University of Virginia set to conduct in-person classes
U.Va. said it is now proceeding with plans to welcome students to residence halls starting Sept. 3 and to begin in-person instruction for undergraduates on Sept. 8.
View ArticleVirginia House advances plan for civilian review boards for police complaints
The bill sponsored by House Majority Leader Charniele Herring, D-Alexandria, sets a deadline of July 1, 2021, for localities to set up the review boards.
View ArticleArmy aircraft crashes off California, killing 2 soldiers
An Army aircraft crashed off Southern California during a routine training exercise, killing two soldiers and injuring three, the military said Friday.
View ArticleLawsuit accuses North Carolina state senator of breaking up aide’s marriage
A North Carolina state senator is the subject of a lawsuit filed by a Wake County man who accuses him of breaking up his marriage to the legislator’s aide.
View ArticleDemonstrators call for end to injustice, racism outside Newport News City Hall
Event organizers called for renaming Wickham Avenue, which is named for Williams Carter Wickham, a man served as a general for the Confederate Army.
View ArticleStudent life has resumed at CNU; only 4 cases reported leading up to the...
Many students have returned to Christopher Newport University, which will hold most of its classes in-person this semester.
View Article‘A floating prison’: Civilian mariners say they’re stuck on Navy ships while...
The frustration comes from the disparate treatment, mariners say. As federal workers, they’re confined to ships while military personnel are not under the same order.
View ArticleVirginia reports more than 1,200 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, 18 more...
As many as 1,101 people are hospitalized for COVID-19, according to the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association.
View Article66-year-old Williamsburg man dies in fatal I-64 crash
Lynn John Maltinsky died at the scene.
View ArticleLangley airman found guilty of sexually assaulting colleague
He was sentenced to a year’s confinement, a reprimand and a reduction in rank from E-3 to E-1.
View Article26-year-old charged in Hampton shooting
Javon Armstead faces one count each of maiming, using a firearm to commit a felony, discharging a firearm from a vehicle and discharging a firearm in public.
View Article‘Daddy, why’d they shoot me so many times,’ Jacob Blake’s father recalls in...
Nearly one week after a Kenosha police officer shot Jacob Blake Jr. seven times in the back, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, thousands of people joined Blake’s family to march through the...
View ArticleExtreme weather of 2020 producing pain in Hampton Roads’ croplands
Too wet or too dry has left some crops not worth harvesting.
View ArticleVirginia reports 938 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, 1 more death
The state’s seven-day percentage of positive PCR tests — the common diagnostic test which detects the virus — increased to 7.4%.
View Article‘Turtle lady’ who logged more than 16,000 volunteer hours for Virginia...
Marian Childress, a retired teacher, woke up before dawn, climbed on her ATV and patrolled the shoreline from Fort Story to Rudee Inlet for sea turtle nests. She died Aug. 23.
View ArticleVoting groups scramble to reach college students in pandemic
Colleges are reopening with more online learning, and that's proving a challenge for political campaigns, parties and voter registration groups trying to register students.
View ArticleSBA offers loans to NC, Virginia homeowners, businesses hit by earthquake
The federal government will begin offering low-interest loans to homeowners and small business owners who were impacted by North Carolina’s earthquake.
View ArticleFormer Hampton director sues city for wrongful termination, discrimination...
In July, Hampton filed a motion to dismiss the suit saying the case is “insufficient” to claim “gender and/or race discrimination,” as the basis for firing the former city parks director.
View ArticleVirginia reports 847 new coronavirus cases, 11 deaths Monday
At least 2,580 Virginians have died from the virus as of Monday morning, an increase of 11 from Sunday.
View ArticlePaul D. Camp president on short list for top job at Thomas Nelson Community...
Four people, including the president of Paul D. Camp Community College, are in the running to lead Thomas Nelson Community College.
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