HAMPTON A sword-wielding man died early this morning hours after being Tased twice by police. According to a news release from Hampton Police, officers responded to a complaint involving an emergency custody order in the 1st block of Overlook Court about 11 p.m. Thursday. Full Story »
NORFOLK The commanding officer of the dock landing ship Fort McHenry has been relieved of duty due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command, the Navy announced Friday. Full Story »
Hundreds of students swarmed the lobby of Old Dominion University's Perry Library Thursday night in what was to be a flash mob of "epic" proportions. Full Story »
VIRGINIA BEACH Police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman at her home early Thursday morning. Full Story »
NORFOLK Revised admissions criteria approved this morning at Norfolk State University will allow some access for low-achieving students while striving to increase the academic profile of future Spartans. It also aims to correct concerns highlighted in an internal audit of the admissions process at the university. Full Story »
An investigation that began a year ago with the overdose of an inmate at a Newport News correctional facility culminated Thursday in the arrest of 22 people in what federal officials call "a major heroin drug trafficking ring." Full Story »
Virginia showed a slight increase in the number of inmates statewide, but the prison populations of 20 other states fell in 2008, according to figures released yesterday by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Full Story »
Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell appointed Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling his administration's new jobs czar Thursday and made it a position in his cabinet. Full Story »
The York-Poquoson Sheriff's office is asking for help locating a Newport News man wanted in connection with a string of vehicle break-ins last month. Full Story »
— New students are being lost from college classrooms because they don't understand math or writing or science well enough to get into a credit-level course, and must repeat the entry course. That leads to frustration, which leads to drop-outs, and that's costing students and taxpayers nationwide, community college officials say. Full Story »
The Navy relieved both the Commanding Officer and Executive Officer of the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-based USS Fort McHenry Friday. Full Story »
A Newport News woman has been charged with Filing a False Police Report. Full Story »
Virginia Beach police are searching for the suspect who sexually assaulted a woman in her home early Friday morning. Full Story »
A World War II aviator posthumously has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Full Story »
Using social media, Old Dominion University students in Norfolk pulled off an impressive flash mob on campus Thursday night. Full Story »
The Navy relieved both the Commanding Officer and Executive Officer of the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-based USS Fort McHenry Friday. Full Story »
A Newport News woman has been charged with Filing a False Police Report. Full Story »
Virginia Beach police are searching for the suspect who sexually assaulted a woman in her home early Friday morning. Full Story »
Using social media, Old Dominion University students in Norfolk pulled off an impressive flash mob on campus Thursday night. Full Story »
Designers and city planners came under fire Thursday night at a meeting with residents about the Laskin Road Gateway project. Full Story »
Virginia Beach police are searching for a man who sexual assaulted a woman at knifepoint in her home in the Magic Hollow subdivision. Full Story »
Hampton police say a city man died early this morning after he repeatedly swung a sword at officers and was tasered. Full Story »
An ODU spokeswoman told NewsChannel 3 no arrests were made and no students were pepper sprayed, but video on the flash mob's Facebook fan page clearly shows officers pepper spraying students in the library. Full Story »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, The New York Times reported Thursday. Full Story »
Although the bruises have faded, 16-year-old Kaleb Wilson still feels the sting of having his beaten, bloodied image plastered on YouTube after being attacked on a school bus Sept 23. Full Story »
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Mason Kellem enjoys pizza with Santa at the Princess Anne firehouse. After Santa’s official arrival in Princess Anne, children were treated to pizza, drinks, desserts, and the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Full Story »
Congratulations to the Delmar football team on its state championship. You should be very proud. Thank you Fire Chief Joe Morris Jr. for ignoring the naysayers and giving the team the welcome back to town that it deserved. Full Story »
SALISBURY -- City and county residents said Monday night that they want to feel safe in their neighborhoods and businesses and called for officials to end their bickering and start working together. Full Story »
SALISBURY -- A Wicomico County parent is upset over a video of President Obama watched by fourth-graders at Fruitland Intermediate School. Full Story »
Like many local teachers, Denota Heiskool knows what it’s like to be on a tight budget. So when she and 484 other Elizabeth City-Pasquotank teachers were invited to help themselves to a few free school supplies, Heiskool didn’t hesitate. Full Story »
Administrators at Mid-Atlantic Christian University are searching for the persons believed to be responsible for posting a racist, threatening letter at various locations on the university’s campus. Full Story »
While other counties struggling through the recession wonder where the revenue will come from if natural or financial disaster strikes, tiny Camden County currently doesn’t have such worries. Full Story »
If hundreds of sponsors don’t step forward soon, children in more than 400 Currituck families could wake up Christmas morning to an empty tree. Full Story »
Elizabeth City police say the number of break-ins traditionally go up during the holiday season, and sure enough, they arrested a man Tuesday night who they say was attempting his second break-in of the same building in a week. Full Story »
WILLIAMSBURG -- How little difference a year makes. Full Story »
JAMES CITY – Although they briefly considered it Tuesday night, the Board of Supervisors would not authorize a bid for the Colonial Golf Course at next Thursday's foreclosure auction. Full Story »
YORK -- Late on the night of Nov. 21 and early the next morning, several vehicles in the lower York neighborhoods of Marlbank, Edgehill, Tabb Woods and Carys Chapel were rummaged through and items stolen. Full Story »
WILLIAMSBURG — City Council remains intent on modifying the 3-person rule in neighborhoods near the college campus, despite unified opposition by the Planning Commission. Full Story »
JAMES CITY -- For three years the Williamsburg Pottery has rolled out the red (and green) carpet to seniors served by the Salvation Army. Full Story »
Colington firefighters received a call for a possible structure fire in the 1000 block of Colington Road shortly after 9 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 4. Full Story »
The Dare County Superior Court has ruled in favor of Cape Hatteras Electric Membership Corporation, now operating as Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative, in a complaint filed by the cooperative in November of 2000 concerning sales and franchise taxes the N.C. Department of Revenue collected beginning in 2000 and 2001. Full Story »
They were tiny and very vulnerable during the recent nor'easter that parked itself off of the North Carolina coast. Full Story »
The 'Veteran's Day Nor'easter' provided some interesting discoveries for beachcombers on the Outer Banks. Full Story »
On Saturday, Nov. 21, at 12:15 p.m., Alligator River and Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Law Enforcement Officer Jay Eddy received a call that a body had washed ashore on the beach at the north end of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. Full Story »
Jackass Penguins take a walk at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Japan. AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye
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