4+ hour, 21+ min ago   (74+ words) The Virginian-Pilot JAMES CITY COUNTY — A significant police presence was reported Sunday afternoon in the Lake Powell Forest area of Jamestown Road as authorities responded to a water-related emergency involving an adult woman. The James City County Police Department urged…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (361+ words) A man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty in July to shooting and killing two men. About 1 a.m. on April 20, 2024, Jamal Parham and one other man drove up to meet Russell Barnes and Eric Jones Jr. in…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (361+ words) A man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty in July to shooting and killing two men. About 1 a.m. on April 20, 2024, Jamal Parham and one other man drove up to meet Russell Barnes and Eric Jones Jr. in…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (596+ words) Norfolk residents, like everyone who lives in Hampton Roads, deserve to live in a city that is safe. They should be able to walk the streets at night without fear of violence, and let their children play in the front…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (951+ words) A Virginia Beach judge found the city’s School Board in contempt for its failure to comply with a months-old order to nullify the disciplinary actions taken against three Kellam High School students in 2025. “I apologize if it seems that the…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1023+ words) Ryan and Elise Hawkins moved into their five-bedroom townhome on Fort Eustis in March 2020. Just a couple of weeks later, they noticed a leak in the upstairs bathroom and bubbling in the walls of the master bedroom spreading “like a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (138+ words) The Virginian-Pilot Founder of Norfolk nightclub The Banque dies at age 81 Hampton Roads hemp retailers, stuck with unsellable products after state law change, face losses Norfolk police officer files $15M suit over transgender recruit in women’s locker room, asserts religious rights…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (175+ words) James Council Walker Jr. pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder and other charges in the November 2025 fatal shooting of 62-year-old Carlos Basnight in Portsmouth. Walker was originally charged with aggravated murder in Basnight’s killing, a charge that carries a mandatory…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (463+ words) A Chesapeake hospital charged with health care fraud and conspiracy related to unnecessary surgeries performed by one of its former surgeons has reached a tentative agreement with federal prosecutors. The agreement, reached on Friday, would resolve the charges brought against…...