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A 27-year-old Newport News man is charged with robbing three people at a Shell gas station. Full Story »
A 27-year-old Newport News man is charged with robbing three people at a Shell gas station. Full Story »
A Williamsburg man has been charged in York County with molesting a "special needs" man who was in his care. Full Story »
Police arrested a fifth and likely final suspect in connection with a daytime armed robbery last month in a Williamsburg park. Full Story »
The York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office is seeking information on a man suspected of stealing a woman's purse while at a county grocery store. Full Story »
HAMPTON — Tawana and Eric Burks and their children will have a quiet "celebration" today. They will go out to see a feel-good movie and decorate their Christmas tree. Full Story »
Hampton Roads has seen its share of wet weather. The total rainfall so far this year is 57.22 inches, compared to 44.8 inches in 2008, according to the National Weather Service's Wakefield office. Full Story »
JAMES CITY — How bad is James City County's budget outlook for the next few years? Full Story »
The H1N1 flu peak has subsided, but we're not in the clear yet, health officials warned Thursday. Full Story »
A California congressman wants Defense Secretary Robert Gates to review the case of the three Navy SEALS charged with mishandling a detainee in Iraq, calling it "an overreaction by the command." Full Story »
Want to neatly summarize the new situation in Afghanistan? Good luck. Full Story »
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted Franklin attorney James Edward Moyler Jr., 79, of Williamsburg on two counts of false declarations in a bankruptcy case and one count of making a false oath in a bankruptcy proceeding. Full Story »
HAMPTON — The Rev. Jim Rudisill plans to spend a lot of time sitting on a damp step outside a former armory building in Hampton. Full Story »
Sen. Jim Webb said Wednesday he is less concerned about a date-certain pullout from Afghanistan and more interested in defining the conditions America must meet before calling its troops home. Full Story »
Hampton Roads posted its lowest jobless rate of 2009 in October, catapulting the region to second-best of the country's top 49 metro areas behind only Washington, D.C., the Virginia Employment Commission said Wednesday. Full Story »
A man who parked his SUV on the George P. Coleman Bridge on Wednesday was taken into custody after appearing as though he intended to jump into the York River. Full Story »
The Newport News City Council and School Board served up bacon, eggs and wish lists to Hampton Roads lawmakers Wednesday at their annual legislative agenda breakfast. Full Story »
Some tax breaks are likely to be shaved along with state spending for services and programs in an austere budget to be presented to legislators later this month, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Tuesday. Full Story »
HAMPTON — Hampton University was humming with activities Tuesday in honor of World AIDS Day. Full Story »
A York County woman pleaded guilty to a felony Tuesday in relation to an incident in which she hit a young boy at an apartment complex swimming pool because he refused to get in the water. Full Story »
A 72-year-old woman was killed Tuesday when a Freightliner truck struck the minivan she was traveling in on Interstate 64 at the High Rise Bridge. Full Story »
The Afghanistan strategy that President Barack Obama outlined Tuesday earned qualified support from lawmakers in Hampton Roads, but they still have many questions and some outright objections. Full Story »
With the practiced moves of a casino blackjack dealer, Elizabeth Van Dyke doled out cards to seven small students clustered around a semicircular table in front of her. Full Story »
WILLIAMSBURG — A meeting of city officials and College of William and Mary student leaders Monday turned into an interrogation of Williamsburg's zoning administrator over recent citations issued to some students violating the city's occupancy law. Full Story »
Westbrook J. Parker, the circuit judge from Southampton who levied $80,000 in sanctions against 40 Gloucester citizens last year, intends to retire at the end of his term in June. Full Story »
NEWPORT NEWS — A former Christopher Newport University student was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and underage possession of alcohol Monday after the fatal injury of a fellow student last year. Full Story »
A young girl looks at a piece by artist Jorge Pineda at the opening of "The Global Caribbean" exhibit in Miami. AP/Alan Diaz
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