Friday 27th January, 2012
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will invest $4.8 million to expand its facility in Lynchburg, creating 60 jobs. With this investment, the facility will serve the medical disposables market, a growing sector within the custom ...
Virginia Tech helmet data show youth take hard hits on football field - www.roanoke.com
Brian Sutphin (right), a coach with the Auburn Eagles, a 6- to 8-year-old youth football team from Montgomery County, leads a prayer before the start of a game last fall. Several players wore ...
Crews respond to two-alarm apt. fire
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - Fire crews were called to Chase Harbor Apartments Friday night for a two-alarm fire. One unit, located in the 1600 block of Chase Arbor Commons, was filled with heavy ...
One person stabbed in 26th St. fight
WAVYNORFOLK ,Va. (WAVY) - Norfolk police are investigating a stabbing that stemmed from a group fight. According to police, the victim came to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Friday night with what ...
Substitute teacher arrested at school
Fox 43PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) - Portsmouth police arrested a substitute teacher as she was leaving work Friday for her alleged role in an Oct. crime. Tena Lin Neese Artise, 22, a substitute teacher at ...
Aquarium says watch out for whales
Fox 43Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center is asking local fisherman to watch out for whales . The Stranding Team said it got a call about a humpback whale tangled in fishing lure. The hook from ...
Opponents want hunting bill shot down
Fox 43SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - Hunting on private land on Sundays is close to becoming a law in Virginia. The bill cleared the Virginia Senate Thursday in a 29 to 11 vote. Senator Ralph Northam, of Norfolk, ...
Norfolk funeral home closed until March
Fox 43NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - Norfolk Circuit Court Judge Karen Burrell blocked Carlos Howard's plea to dismiss orders to close his business. The funeral home is to remained closed till March 8. This ...
Residents say dumped trash draws rats
Fox 43PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) - For years, a Portsmouth neighborhood has been dealing with a pesky issue. Trash is being dumped along railroad tracks located off Deep Creek Boulevard on the border of ...
Man shot following domestic situation
Fox 43CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) - Chesapeake police say a man intervening in a domestic situation shot the father of his grandchild. Officers were called to the domestic-related shooting on Colonial Way ...
Archaeologists find missing piece of $5 million 'Armoury' project
Daily Pressh -century outbuilding.What they didn't find because of their focus on the structure's foundation was the crucial artifact trail that might have revealed its hidden ...
Navy SEALs celebrate 50 years of service
Daily PressVIRGINIA BEACH - Steve Frisk described preparing to jump out of plane 30,000 feet in the air as a tense moment.But as soon as his feet left the ramp, the tension always left him."It's kind ...
Portsmouth teacher is charged with burglary, firearms offense
Daily PressSubstitute teacher Tena Lin Neese Artise, 22 of Brighton Street, Portsmouth charged with burglary, abduction/kidnapping, and use of a firearm in the commission of a ...
Meth suspects facing federal indictments
Daily PressNewport News issued the indictments on Jan. 10 against Patrick J. Dubois, 56, Richard W. Savage, 63, Glenn Dubois, 35, Amy Savage, 43, Lori Dennis, 30, David E. Black Sr., 55, Sheri Black, 55, Heidi ...
Car roll-over at Virginia
AdelaideNowPolice say the car with five occupants rolled on Port Wakefield Rd shortly before 8am.Paramedics are at the scene but as yet it is unknown if any of the occupants have suffered serious ...
Yes, Virginia, Google’s New Privacy Policy Lets You Opt Out Of Sharing Your Data
Web Pro Newsasked , now we answer: Google’s new Privacy Policy will not force you into accepting any vampiric habits of Google to vulture information from you for the purpose of advertisements. If you ...
Thieves steal from Hampton church
WAVYHAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) - Hampton police need your help identifying two men who broke into a church. The suspects entered St. Marks United Methodist Church at 3 a.m. on Jan. 26. Police say the men left ...
Virginia to Revamp Transportation Operations Centers
US Government Technologymodernize and integrate its five transportation operations centers (TOCs). Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell recently announced that the transportation department had issued an RFI asking private ...
Bail agent arrested for threats
Fox 43Criminal Justice Reform Coalition (CJRC) , Vincent D. Rera was arrested on charges of extortion, stalking, and threatening to maim or kill government officials. Rera was taken into custody on ...
Chesapeake institutes hiring freeze
Fox 43CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) - The Chesapeake city manager has instituted a hiring freeze for current and future vacancies throughout the city. The hiring freeze went into effect on January 17, 2012, ...
ODU phone system restored
Fox 43Old Dominion University in Norfolk says issues with its campus phone system have been repaired. The school says the problem was impacting both incoming and outgoing calls. The Office of Computing ...
Virginia air and space center
ExaminerThe Virginia Air and Space Center, located at 600 Settlers Landing Rd. in Downtown Hampton, is a museum that also doubles as the visitors center for NASA's Langley Center. For hours of ...
Report: Navy captain who shot controversial USS Enterprise video retires
Daily PressPilotonline.com is reporting that Capt. Owen Honors, the former USS Enterprise commanding officer, is retiring. Honors was fired over racy videos that he made, the news article said. To read the ...
Burglars struck at Hampton church in the early hours
Daily PressHAMPTON – Police are unsure how a couple of burglars got into a Methodist church but they know which drawers they opened and what they look like thanks to video cameras in the church.The ...
Hall Pass: Will bill to repeal 'Kings Dominion' law survive?
Daily PressNewport News Public Schools, Patrick Finneran, says it’s too soon to say the bill is dead. He attended a meeting of the House education subcommittee Thursday evening that supported the bill ...
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