Man killed his brother in Newport News, police say
It happened at 10:39 p.m. in the first block of Bethel Road. Dispatchers received a report about a shooting and found a man inside a home suffering from gunshot wounds. He died at the scene.
View ArticleCoronavirus clinic at CNU will move to Denbigh as state takes control
The new clinic will open April 27 at 13785 Warwick Boulevard, adjacent to the Sherwood Shopping Center and be run by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management.
View ArticleCOVID-19 led to more alcohol and drug illnesses in 2020, hospital data shows
The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association tracked 15,209 patient discharges related to alcohol and drugs last year, up from 14,684 in 2019.
View ArticleVirginia’s mental health counseling line for COVID-19 issues is keeping busy
Virginia's mental health counseling service for COVID-19 issues will run through November.
View ArticleFBI joins in investigation of Windsor traffic stop; state police ask...
State police on Wednesday asked that anyone who may have witnessed, or captured video, of the Dec. 5, 2020 traffic stop on U.S. Route 460 to contact them. Also on Wednesday, the president of the Isle...
View ArticleNew lawsuit alleges ‘gross failures’ at Virginia Employment Commission
The lawsuit alleges the commission has violated the rights of Virginians who have either applied for benefits and gotten no response or who had their benefits abruptly halted and faced lengthy delays...
View ArticleAllons-y! Eisenhower strike group operates with France’s flagship around the...
The Eisenhower group is operating jointly with a French group, taking advantage of the rare opportunity to work with the only non-American nuclear carrier and the only allied carrier equipped with the...
View ArticleNewport News airport all clear after bomb threat, spokeswoman says
Airport spokeswoman Jennifer Spratley said the airport is back to normal operations.
View ArticlePopular North Carolina teacher killed in ‘old Western shootout’ with Mexican...
Barney Dale Harris, 40, taught Spanish and was head coach of the boys’ varsity basketball and track teams at Union Academy Charter School in Monroe. He was found dead April 8 in an Alamance County...
View ArticleState police ask public to call different phone number due to technical issues
Dispatchers are using backup phone lines for the general public until the issue is resolved, police said in an email.
View ArticlePolice make another arrest in March 26 Oceanfront shooting incidents
A 22-year-old was apprehended on suspicion of four counts of malicious wounding, reckless handling of a firearm, use of a firearm in commission of a felony, and violent felon in possession of a...
View ArticleHampton police arrest man after fatal drive-by shooting off Magruder Boulevard
Ramel Lawson Jr., 19, from Hampton, has been charged with one count of second degree murder, one count of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, one count of shooting from a vehicle and one...
View ArticlePolice investigating shooting on I-264 in Norfolk, seek public’s help
Police said the driver of a blue Nissan sedan shot and injured another driver in a Dodge Ram.
View ArticleWindsor officials release body cam video of previous traffic stop involving...
The stop occurred Nov. 7, 2020, about a month before another traffic stop involving Army Lt. Caron Nazario. In the November stop, Nazario was pulled over for going 19 mph over the posted speed limit...
View ArticleVMI has its first Black leader as board unanimously picks Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins
Wins, a 1985 graduate of VMI, took over for retired Army Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III, whose ouster followed publication of a story by The Washington Post that described an “atmosphere of hostility and...
View ArticleA Newport News shipyard apprentice’s bright idea keeps a submarine on schedule
Applying what he learned, a Newport News Shipbuilding apprentice creates a new tool for the yard's machine shop. That means a quicker turnaround time for all the stabilizers for the submarines Newport...
View ArticleStudy: About 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus rex roamed the Earth, but not at once
Using calculations based on body size, sexual maturity and the creatures’ energy needs, a team at the University of California, Berkeley figured out just how many T. rex lived over 127,000 generations,...
View ArticleWoman charged with arson and murder after man found dead in Eastern Shore fire
A woman who also lived in the home, Kimiko Tenallie Dickerson, 40, was arrested and charged with arson and second degree murder.
View ArticleNewport News man’s trek on Appalachian Trial — downsized to 400 miles — is a...
A foot injury prevented John Waite from doing the full 544 miles of Virginia's Appalachian Trail, but the Newport News man fought through the pain and did 400 miles, raising $12,800 for muscular...
View ArticleWindsor officials repost police body cam video showing prior traffic stop...
The move comes one day after town officials briefly posted the video on its website, then quickly took it down once they realized it contained some identifying information about the motorist.
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