Earthquake, apt Bible passage coincided at North Carolina Catholic Mass
The Scripture quite literally came to life for several Catholic churches in North Carolina as a rare earthquake rattled portions of the state over the weekend.
View ArticleMan who drove through BLM protest in Henrico County gets 6 years in jail
Harry H. Rogers, 36, was convicted of six misdemeanors and sentenced to a year in jail for each charge, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.
View ArticleJournalist groups re-up push for Newport News to record, broadcast work sessions
Newport News is the only Hampton Roads city or Peninsula locality, including Gloucester and Isle of Wight counties, that does not post video recordings of work sessions.
View ArticleHampton to receive $800,000 in federal and state to aid homeless during...
Funding will help groups' costs into September
View ArticleMissing 12-year-old girl reported in Norfolk
Juliyonna Johnson was last seen around 10 p.m. Sunday in the 8200 block of Simons Drive.
View ArticleVirginia reports nearly 1,000 new coronavirus cases, 17 deaths Tuesday
At least 2,344 Virginians have died from the virus as of Tuesday morning, up 17 from Monday.
View ArticleHow to watch the Perseid meteor shower Tuesday night in Hampton Roads
The meteor shower is considered one of the best of the year with a peak of up to 100 meteors per hour.
View ArticlePortsmouth police investigate armed robbery
The suspect was armed with a handgun and single shot was fired but no one was injured.
View ArticleStudents won’t be back in class. But some Hampton Roads teachers will have to...
Chesapeake, Suffolk and Hampton will require many teachers to be in their classrooms for parts of the week. Some teachers have health concerns amid the pandemic.
View ArticleOn the Peninsula, there’s help with substance abuse during the pandemic
An outreach effort for people struggling with opioid abuse
View ArticleVirginia Beach parents have until midnight on Wednesday to choose between...
If families don’t make a choice by the deadline, students will automatically be placed in the face-to-face instruction option.
View ArticleTwo months later, man injured at Portsmouth monument protest is making...
Chris Green’s wife said he was trying to help demonstrators when a statue at a protest in Portsmouth fell on him.
View ArticlePoquoson votes unanimously for hybrid start for students from Pre-K to third...
The School Board's plan is similar to one approved in Isle of Wight County. Almost every other district in Hampton Roads, including all of Poquoson’s neighboring districts, has elected to start the...
View ArticleNewport News will remove the Confederate monument from its location in Denbigh
The city will solicit proposals for the memorial's future and expects the statue may be taken down in October.
View ArticleVirginia Beach fall reopening plan stands as is, after School Board debates...
The Virginia Beach School Board opted to leave its fall reopening plan unchanged after a nearly two-hour debate when some members floated significant amendments that would have kept students in virtual...
View ArticleChesapeake doctor pleads guilty after writing prescriptions without examining...
He is facing a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
View ArticlePoquoson votes unanimously for hybrid start for students from Pre-K to third...
The School Board's plan is similar to one approved in Isle of Wight County. Almost every other district in Hampton Roads, including all of Poquoson’s neighboring districts, has elected to start the...
View ArticleBuckroe Beach pier repairs slowed by Isaias, but Hampton officials hopeful to...
No official date has been set for reopening.
View ArticleFeds seize boat, SUV, cash in medical fraud investigation involving...
The FBI has seized a boat, a late-model SUV, and several bank accounts as part of a federal insurance fraud investigation into a James City County therapist.
View ArticleSentara seeks merger with N.C. hospital chain; combined revenue would be...
Sentara and Cone’s combined annual revenue would be $11.5 billion. The deal sets the stage for Sentara to build more outpatient facilities in the North Carolina Triad area and expand its digital and...
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