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SUFFOLK, Va. — Suffolk City Council is opposed to having federal detention centers in the city, and it has decided to send letters to owners of large industrial buildings to ensure they know that. City Manager Kevin Hughes said at last Wednesday’s City Council meeting that the topic had...

A 60-year-old Chesapeake man was arrested for Disorderly Conduct, Trespassing on School Property, Possession of Narcotics, and Assault and Battery after he trespassed on a school bus and acted irrationally at a bus stop in South Norfolk.

A Medina woman will play a special role in the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration after her quilt block was selected for inclusion in “The Great American Birthday Quilt/Williamsburg 250.”. Beth Johnson, known to some as Elizabeth Dodd Shoulberg Johnson, recently learned her submission will be part of the...

A man was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday for distributing cocaine and using a firearm in a drug trafficking crime, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia State Police have issued a CODI alert on behalf of the Newport News Police Department for a missing teenager. Marwa Barakzai, a 16-year-old female, was last seen getting off a school bus at around 6 p.m. on Fontaine Road on March 19, according to police.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The Deep Creek Bridge Replacement project will start on March 22. in Chesapeake. There will be an overnight lane closure on Northbound George Washington Highway South near Moses Grandy Trail. The work will occur between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. until March 27., according to the Army Corps of...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Newport News police are investigating a shooting that left a woman injured on Sunday afternoon. The shooting in the 900 block of Forest Lake Court was reported to police at 4:37 p.m., police said. They responded and found a woman in the parking lot suffering from a gunshot wound.

Getting to your destination faster might not be worth it in the long run.

There are moments in life when you take a bite of something and suddenly understand why people write poetry about food. County Grill & Smokehouse in Yorktown, Virginia specializes in creating exactly those moments, particularly when it comes to their ribs that have achieved near-legendary status among barbecue...

A driver clocked speeding on Interstate 64 and being pursued by state police was killed in a wreck along Route 17 in York County early Sunday morning, according to authorities.