It stands as just a shell of its previous existence. Towering ruins of centuries-old brick tell a story — while leaving much to the imagination. Rosewell Plantation, built in the 18th century, was called one of the grandest colonial mansions — rivaling even the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg...
The Rosewell Foundation has spent more than 20 years working to stabilize, study and share the story of the historic Rosewell mansion - ensuring that what remains of the once impressive three-story colonial estate is preserved well into its fourth century. Those efforts have raised thousands of...
The Mathews County School Board will vote on its fiscal year 2017 budget Tuesday night. The division’s proposed spending plan totals just over $14 million – an increase of 5 percent or $673,473 over fiscal year 2016. The proposal includes the addition of several staff positions, including a media...
The Love Gloucester Weekend Getaway contest is offering a special weekend stay in Gloucester County during Historic Garden Week in April. The Daffodil Festival Committee has partnered with the Main Street Association, Main Street Preservation Trust, Comfort Inn, Whitley’s Peanuts, Gloucester Chamber...
Residents can use Gloucester's "SpeakUp Gloucester" forum on the county's website to submit comments about the recently proposed budget. A new discussion has been created for the fiscal year 2017 budget proposal at speakupgloucester.info where residents can give input on the budget process. In...
Over 300 volunteers helped clean Gloucester County last year as a part of the annual “Clean Gloucester Day,” according to the county's Clean Community Committee. Volunteers collected 9.25 tons of trash and litter, including 627 bags of trash as well as tires, pieces of wood and metal, car parts,...
Fire crews are working a brush fire near Jenkins Neck Road in the Guinea area of Gloucester County. The fire is not threatening any homes or other structures, according to Robert Parlett with the Abingdon Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad. The fire department received the call around 4:30...
MATHEWS – A little red heart-shaped box secured to the front of the Haskins Bayside Collision Center has caused some curiosity. "Customer have been asking about it. Some already know what it is," said Leigh Ramos. She and her husband, Haskins Ramos, have operated the auto repair shop in Port Haywood...
After a chase through several localities, Isle of Wight County Sheriff's Office apprehended a man accused of robbing a Carrollton bank who they suspect was involved in other local bank robberies. Demarco Antonio McMullen, 25, of Newport News, is charged with robbery, use of a firearm in the commission...
Eight sailors on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower were injured Friday afternoon when a heavy cable snapped in the system used to stop landing aircraft, local Navy officials said. An arresting cable on the Norfolk-based carrier broke during a routine landing by an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, according to...
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...
A Newport News man was robbed after he and his mother agreed to give two men they didn't know a ride, according to police reports. Shortly before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, the man and his mother were at a 7-Eleven store on Jefferson Avenue when two men asked for a ride to a nearby apartment complex. ...
Newport News police have a man in custody who they allege robbed a city bank Wednesday morning. Around 2:15 p.m., investigators located the man and began interviewing him about a robbery at BayPort Credit Union in Newport News. If/when he is charged, his name will be released, police said. The...
A man was to sent to the hospital after being shot by his girlfriend Tuesday night in downtown Norfolk, authorities said. A little after 10:30 p.m., police were dispatched to a residence in the 1000 block of East City Hall Avenue in reference to a man being shot. The 26-year-old man was rushed...
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...