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An Old Dominion University graduate has created a Change.org petition calling for the university to waive tuition fees for the ROTC cadets who stopped a campus shooter. Helen Sharpe launched the petition, which has already gained hundreds of signatures online. Sharpe says she wants to create awareness about the...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Richmond, Virginia – Commuters across Virginia could face rapidly changing conditions Monday as a powerful storm system pushes east, bringing the risk of tornadoes, damaging winds near 70 mph, and large...

Soufan Center Executive Director Colin Clarke discusses a shooting at Old Dominion University and Thursday’s synagogue attack in Michigan.

The Virginia State Corporation Commission approved the Chesapeake Compressor Station on March 3 despite environmental justice concerns expressed over the past year. Virginia Natural Gas plans on building the Chesapeake Compressor Station, which will ensure the company’s northern customers will receive service in case...

As of 6:30 p.m. Friday, at least five colleges in Virginia have investigated bomb threats at on-campus libraries — while a sixth warned people away from its library for an unnamed “active threat.”. Evacuations have occurred at University of Virginia, Bridgewater College, George Mason University, Randolph–Macon...

NORFOLK, Va. — A Suffolk man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting a bystander who tried to intervene in a domestic dispute last year in Norfolk. Prosecutors said 25-year-old Lamont Charles Whitaker shot and killed 23-year-old Miyett Antwione Little Jr. on the...

NORFOLK, Va. — Public transit leaders in Hampton Roads say the push toward cleaner transportation is underway, but switching to electric buses isn’t as simple as replacing diesel vehicles. Hampton Roads Transit has been testing electric buses for several years as part of a broader effort to reduce...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The trash dumpster nightmare began for Juggernauts Junk Removal when they were hired by property management at Beacon 303 at Olde Town in Portsmouth. “We came out here and it was horrendous, terrifying,” said Melynda Tilley, owner and operator of Juggernauts Junk Removal, describing the...

Three suspects arrested after gunfire injures six on Virginia Beach

NORFOLK, Va. — Diners familiar with the Italian dishes at Luce in Norfolk or Luce Secondo in Chesapeake already know chef and owner Antonio Caruana’s reputation for high-quality ingredients and traditional preparation. Now, Caruana is bringing those same standards to a new concept with a different atmosphere....