NASSAWADOX A restaurant on Lankford Highway was destroyed this morning by fire, officials said. The fire at The Captain’s Deck restaurant was reported shortly before 5 a.m., according to Northampton County's Emergency Medical Services department. No injuries were reported. Full Story »
CANONSBURG, Pa. A fired southwestern Pennsylvania police officer has been charged with child endangerment for having sex with a 17-year-old boy even after learning the boy was a runaway from Chesapeake. Full Story »
The person holding on to a winning lottery ticket worth $250,000 is running out of time to redeem it, according to Virginia Lottery Officials. The ticket, purchased at the 7-Eleven at 1040 Lynnhaven Parkway, was for the May 19 Mega Millions drawing, a lottery news release says. Full Story »
RICHMOND A Richmond man will have to live more than a month in one of his neglected rental houses as punishment for failing to maintain his properties. Oliver Lawrence was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail, followed by 40 days in home incarceration at a small, single-story house owned by his company, Bayou Properties. He also was fined more than $177,000. Full Story »
By Devlin Barrett WASHINGTON Nearly a year before Maj. Nidal Hasan allegedly went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, terrorism investigators conducted an "assessment" of him before deciding he did not pose a threat. After the shooting, the FBI is doing a new assessment — of its own conduct. Full Story »
By Bob Lewis RICHMOND Virginia spent 74 percent more money overall in its most recent budget than it did 10 years earlier, the result of the economy, population growth and decisions by the General Assembly, according to the legislature's watchdog agency. Full Story »
The Citizen Action Committee to Replace the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge will hold a meeting today to discuss ways to expedite the span’s replacement. The meeting will be held at 3 p.m. in the conference room of the Dare County office building on Hatteras Island, 50347 N.C. 12, in Frisco. The Bridge spans the Oregon Inlet, connecting Hatteras Island and mainland Dare County. Full Story »
With his final appeal denied Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Beltway sniper is almost out of time. Barring a last-minute reprieve by the governor, John Allen Muhammad will die by lethal injection at 9 tonight in Jarratt. A small town north of Emporia, Jarratt is home to Greensville Correctional Center, where the state carries out all of its death sentences. Full Story »
A hearing on the future of the Titanic artifacts has been delayed until Nov. 23 to enable a key witness to testify. Premier Exhibitions Inc., the parent company of RMS Titanic Inc., has asked the federal court to award it sole title to thousands of artifacts fished from the wreck site at the bottom of the North Atlantic, where the Titanic sank on its 1912 maiden voyage. Full Story »
The first holiday mailing deadline for U.S. service members serving overseas is Friday. Full Story »
A man who beat an elderly woman with a baseball bat during a robbery in her home pleaded guilty to several charges Monday. Michael Lee Klugh, 31, is scheduled to be sentenced in January for robbery, malicious wounding, abduction and burglary. Full Story »
The Virginia State Bar has revoked the law license of a former circuit judge for providing false information to the General Assembly on the questionnaire he submitted in his application for the bench. The State Bar posted the decision about Alfred M. Tripp to its Web site on Friday although the revocation happened in October. Full Story »
By Tonia Moxley BLACKSBURG Military officials dealing with Thursday's Fort Hood shootings have called on Virginia Tech for guidance in coping with the trauma that follows such violence. It's been more than two years since Tech English major Seung-Hui Cho gunned down 32 students and faculty and injured dozens more in the worst school shooting in U.S. history. Full Story »
The Navy has awarded WR Systems Ltd. a $27 million contract for navigation and communications products and support for Navy vessels in the United States and worldwide, the company announced Monday. Full Story »
By Gary D. Robertson RALEIGH, N.C. North Carolina fails to provide enough or consistent oversight to ensure hundreds of millions of dollars disbursed to nonprofits annually from state agencies are used appropriately, a legislative watchdog agency said Monday. Full Story »
By Larry Margasak WASHINGTON The Senate gave President Barack Obama a major victory Monday in his efforts to remake the federal courts, confirming a judge who will tip the political balance on the once-conservative appeals court based in Richmond. Full Story »
This story was originally published Feb. 9, 2002. ELIZABETH CITY It was 140 years ago Sunday that Union ships charged into the harbor here and finished off a tiny Confederate fleet, quickly ending a battle noted for making a hero of a diminutive minister, producing the Navy's first Medal of Honor winner and leaving behind one of the nation's best preserved cannon carriages. Full Story »
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. A shipwreck found in the Pasquotank River in August 2007 has been identified as the remains of the Confederate ship Appomattox. A silver-plated spoon inscribed with "J Skerritt" confirmed the ship's identity, according to North Carolina's Underwater Archaeology Branch. James Skerritt was a crew member on loan to the Appomattox from the ironclad Virginia. Full Story »
FALLS CHURCH, Va. The outreach director for the mosque where the suspected Fort Hood shooter sometimes attended prayer services says Maj. Nidal Hasan was not an active member. Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, outreach director for the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center, also on Monday denounced the statements of Anwar al Awlaki, who, he said, was employed by the mosque from January 2001 to April 2002. Full Story »
As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship — common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, dead. Full Story »
A second firm wants to buy SPSA, the region’s struggling trash authority. Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Waste Managment, submitted a proposal today to purchase the Southeastern Public Service Authority. Full Story »
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Corey Bryant said he didn't know that his wife was starving their 10-month-old twin daughters. One girl, Miracle Grace, died on April 8, 2008, the day Bryant returned from a three-week Navy cruise. The other girl, Heaven LeeAnna, survived, but was hospitalized for months with extreme malnutrition and dehydration. Full Story »
By DENA POTTER RICHMOND, Va. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad. The Court did not comment Monday on why it refused to consider his appeal. Full Story »
PORTSMOUTH A former Western Branch High School teacher pleaded guilty to three charges of assault on a law enforcement officer in Circuit Court today. Lance Trevor Eley, 29, was charged with the offenses May 23 after he scuffled with police after they stopped him for speeding and tried to determine if he was driving under the influence. Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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