07/14/11 The Kimnach Ford dealership on Virginia Beach Boulevard will be closing on Friday after serving the Hampton Roads area for 52 years.
07/14/11 The smooth, mellow sounds of jazz will be sailing through the air in Atlantic Beach this weekend during its first-ever jazz festival called Jazz on the Beach.
07/14/11 NORFOLK, Va. and ENGELHARD, N.C. -- Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc. , the holding company for Bank of Hampton Roads and Shore Bank, today announced that Bank of Hampton Roads has entered into a definitive agreement with The East Carolina Bank, the wholly-owned subsidiary of ECB Bancorp, Inc. .
07/14/11 VIRGINIA BEACH -- High school students from Elizabeth City and Washington D.C. as well as Hampton Roads are spending the week immersed in American manufacturing. STIHL Incorporated is passionate about educating them in a new summer camp program. "So we are going to be showing these kids everything from buffing a metal surface all the way through programming a three-axis mill," said Simon Nance ...
07/14/11 Most kids in this generation are more than a little tech savvy. On Wednesday, Best Buy's Geek Squad taught students at the Boys and Girl's Club how to do more than just surf the internet.
07/14/11 A Norfolk Police officer has been arrested for solicitation in Virginia Beach.
07/14/11 After months of nothing but sunshine every weekend, all of a sudden everything is waterlogged. The weatherman is forecasting just the summer's typical 30 percent chance of rain this weekend. If all that 30 percent happens to fall in your neck of the woods, not to worry. Most summertime activities in South Florida are scheduled indoors simply because of the heat. These days, inside activities are ...
07/14/11 Weekly Weather Summary: With the main storm track continuing over the northern half of the lower 48 States, high pressure over the southern Plains exacerbated the drought, keeping this area precipitation free and unseasonably hot (highs exceeding 110 deg F). Weak fronts stalled out across the Southeast, generating hit and miss showers and thunderstorms, with some locally heavy.
07/04/11 Rochester native Maia Chaka is climbing in the game of football as an on-field game official.
07/04/11 NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Christian's coaches were rising off the bench last February, preparing to congratulate Cape Henry on winning the conference championship. But as the clock ticked down, senior James McAdoo stole a deflected pass, dribbled to the top of the key and released a tying 3-pointer that sent the game to overtime -- and to an eight-point Norfolk Christian victory. read more
07/03/11 Virginia Beach Sheriff Ken Stolle gets a city-funded bonus to make up for the state's removal of funding for a sheriffs' incentive program.
07/03/11 Fire forced a boat owner to abandon his 41-foot vessel and jump overboard into the water 16 miles east of Fisherman Island Sunday.
07/03/11 afternoon as 56 laywomen from across the United Church of Christ were honored at a luncheon at General Synod 28. The honorees were introduced in groups that followed dramatic readings by Debbie Hoogesteger and Rachel Chapman who represented the =93foremothers in the faith whose names stir up images of strength and story: Rebekah, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel, Deborah, Judith, Priscilla and ...
07/02/11 Experts say they don't know what level of marijuana impairs a driver, but statistics show that fatal crashes involving drugged drivers have jumped. Law enforcement puts much of the blame on the growth of medical marijuana use. It was his green tongue that helped give away Jimmy Candido Flores when police arrived at the fatal accident scene near Chico.
06/24/11 Emergency responders were on the scene of a car accident on I-264 East past the Rosemont Road exit earlier this morning.
06/24/11 VIRGINIA BEACH -- Two men have been involved in the robberies of nine stores in Va. Beach since January 11 and they may be robbing businesses in other cities. They've gotten cash from two ABC stores, an auto parts store and six checking cashing stores. Their most recent crime happened Thursday afternoon at Check Into Cash on Fordham Road. Each time, one man or both men have gone into the store ...
06/24/11 Virginia Beach Police are seeking the public's help in identifying the suspects in a string of armed robberies.
06/24/11 IMI 1st DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CONFERENCE -- CamoScience?? ? the Special Operations Apps' smart-device breakthrough ? and new Direct-to-Garment printing technology, the major focus at this week's 1st Digital Manufacturing Conference, may herald a revolution in military camouflage uniforms, according to K.
06/24/11 Jackie Barron tells this fabulous story: Forty years ago Dr. Edwin L. Skiles, Hardin-Simmons University president, made trips to promote graduate work at HSU for students from foreign countries.
06/24/11 SUFFOLK, Va. -- Hampton Roads based TowneBank announced the election of R. V. Owens, III to the bank's Board of Directors. In addition he was also appointed to the Regional Board of Directors for TowneBank of Currituck, a division of TowneBank. |