PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — The Navy says it has put a Virginia base on lockdown following a stabbing. The stabbing occurred Friday at Naval Support Activity Portsmouth Annex, which is home to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. Social media posts by Navy Region Mid-Atlantic say a service member was stabbed. A suspect has not been caught. […]
Parents in Henrico County, Va., were outraged Easter Sunday when they discovered Easter eggs with racist messages had been left on neighborhood lawns. The Huffington Post reports: Jackie Smith said she and her husband, Brandon, were doing a traditional egg hunt in their front yard when they found an egg slightly different from the ones […]
UPI reports: A Virginia jury has ordered a 53-year-old man to pay $5,001 to his former coworker after he admitted to putting something in his coffee — and it wasn’t cream and sugar. A jury in Culpeper County Circuit Court ordered James Carroll Butler to pay Michael Utz for spiking his coffee pot with pee […]
Deputies are conducting a major investigation into a teenage “sexting” scandal in Virginia involving more than 100 teens and more than 1,000 photos of underage girls posted to a social media account. The investigation, involving both middle and high schoolers across six counties, began when a mother reported suspicious activity on her daughter’s Instagram account […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia couple is averaging more than $1 million a week in lottery winnings. The Virginia Lottery says Calvin and Zatera Spencer of Portsmouth claimed their latest prize last week — a $1 million in the scratch-off game $100 Million Cash Extravaganza. The streak started when the Spencers won $1 million […]
03/04/14- Jacque Reid goes “Inside Her Story” with Audrey Davis, Director of the Alexandria Black History Museum about Alexandria, Virginia and it’s connection to “12 Years a Slave”.
Police in Lynchburg, Va., are looking for 18-year-old Jamisha Gilbert (pictured) who went missing last week, WRIC.com reports. SEE ALSO: Police Investigate Possibility Of Foul…
Police are searching for Virginia teen Brianna Stewart (pictured), who disappeared after officers arrested her mother and charged her with reckless handling of a firearm,…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Nonviolent felons who finish serving their sentences and maintain a clean record after that will regain their right to vote and other civil rights on an individual basis without having to apply, Gov. Bob McDonnell said Wednesday. McDonnell also is eliminating a two-year waiting period for felons convicted of nonviolent crimes […]
STERLING, Va. — A Virginia couple says their teenage son was fatally shot when he mistakenly entered a neighbor’s home after a night of drinking. Shawn and Jennea Gordley remembered their 16-year-old son Caleb on Tuesday as a lover of music and sports. Both parents say they forgive the person who shot their son and do not blame […]
For a short time following the Civil War, African-Americans in the state of Virginia were granted the right to run for office and vote for delegates under the new reconstruction law. Freed slaves in Hampton lined up from sun-up to sundown at the polls to vote. In 1867, 92 percent of eligible freed blacks voted […]
Virginia tourism officials are hoping to draw 1 million visitors to the state’s website in May, and they’re giving away bigger prizes as they get closer to that goal. The sweepstakes begins Tuesday and runs through May 31. For every 100,000 visitors to Virginia.org, new prizes will be unlocked, including hot air balloon rides, kayak […]
