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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Virginia starts March with a thin layer of fog hugging the coastline, softening streetlights and dampening early traffic along I-264. Visibility drops in patches before midmorning, especially near the...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Buffalow Family and Friends, a nonprofit serving neighbors in need in Chesapeake and across Hampton Roads, is facing financial difficulties and turning to the community for help. Jonathan McNair, the organization's public relations and marketing director, said funding has become a pressing concern....

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health has made 17 leadership appointments under its new operating model. The appointments include leaders in surgical specialties and outpatient care, as well as both newly hired and promoted leaders:. Gregory Kim, MD, was promoted from clinical chief of general surgery at Sentara Medical...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Greensboro sit-ins were a pivotal moment for non-violent civil rights protests in the early 1960s. This movement spread throughout the country, operating on a simple concept: Young Black college students would sit down at “whites-only” lunch counters for a simple bite to eat. Though it...

A large group of residents marched through the streets of downtown Norfolk Saturday afternoon, voicing their displeasure on issues ranging from immigration enforcement, voters rights, and overseas military conflicts.

A locksmith in Virginia was hired to change the lock of a local Chick-fil-A. Upon arriving at the restaurant, she encountered the owner, a woman. He, for some reason, refused to believe she actually owned the place. As expected, he was wrong, and he was fired on the spot. @operatorinchief.

CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A Virginia man is behind bars in Maryland after police say he tried to meet a teenage boy he contacted online. According to the La Plata Police Department, officers got a report on Feb. 25 that a male teen had been contacted online by an adult man. Police said the conversation became...

NORFOLK, Va. — Firefighters responding to a smoke investigation early Friday morning discovered a house fire in Norfolk’s Ocean View neighborhood. A crew was dispatched just after 2 a.m. to the area of Grove Avenue and East Ocean View Avenue. Upon arrival in the 1700 block of East Ocean View Avenue, crews found a...

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Three people are facing federal charges for allegedly trafficking Mexican agricultural workers into forced labor on farms in Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. The federal trafficking charges come just months after a settlement was reached between agricultural workers and a labor...

NORFOLK, Va. — As the solar energy industry continues to expand across Virginia, some homeowners are raising red flags about aggressive sales tactics and confusing claims tied to potential savings. While solar energy itself is not a scam, consumer advocates warn that certain companies and independent contractors may...