard another round of budget items to chew on to offer early feedback before Bunting presents her recommended budget April 15.
View ArticleVirginia Beach City Council: No investigative powers for board that reviews...
The council's position disappointed community activists who have been lobbying the city to make the civilian review board more effective and transparent.
View Article23-year-old man dies after a shooting in Chesapeake
Officers receive a call shortly after 5:30 p.m. about a shooting and an injured person in the 3200 block of Dunworken Drive, off Taylor Road.Police found Kirk Anthony Bowles Jr. when they arrived, the...
View ArticleWoman killed after train hits minivan Thursday night in New Kent County
Police said Freda Pruitt, 55, from Lanexa, was traveling east on Rockahock Road in a 2006 Honda Odyssey. She turned south onto Outpost Road, and her vehicle was hit by a freight train traveling east.
View ArticleNorfolk, Chesapeake sheriffs plan to pull all their inmates from Hampton...
The unprecedented move would leave the jail, struggling with low staffing and other problems, without inmates from three of the five cities that pay to house people there.
View ArticleWoman facing charge after VDOT truck hit on I-64 in Newport News
Sarah Elizabeth Brooks, who was driving the explorer, was charged with reckless driving.
View ArticleThe decades-old SS United States is still afloat. And so are hopes to turn it...
The latest plan for the ocean liner built in Newport News in 1952 is to make it a hub of waterfront development.
View ArticleState health secretary visits Williamsburg vaccination clinic, discusses...
Speaking to reporters in a press briefing outside the visitor center after his tour of the facility, Carey said the stop in Williamsburg was an “incredible opportunity to see this collaborative...
View Article12 nonprofits receive grants to further talks about race and racism in...
“I’m hopeful that this grant program will spark some collaborations centered around race, racism and the history of racism in South Hampton Roads that wouldn’t have happened before,” said David Bearinger.
View ArticleIn their own words: What students have learned in a year away from school
Surviving the pandemic has also taught students things that a test can’t easily measure — how to adapt, how to persevere, how to manage their time, how to be optimistic, how to appreciate the little...
View ArticleNorfolk police, U.S. Marshals looking for man in killing of mother and daughter
Kenyatta Ferrell Jones, 27, is charged with two counts each of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
View ArticleHampton’s $29.5 million aquatic center pitched to make a splash by next summer
The coming Hampton Virginia Aquaplex will be built on a 5-acre parcel at the intersection of Pine Chapel Road and Coliseum Drive in the heart of the city's Coliseum Central district.
View ArticleNorth Carolina bill aims to protect college students accused of sexual...
The new bill would set a higher burden of proof for universities to find students responsible for sexual assault.
View ArticleCollege campuses have been sources of massive COVID-19 transmissions. Here’s...
Pandemic analysts at the University of Virginia said while Virginia’s cases are dropping, colleges have remained a source of massive transmission.
View ArticleMan killed in Portsmouth car crash during police pursuit, officials say
A driver fleeing the authorities drove through the intersection of Victory Boulevard and California Road and collided with a 2013 Chrysler 200, according to police.
View ArticleOne house in Norfolk: 50 years, 3 sales, 1 Realtor
Wayne Russell sold his first house in 1968 in Norfolk. He recently sold it again, at age 80, for the third time.
View ArticlePoquoson assistant city manager dies from COVID-19
Poquoson city offices closed early Wednesday in observance of the death of assistant city manager Graham Wilson.
View ArticleSaturday afternoon shooting leaves 1 dead in Hampton
Dispatchers were called about the shooting at 2:19 p.m. in the 3700 block of Abbey Court, off of LaSalle Avenue. Police have not released any suspect information.
View ArticleOver 50,000 Virginians are getting vaccinated each day. There’s still a long...
Roughly 945,300 Virginians had been fully inoculated as of Friday, and about 1.7 million had received at least one shot, representing about 19.5% of the population.
View ArticleFBI’s Peninsula office in Newport News has a new leader, and more crimes to...
The "Resident Agency" has ramped up staff and will begin investigating financial fraud and corruption cases once again — a task that was shifted to Norfolk six years ago. Supervisory Senior Resident...
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