The Hampton City Council's attempt at a compromise over the naming of a bridge in Phoebus has led some citizens to double down on complaints that the city council isn't interested in hearing from them. The Hampton City Council passed a resolution amending the name of the Martin Luther King Jr....
The U.S. Justice Department announced on Wednesday that a six-week roundup of the country's fugitives has resulted in the arrest of over 8,000 people. The U.S. Marshals have been conducting "Operation Violence Reduction 12," scouring the country for people on the lam, and rounding up those specifically...
Plenty of Hampton residents have questions about the city budget – but many can’t or don’t want to leave the comfort of their homes to ask them. The city has started online chats, hosted by City Manager Mary Bunting, to address general questions about the budget from Hampton residents. Bunting...
The city will get nearly $390,000 from the state’s environmental regulation agency to cover half the cost of a retrofit project at Lynnhaven Lake meant to reduce pollution and stormwater runoff. The project overall will cost $778,800 and is expected to start late this year. Lynnhaven Lake’s drainage...
The Board of Trustees for the Fort Monroe Authority announced last year that they would huddle up for a day-long retreat to plot the course of the historic fort, but the location was only announced in the last couple of weeks. On March 16, the authority’s trustees will convene at Westmoreland State...
The woman who has overseen the Fort Monroe National Monument since day one has been named the superintendent at a National Park in Northern Virginia. Kirsten Talken-Spaulding was named the first superintendent at Fort Monroe when the historic fort was declared a national monument by President Barrack...
Hampton police are looking for two men they allege were involved in a burglary who tried to cash in stolen lottery tickets. On March 14, two men were involved in a burglary in the 300 block of Buckroe Avenue. A few hours later, police said the men tried to cash in lottery tickets from the burglary. ...
Two men attempted to rob a Hampton Family Dollar on Monday night, authorities said. The incident occurred about 9:30 p.m. in the 2000 block of Nickerson Boulevard. In a release, police said the two men approached the business with a gun displayed and attempted to make entry. They were unable...
Hampton Police are looking for information on an early-morning convenience store robbery. At 4:58 a.m. officers responded to a 7-Eleven store in the 3800 block of Shell Road for a robbery. Two people entered the store early Monday with a gun and demanded money. After receiving money from...
Two men robbed a Hampton Wells Fargo at gunpoint Monday morning. The robbery occurred just before 10:45 a.m. in the 2400 block of Kecoughtan Road. Senior Patrol Officer Ashley Jenrette said two armed men entered the business and took money before fleeing northbound toward Victoria Boulevard. One...
Hampton police seeking the public's help in identifying two suspects they allege robbed an Exxon gas station on March 11. At 10:48 p.m., city officers were called to a robbery at the Exxon Gas Station in the 3300 block of West Mercury Boulevard. Two suspects entered the store, displayed a...
Hampton officials are looking for a man they allege intentionally set a fire in February. Ray A. Jones Jr. is also known as Robert Bell and Ray Spyolot. Jones is accused of setting a fire in the 100 block of Jonquil Lane in Hampton on Feb. 14. His last known address is on Jonquil Lane in Hampton,...
No one made public comment during the second hearing for the proposed Fiscal Year 2017 budget for Hampton City Schools. There was no public made at the first hearing a week prior, either. Superintendent Jeffery Smith's original budget proposal, which was based on Gov. Terry McAuliffe's proposed...
William & Mary announced its Reeves Center for International Studies received a national award for global education. The Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization from NAFSA: Association of International Educators recognizes colleges and universities for making strides toward...
Isle of Wight Academy said it has disciplined three seniors who made a video for a school project using "blackface" to depict a black character. The private school, located across the street from Isle of Wight County's administrative offices, issued a statement Tuesday after talk of the video made...
Two William and Mary students studying abroad in Brussels are safe after a terrorist attack struck the city Tuesday morning. Both Christopher Newport University and Hampton University confirmed they did not have any students studying abroad in the city this semester. Suzanne Seurattan, director...
After scoring a legal victory over landowners and the support of Hampton Roads legislators, Dominion Energy announced Tuesday it's making "significant progress" as it moves forward on the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline. In a conference call with reporters, company president Diane Leopold...
A study released Monday on the monarch butterfly breaks some sobering news: possible extinction within two decades. The U.S. Geological Survey announced there's a "substantial chance" the popular monarch is doomed if long-term population declines continue. The population fell 84 percent between...
Tens of millions of monarch butterflies are stretching their wings, preparing for the long annual northern migration from their overwintering grounds in Mexico to breeding grounds ranging from the Midwest to the East Coast. Many will trickle into Hampton Roads by early June. But biologists and...
Hampton Roads and other threatened coastal communities have long been bracing for sea-level rise, struggling to figure out how to adapt. But a new study published Monday suggests that up to 70 percent of the coast from Virginia to the Canadian border is actually more likely to shift and change...