Gov. Northam sets Aug. 18 special session for lawmakers to consider budget,...
As the state navigates the fiscal impacts of the pandemic, legislators will also propose new laws on police use of force, training and accountability.
View Article1,002 new COVID-19 cases reported Friday as Virginia continues upward trend
Friday’s numbers were the eighth straight day of more than 800 positive tests, as Virginia’s cases have started to trend back upward, according to data from the Virginia Department of Health.
View ArticleSurging coronavirus cases are complicating decisions on how to reopen schools...
Pessimistic trends in COVID-19 data are giving school boards headaches as they decide on whether to offer in-person classes this fall.
View ArticleYork County announces cancellation of Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival
The festival had been moved from May to August with the hope that the pandemic would be under control. People who have already purchased tickets will receive a refund.
View ArticleTraffic shifts on I-64 in James City County set for next week as part of...
Traffic shifts in the third segment of the Interstate 64 widening project are expected to begin next week, according to a James City County news release Friday. Traffic will move left from the two...
View ArticleMany Norfolk employees will get hazard pay for working during the pandemic....
The hazard pay program has been under discussion by officials and city council for several weeks, part of a larger spending plan for $26 million in federal money the city received to help it grapple...
View ArticleWounded Warriors host fishing event on the Chesapeake Bay
Eighteen wounded former services members from around Hampton Roads took to the Chesapeake Bay for day of fishing and bonding.
View ArticleNavy chief says USS Bonhomme Richard’s fate uncertain; damage from fire...
The USS Bonhomme Richard has extensive structural, electrical and mechanical damage, a top naval chief said Friday after walking into the bowels of the charred warship that burned for more than four...
View ArticleFormer Hampton gym owner gets 30 years in prison for leading Peninsula drug ring
Alex Jermaine Burnett, who ran “9Round Gym” in Peninsula Town Center, led the conspiracy that distributed large amounts of cocaine, heroin and other drugs throughout Hampton Roads between 2013 and 2017.
View ArticleVirginia employment commissioner defends agency’s work amid pandemic, complaints
Virginia Employment Commissioner Ellen Marie Hess responded late Thursday to a letter sent earlier in the day by 34 House members and nine state senators that described a flood of complaints from...
View ArticleVirginia Beach protesters march against racial injustice amid heavy police...
A group of activists gathered at Rudee Inlet on Friday night to protest police brutality. As they took their first steps of the march they were met by a line of Virginia Beach police officers demanding...
View ArticleMore than 136,000 people have signed a petition calling for a former ODU...
Matthew Rushin sped his Chevrolet Tahoe into oncoming traffic on First Colonial Road a year and a half ago. Two cars were struck in the collision, leaving the driver of one severely disabled. Matthew’s...
View Article940 new COVID-19 cases reported Saturday in Virginia
At least 2,025 Virginians have died from the virus as of Saturday morning.
View ArticleC.T. Vivian, civil rights activist who led sit-ins in Peoria, studied with...
C.T. Vivian, an early and key adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who organized pivotal civil rights campaigns, including in Peoria, died at 95.
View ArticleWreck on Wright Memorial Bridge backs up OBX traffic at least 10 miles
Five vehicles were involved in the pileup that happened at 11 a.m. Saturday
View ArticleRemembering John Lewis, civil rights icon and “American hero”
Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before the group's leader, Rev....
View ArticleVirginia State Police investigating two early morning crashes that resulted...
A two-vehicle crash resulted in a double fatality in Middlesex Saturday morning. Shortly after, a single-vehicle fatality occurred in Newport News.
View ArticleNewport News opens city facilities Sunday for extreme heat
Newport News is opening several public buildings on Sunday to allow residents to get out of the heat.
View Article‘The Voice of Hampton Wythe’: local attorney announces Pilots games even...
“This is Frank Edgar, coming to you from high top the ballpark here on Pembroke”
View ArticleIn school reopening, parents face a gut-wrenching question — go back or not?
It doesn’t matter if other students go back to school in September. All the children on Joy Naik’s cul-de-sac are staying home.
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