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Local college student wins $1M prize
Jazlyn Leak of Yorktown scratched her Virginia Lottery ticket and revealed the top prize of $1,000,000 in the $70 Million Payout Spectacular. She bought the winning ticket at Kroger, 101 Village Avenue in Yorktown. (Photo courtesy ...
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Suffolk 1st grader set restroom fire
SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - A Suffolk first grade student is accused of setting toilet paper on fire in a classroom restroom. The incident at Mack Benn Elementary on Nansemond Parkway occurred the morning of May 21, 2013. According to Suffolk spokesman Tim Kelley, the 6-year-old student reportedly used a lighter to set the toilet paper on fire. There were no damages and no one was hurt. The Fire ...
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Busch Gardens Food Wine Festival coming weekends in June | The Dish
Busch Gardens presents a Food & Wine Festival on weekends throughout the month of June. Food kiosks will be set up in the various country-themed areas of the park offering small portions of international foods priced in the $3 to $7 range. The promotion is designed to introduce park attendees to foods they may not have experienced and provide them with a new experience. Wine tastings and ...
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Virginia GOP Nominee Says Federal Disaster Relief Is Unconstitutional
does not believe that victims of the Oklahoma tornado should receive any federal aid to help them rebuild their lives. In video from a previous campaign first posted by Right Wing Watch, ...
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Tractor trailer crash closes I-64
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - Troopers are investigating a crash involving an overturned tractor trailer along Interstate 64 Wednesday afternoon. Sgt. Michelle Anaya with the Virginia State Police said the crash involved two vehicles and occurred around 1:40 p.m. in the westbound lanes near Military Highway. Troopers have closed all westbound lanes. Anaya said the lanes will be closed for several hours ...
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$40K in copper wire taken from Dominion
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) - Chesapeake Police need help identifying a suspect who was caught on surveillance stealing copper wire from Dominion Virginia Power. The incident occurred between May 3 and May 6 in the 500 block of Sign Pine Road. Kelly O'Sullivan with the Chesapeake Police Department said the suspect(s) stole nearly $40,000 worth of copper wire from a fenced-in area owned by ...
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Two steal Wii controllers from Kmart
On April 11, 2013 around 5 p.m. deputies responded to the K-mart located in the 500 block of Victory Blvd for a report of shoplifting. Call the Crime Line at 1-888-Lock-U-Up if you recognize the men pictured. (Photo courtesy York Co. ...
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Terrorism suspected in attack in Londons Woolwich area
The assault took place about 2:20 p.m. near a British military barracks. Witnesses called police to say two men carrying various weapons, including machetes and possibly a firearm, had attacked a young man in the community of Woolwich in south London. Unconfirmed reports said the attackers used a car to hit the victim and knock him down before setting on him with bladed weapons. Officers rushed ...
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Accident shuts down I-64 west traffic in Norfolk
A two-vehicle accident has shut down traffic on I-64 westbound at Military Highway in Norfolk. Virginia State Police are on the scene of the accident that happened at about 1:40 p.m., according to an email from Sgt. Michelle Anaya. Traffic on I-64 westbound will be shut down for several hours while a heavy duty wrecker and other equipment is brought in to bring a truck with heavy cargo ...
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Chris Brown car crash reveals he may be back with Karrueche Tran
reports TMZ . Brown reportedly rear-ended a Mercedes with his Range Rover while driving near Toluca Lake in the Los Angeles area. Reportedly, the person Brown hit is a photographer who tells TMZ the damage to her car was "medium." The two exchanged information and went on their respective ways.But the most interesting part is that his model ex-girlfriend (now current girlfriend?) ...
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Virginia GOP Nominee We Must ‘Stand For An End To The Hyphenated American’
controversial Republican candidate for Virginia Lieutenant Governor, founded a socially conservative organization named Staying True To America’s National Destiny (STAND). Though the website has since been heavily scrubbed, a cached version from October 9, 2009 shows that Jackson’s group initially spelled out its ';Top 7 Issues';. The second most important issue, he ...
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Urban Alliance expanding to Northern Virginia calls for corporate partners
Over its 16-year history, the Urban Alliance has placed some 11,000 low-income D.C., Chicago and Baltimore youth in paid internships and curriculum training programs, preparing them for a life of productive learning and earning. This fall, the nonprofit will expand to Northern Virginia, where poverty is prevalent but cloaked in the region's wealth. But first, it will need corporate partners ...
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Ex-Blackwater worker turns self in
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - An ex-Blackwater contractor from Virginia Beach turned himself in Wednesday convicted of killing two Afghan civilians and hurting another in 2009. Chris Drotleff, 33, will spend the next 37 months in a federal prison. He spoke exclusively with WAVY News' Andy Fox just before turning himself in. Drotleff is the first contractor of Blackwater Security (now renamed ...
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Newport News police arrest one seek two others in Friday robbery
NEWPORT NEWS— Police have arrested one man and are looking for two others in connection to a Friday evening robbery on 40th Street. Officers were dispatched at about 7 p.m. to the 600 block of 40th Street after two men reported they had been robbed by three men. A 51-year-old North Carolina man told police a man held him at gunpoint and robbed him of his car keys and cell phone while ...
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Good Samaritans pull driver from creek
HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) - Hampton crews worked to pull a vehicle from a creek following a crash Wednesday morning. Cpl. Mary Shackelford with the Hampton Police Division said the crash occurred around 6:45 a.m. at Lasalle Avenue and West Mercury Boulevard. A vehicle was traveling southbound on Lasalle Avenue when it left the roadway and went into the ...
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Sauer to build $8M chiller plant for University of Virginia
Sauer Inc. of Jacksonville has won an $8 million chiller plant project at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. The company will demolish about 2,200 tons of existing chillers and auxiliaries and build a plant to house a new chilled water system to serve the current load, a near-term expansion, and provide space for longer-range future load capacity, Sauer said in a news release. By ...
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Questions and answers for Jamestown cannibalism case | Our Story
"Jane," a facial reconstruction made from a skull pieced together bearing evidence of cannibalism at Jamestown, sits at a new exhibit before being ...
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Free concerts at Fort Eustis resume June 6 | Sound Check
. The 81st season of the U.S. Army's free concert series begins June 6 and will continue most Thursday evenings through Aug. 29. Music Under the Stars at Magnolia Park is presented by ...
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Virginia Republicans nominate Tea Party favorite for lieutenant governor
Virginia 's next lieutenant governor could well be a man who has compared gay people to paedophiles and likened Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan, after state Republican Party officials selected Tea Party favourite EW Jackson as its ...
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Report McDonnell gift disclosures being investigated
Williams Sr. Williams paid $15,000 for the catering at the 2011 wedding of one of McDonnell's daughters. McDonnell did not report the $15,000 because under state law lawmakers are not required to report gifts to family members. To read the full report ...
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New online service to deliver fresh produce meat in Hampton | Savvy Shopper
The idea of buying local produce on the Internet seems a bit strange. But online ordering of fresh products is a growing industry, says Cade Holliday, operations manager for Backyard ...
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Good Samaritan pulls driver from ravine
HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) - Hampton crews are working to pull a vehicle from a ravine following a crash Wednesday morning. Cpl. Mary Shackelford with the Hampton Police Division said the crash occurred around 6:45 a.m. at Lasalle Avenue and West Mercury Boulevard. A vehicle was traveling southbound on Lasalle Avenue when it left the roadway and went into a ravine. A Good Samaritan pulled the only ...
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Op. Blessing aids tornado victims
Two men go through the damage surrounding the Moore Medical Center and damaged vehicals after a tornado moves through Moore, Okla. on Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Alonzo ...
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Orlando man killed by FBI agent was questioned in Boston Marathon bombing friend says
An FBI agent shot and killed a man in Orlando early Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The man had been questioned in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings. (via WOFL Fox ...
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Vehicle found submerged in water in Hampton
Hampton emergency officials are working to remove a vehicle from a ravine at LaSalle Avenue and West Mercury Boulevard. The vehicle entered the water following a single-vehicle accident at about 6:45 a.m., said Mary Shackelford, spokeswoman for the Hampton Police Division. The driver was traveling southbound on LaSalle Avenue. The driver of the vehicle was assisted out the water and has been ...
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Virginia Beach to be linked to Norfolk with light rail
Virginia Beach may soon have a light rail link to Norfolk, which, along with Virginia Beach itself, is part of the commercial heart of the state. A light rail link between the two cities would have major benefits for commuters and local business, boosting the travel and tourism sector through increased accessibility.
Ever since The Tide, Norfolk’s light rail transit system, was first considered for construction in 1999, the possibility, or indeed the plan, of linking it to Virginia Beach has been talked of as well. The two cities are integral to one another as major commercial and tourism hubs and their joint development in a major state priority. Read more
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