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Reaching out to those in need in Virginia Beach
The Virginia Beach Housing Resource Center’s outreach team looks for homeless encampments off Virginia Beach Blvd. The Virginia Beach Housing Resource Center’s outreach specialists, including Crystal...
View ArticleJames City County sorts through marina renovation plans, with completion...
JAMES CITY — The transformation of the James City County Marina to a modern facility should be completed by 2026, the Board of Supervisors learned this week. The second phase of the marina development...
View ArticleJudge dismisses Virginia Beach parents’ complaint against gifted school over...
A judge dismissed several parents’ complaint Thursday that the Virginia Beach school system violated its own rules, resulting in their children not getting seats at a gifted school. The decision was...
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Vietnam POW returns key to Williamsburg 50 years later
WILLIAMSBURG — A Vietnam prisoner of war’s key to the city soon will get a prominent place in a planned collection of historical Williamsburg memorabilia at the Stryker Center. U.S. Army Capt. Robert...
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Winery’s art exhibit changes for season, Jamestown Settlement seeks art for...
New art showcase goes on display at Williamsburg Winery The latest rotation of artwork at the Art at Wessex Hundred exhibit at the Williamsburg Winery went on display today in time for the holidays....
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Newest LOVE sign brings new light into New Town
JAMES CITY — The latest bold and bright LOVE sign recently found its home in New Town’s Pecan Square. The New Town community of shops, restaurants and homes just outside Williamsburg was created in...
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Homelessness is visible in Virginia Beach. This is how the city’s safety net...
VIRGINIA BEACH — Ricardo Wright had a job working in maintenance. He had a car and a roof over his head. But last December, the 46-year-old’s life turned upside down. Wright had a stroke and spent a...
View ArticleThe scope — and price — grows for proposed sports center in Williamsburg area
The vision for a sports center in the Williamsburg area has grown in size, ambition and cost. Revised plans envisage a center big enough to hold three airliners on the site of the Colonial Williamsburg...
View ArticlePhotos: U.S. Surgeon General visits Hampton University on ‘We Are Made to...
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy held a conversation with actor Da’Vinchi focusing on mental health, loneliness and seeking help during the last stop of his “We Are Made to Connect” tour at Hampton...
View ArticleVirginia Beach’s 2024 mayoral race heats up with multiple contenders
VIRGINIA BEACH — Three people so far have officially announced they plan to run for mayor of Virginia Beach next year. To qualify for the ballot, potential candidates must first complete steps...
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Henry Kissinger’s time as William & Mary chancellor short — and eventful
Like much of his professional life, Henry A. Kissinger saw some protests and denunciations of his work as U.S. Secretary of State during his five-year tenure as William & Mary’s 22nd chancellor....
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Meet these adoptable pets at the Virginia Beach SPCA
Up for adoption: Except where noted, these animals are available at the Virginia Beach Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 3040 Holland Road. Call 427-0070. Adoptions include spay/neuter,...
View ArticleNewport News drafts rules, ethics handbook after council credit card misuse
Newport News City Council soon plans to adopt a handbook that includes a code of ethics and will guide council conduct and codify roles and responsibilities. The handbook was suggested by Mayor Phillip...
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Union Taco marries east and west at new taqueria in Chesapeake
It’s a taqueria, but don’t call it a Mexican restaurant. Union Taco, the popular establishment in Norfolk’s Ghent, has opened an outpost in the trendy new urbanist development of Summit Pointe near...
View ArticlePhotos: Santa travels around Hampton Roads in a Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk...
The “Fleet Angels” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 2, based out of Naval Station Norfolk, manned a Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk helicopter to fly Santa and one of his elves around the Hampton Roads region...
View ArticleMan dies in shooting at 7-Eleven in Norfolk
A man died in a shooting in Norfolk on Friday night. Police were called to the 7-Eleven at 151 W. Little Creek Road around 10:32 p.m. for a report of a gunshot victim. When officers arrived, they found...
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Navy’s Santa flyby brings Christmas cheer to Hampton Roads — and meets...
“Hi, Santa!,” 4-year-old Tommy Tye shouted from atop his father’s shoulders. Santa Claus waved from a Navy helicopter hovering over Lynnhaven Inlet. The chopper noise drowned out any “ho, ho, ho’s.”...
View Article#ParentLifeUnscRxipted: Teaching your kids about forgiveness is one of the...
“That’s why you’re so high on the scale!” Courtney said, jokingly. The kitchen table went silent. My best friend, Kara, gasped. I was shocked and everyone looked around the kitchen table, not sure what...
View ArticleHampton Roads school divisions outline tutoring approaches in learning...
School divisions across the commonwealth began submitting plans outlining how they will use their share of $418 million from Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s “ALL In” initiative. Youngkin announced the initiative...
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‘Cheaper to keep her:’ Virginia Beach man holds onto truck of his dreams
Tim Smith ordered his 1995 Dodge Ram 3500 in 1994. Eight months later he took delivery at Jasper Jeep Sales in Jasper, Georgia. It was and still is the truck of his dreams. Smith has no plans to ever...
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