Friday 3rd September, 2010
What to do if Hurricane Earl leaves you without power
If you woke up this morning without power, getting information about what to do may be hard to come by. So here's a guide of what to do when the power goes out, courtesy of Dominion Virginia Power and...
Travel steady as Peninsula moves from Earl-watch to holiday weekend
Outer Banks died down and holiday travel ramped up."Most of the morning we have experienced light traffic," Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Nora Chivers said Friday. "We did have som...
York club billed a safe spot for teens
YORK — — Many lament a lack of activities for teens, but a Poquoson mom has decided to do something about it and start a business at the same time.Keatha Galofaro's CRASH! is now open in t...
Southeast Days celebrating 20 years in Newport News
Daily PressNEWPORT NEWS — — Southeast Community Days have come a long way in 20 years.Organizer and founder Andrew Shannon, with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, said more than 60,000 pe...
Insanity defense rare but being used in NN homicide case
Daily PressNEWPORT NEWS — The insanity defense — not commonly used and even harder to prove in criminal cases, according to experts — is being used in a
Bones found on William and Mary campus thought to be human are, in fact, dogs
Daily Pressdogs .And that makes the find much more significant, say researchers. The handful of tiny bone fragments were found in two rectangular graves by university archaeologists scouring an on-campus constru...
PTA groups fight stereotypes
Daily PressPTA membership form. The cost to join is going up in some schools this fall.The average price in the region is $5, but some Hampton schools have raised their membership fee to $6 or $7 as the cost of ...
Summit Christian Academy falls short in Kohl's Cares voting
Daily PressYORK— — Summit Christian Academy's campaign to win an online voting contest giving money to schools ended Friday, without the hoped-for result.School officials projected that they wouldn't...
Southside spared by Earl
Fox 43NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY.com) - Aside from some minor tidal flooding Friday afternoon near the Hague, the Southside was largely spared by Hurricane Earl. Hurricane Earl's force was strong enough to knock ov...
How Hampton Roads missed Earl
Fox 43PORTSMOUTH, Va (WAVY) - Experts said Hampton Roads missed Hurricane Earl's impact by about 40 miles. Norfolk received some rain, but for the little bit of rain that fell on Friday afternoon, Timothy G...
Labor Day weekend checkpoints for Virginia Beach drivers
Daily PressVIRGINIA BEACH — Virginia Beach Police are cracking down on drunken drivers this holiday weekend. The Virginia Beach Police Department's Special Operations Traffic Division will be conducting...
Southside spared by Earl
WAVYNORFOLK, Va. (WAVY.com) - Aside from some minor tidal flooding Friday afternoon near the Hague, the Southside was largely spared by Hurricane Earl. Hurricane Earl's force was strong enough to knock ov...
Virginia Web Widgets Bring Government Information to Users -- on the Website of Their Choice
US Government TechnologyAsk people what they think of their state's official website and chances are, most won't have much to say -- government sites just aren't that popular. According to data from Alexa, a company that tra...
Defending champ Virginia to face stiff competition in ACC
USA TodayDespite being the defending national champions and ranked No. 2 in the nation, Virginia's men's soccer team finds itself ranked third in the ACC in a voting of conference coaches.
VSP step up enforcement for Labor Day
WAVYHAMPTON ROADS ( WAVY) - Virginia State Police (VSP) are stepping up enforcement for the Labor Day holiday weekend. According to VSP, drivers can expect to see 75% of the State Police's uniformed workf...
No-show worker in Norfolk identified
WAVYNORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - Four managers and an executive assistant at the Norfolk Community Service Board were either fired or forced to resign, because of what they knew. The agency made the announcement...
Police seek three robbery suspects
WAVYFRANKLIN, Va. (WAVY) - Franklin Police are looking for three suspects in two armed robberies that occurred Thursday night in Barretts Landing. Police said three suspects robbed a 15-year-old man's wal...
Franklin man charged in James City with threats to 'blow up government'
Daily PressBarack Obama's Norfolk presidential campaign headquarters in 2008 landed a Franklin man in Eastern State Hospital.Charges of threatening to "blow up the government" sent the same man back in jail, sai...
Virginia's 2nd District race: Republican Scott Rigell challenges Democrat Glenn Nye
Yahoo! NewsAssociated Content Considered a toss-up race, the Virginia contest between Rep. Glenn Nye and Republican Scott Rigell is causing a good deal of concern for backers of Nye, a freshman Democrat. While ...
Commonwealth’s Attorney Harvey Bryant Keynotes Annual MADD Law Enforcement Awards Dinner
City of Virginia Beach, for Virginia Secretary of Public Safety Marla G. Decker as the keynote speaker at the annual law enforcement awards dinner sponsored by Mothers’ Against Drunk Driving and the Chesapeake Bay an...
Commonwealth v. Dorek Emanuel Hayes; 11 Years to Serve for Hit & Run DUI Conviciton-72 Year Old Victim Seriously Injured
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