Williamsburg hotel damaged by fire; 67 displaced
Five people were treated for injuries, including 2 adults who were taken by helicopter to local hospitals and one child who was was transported by ambulance.
View ArticlePolice still investigating Hampton High student’s death inside house
Police have identified the teenager who was killed at a gathering inside a home earlier this month as 18-year-old Edward Jamur Neal Jr. of Hampton.
View ArticleWith birth rates falling in Virginia, researchers worry pandemic may...
Virginia could expect a decline in births over the next couple of years, researchers say. Birth rates have decreased over the last 11 years, and they could continue to decline despite the pandemic.
View ArticleVandals deface Cape Hatteras Lighthouse’s original bronze door, sparking outcry
Investigators don’t know when the door was vandalized, only that it happened recently, Michael Barber, spokesman for Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
View ArticleThe vital role churches are playing in vaccinating Black Virginians
While public health officials are targeting communities at higher risk of serious illness and death for the vaccine, perhaps no one has been more effective at reaching older Black Virginians than...
View ArticleHampton University opens vaccine center, has plans for mobile clinic
The university has invested $479,000 in a mobile vaccination clinic, which will make its first run, to Surry County, in April.
View ArticleVirginia’s Asian American community frustrated, fearful in wake of Georgia...
Racism against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders is complex and has remained historically invisible, according to guidance from the Asian American Journalists Association.
View ArticleIt’s not clear how many people on the Peninsula have been vaccinated, but a...
“Right now, if you asked what percentage of Newport News or Hampton is vaccinated, or how many shots have gone into the arms — true numbers — no one could give that to you,” said Newport Fire Chief...
View ArticleCoronavirus cases in Virginia flatten after surge, but levels remain higher...
The summer could bring a longer peak almost as high as the one experienced at the beginning of this year, according to a new University of Virginia analysis.
View ArticlePoquoson woman charged with manslaughter in death of mother
Police were called around 1:45 p.m. Feb. 15 about a person injured in an “incident involving a motor vehicle” in a business parking lot in the 200 block of Wythe Creek Road.
View ArticleVirginia Beach-themed Nike shoe design goes viral for local Coast Guardsman
Since entering his design in a contest last week, Kenny Jones received almost 30,000 likes on Instagram and over 190,000 likes on Twitter. The top 10 contestants with the most Instagram likes will move...
View ArticleMan riding horse flees police in Lynchburg, is seriously injured after fall
Officers told the man he had a warrant for violating a protective order, but he would not comply with their order and fled on his horse, riding into oncoming traffic.
View ArticleThis headline could’ve been written 250 years ago: Carriage accident in...
No serious injuries but horses broke loose and a high-dollar carriage met a tree.
View ArticlePolice identify man fatally hit by a car Friday night in Newport News
Dispatchers received a call about an auto-pedestrian accident and found that Karl Darden, 56, from Hampton, was hit by a vehicle. He died at the scene.
View Article“You can wash that off:” motherly advice guided Hampton’s interim sheriff...
Bowden is the first woman to lead the city’s sheriff’s office and one of eight women sheriffs across Virginia who lead their departments, according to the Virginia Sheriff’s Association.
View ArticleNewport News shipyard health center marks 5 years — and a 97% patient...
Since the center opened in 2016, its staff have seen seen more than 19,400 different patients in some 103,000 appointments. “It’s one more reason to come to work here, and to decide to stay here."
View ArticleChristmas Mouse shop reopens in Nags Head 2 years after big fire
The store sells decorations and ornaments year-round with eight locations including in Williamsburg, Virginia Beach and Duck.
View ArticleMother and daughter killed in vehicle accident in Elizabeth City
The accident occurred at the intersection of U.S. 17 and Main Street Extended. The other driver, a woman from Hertford, was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with serious injuries.
View ArticleU.S. Army’s fitness exam is changing — and the leg tuck is out
On Monday, it ended its requirement that soldiers do at least one leg tuck — where they hang from a bar and pull their knees up near their shoulders — as it became clear that many troops, particularly...
View ArticleInvestigator filed a whistleblower lawsuit in the Virginia Parole Board...
The Office of the State Inspector General, the state’s government watchdog agency, terminated Jennifer Moschetti from her position as a senior investigator, her attorney, Tim Anderson, wrote in an email.
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