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Chatty elf ornament -- a holiday craft project

Dec 22, 2007 5:00 am

With just a handshake, Stanley Tseng took millions

Dec 9, 2007 5:00 am

At his peak, Stanley Tseng was one of the region's most formidable entrepreneurs. After moving here from Taiwan 35 years ago, he made a fortune by creating a fast-food chain that offered Asian, Amer...

Girl escapes injury after being hit by parade float in Manteo

Dec 9, 2007 5:00 am

MANTEO A 9-year-old girl escaped injury Saturday when a parade float ran over her foot, authorities said. The girl was home Saturday evening recovering and doctors said no bones were broken, said S...

Community patrols hit Elizabeth City

Dec 9, 2007 5:00 am

ELIZABETH CITY Two police cruisers, well marked with the department's familiar green and yellow logo, and a matching SUV carrying a police dog snaked through the Pennsylvania Avenue neighborhood. A...

Hunting on public land north of Corolla raises safety concerns

Dec 9, 2007 5:00 am

The shooting death of a wild horse last month could be ruled accidental, but it raised a question from the director of the wild horse fund about safety on public land north of Corolla. A hunter repor...

Manteo's man of the town moves over

Dec 9, 2007 5:00 am

MANTEO On a clear morning two days until he will not be mayor anymore, John Wilson is in his office, which sits above a sandwich shop that in summer spills over with people. There is a bookstore near...

1,700-pound bull becomes a rising star among cowboys

Dec 9, 2007 5:00 am

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. The bulls are bunched up together, all five of them, a glaring mass of black and speckled white, of blunt horns and shiny eyes. River City Dreams is at the center, the one with a...

Santa takes a dive at the Virginia Aquarium

Dec 9, 2007 5:00 am

Video: Take a dive with Scuba Santa. Brian Clark | HamptonRoads.tv A couple of children pressed their faces and tiny palms against a glass wall separating them from dozens of fish. With...

Virginia artist hangs an ornament on White House Christmas tree

Dec 9, 2007 5:00 am

FREDERICKSBURG Snow in the winter of 1862-63 added to the misery of Confederate and Union soldiers hunkered down in and around Fredericksburg. Still, the white powder gave them a welcome break from t...

Early morning fire destroys Chesapeake mobile home

Dec 9, 2007 5:00 am

CHESAPEAKE A space heater caused an early morning fire Sunday, destroying a mobile home. The home, at the Providence Mobile Home Park, on the border of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach on South Milita...

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Early morning fire destroys Chesapeake mobile home

Dec 9, 2007 5:00 am

CHESAPEAKE A space heater caused an early morning fire Sunday, destroying a mobile home. The home, at the Providence Mobile Home Park, on the border of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach on South Milita...

Survey find Chesapeake reading program hard to rate

Dec 9, 2007 5:00 am

CHESAPEAKE What started out as a program to encourage students to read has turned into a reward system school officials want to rein in. Accelerated Reader was created by a company called Renaissance...

Family, reputation, business all booming for LTD Management

Dec 9, 2007 5:00 am

CHESAPEAKE For the leadership team of LTD Management Co. LLC, the first Monday of November posed a not altogether unpleasant predicament. All the partners typically attend major milestones for the ...

18 candidates vie for two Chesapeake Circuit Court judgeships

Dec 8, 2007 5:00 am

CHESAPEAKE At least 18 candidates are vying for two Chesapeake Circuit Court judgeships, according to local delegates. The pool of candidates includes local attorneys and some lower court judges fro...

Firefighters douse cars on fire at Chesapeake junk yard

Dec 7, 2007 5:00 am

CHESAPEAKE Firefighters quickly doused a junk yard fire that started about 11 a.m. on Freeman Avenue and sent a column of smoke high into the air. "It doesn't threaten any other prope...

Chesapeake Web site to undergo maintenance this weekend

Dec 6, 2007 5:00 am

CHESAPEAKE Looking for real estate tax information or city inspection results on the city's Web site? Those services will be down for online customers from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday ...

Former Chesapeake councilman convicted of sexual battery

Dec 5, 2007 5:00 am

Chesapeake Former City Councilman W. Joe Newman was convicted Tuesday of sexual battery against a former employee of his business. Visiting Judge Tristam T. Hyde sentenced Newman to 12 months in jail...

Great Bridge driver who died on bus after route is honored

Dec 5, 2007 5:00 am

Chesapeake Great Bridge High School students and staff remembered school bus driver Robyn Remy, 46, Tuesday morning by dedicating a moment of silence to her. Remy, the mother of two children, one of ...

Chesapeake schools give lawmakers a wish list

Dec 4, 2007 5:00 am

Chesapeake After more than a month of discussion and planning, Chesapeake School Board members met face to face with local legislators Monday night to talk about the division's greatest needs. The f...

Chesapeake plans to quickly fix home damaged by police

Dec 4, 2007 5:00 am

CHESAPEAKE City Manager William Harrell has directed city staff to move in ''as rapid a manner as possible'' to clean and repair a South Norfolk home damaged during a SWAT raid last week. Police ...

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Hampton man beaten with bat during home invasion

Dec 3, 2007 5:00 am

HAMPTON A 52-year-old man was beaten with a baseball bat during a home invasion robbery Saturday night and police are asking for the public's help locating two suspects. The man let one of...

Hampton man charged with indecent exposure

Dec 3, 2007 5:00 am

HAMPTON A 33-year-old man was charged Thursday with indecent exposure after a woman saw a report that he had been charged in Newport News with a similar crime. The woman called police to d...

Hampton man charged with Nov. 26 malicious wounding

Nov 30, 2007 5:00 am

HAMPTON A 20-year-old Hampton man has been charged with two counts of malicious wounding in connection with a Nov. 26 shooting. Andre P. Acklin, of the 100 block of Signature Way, also was...

Meeting will look at future uses for Fort Monroe

Nov 27, 2007 5:00 am

The National Park Service will discuss its reconnaissance survey of Fort Monroe's historic resources at a public meeting next week. The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Northampton Communi...

Two accused of attacking woman for lottery tickets in Hampton

Nov 20, 2007 5:00 am

Two men are being held in the Hampton City Jail, accused of hitting a 55-year-old woman in the head with a hammer in an attempt to rob her of winning lottery tickets, police said. The woman, an aunt...

Exhibit celebrates 50 years of Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel

Nov 13, 2007 5:00 am

HAMPTON The Virginia Department of Transportation and the City of Hampton will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel with an exhibit at the Central Library. The ex...

The Wiggles are coming to Hampton

Nov 7, 2007 5:00 am

For Australian super-group The Wiggles, the music life is cookies, milk 'n' pre school. The heartthrobs for the under-6 set have been thrilling youngsters since 1991, and they will bring their new sh...

Hampton woman wins $1,000 a week for life from lottery

Nov 1, 2007 5:00 am

A Hampton woman will receive $1,000 a week for the rest of her life after winning the top prize in the Virginia Lottery's Win For Life game. Edna Diaz, 79, picked the numbers 3,4,12,19,26 and 37...

NASA Langley lands role on moon, Mars work

Oct 31, 2007 5:00 am

NASA's Langley Research Center has picked up new work assignments that officials say will help secure its long-term role in the quest to send humans back to the moon and on to Mars. It's not known ...

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Shipbuilder cuts time, costs on its second Virginia-class sub

Dec 7, 2007 5:00 am

NEWPORT NEWS Northrop Grumman Newport News is poised to deliver the attack submarine North Carolina to the Navy in January - virtually on time and on budget. The stealthy, 377-foot-long vessel, one ...

Man who shot woman at Newport News mall still sought

Dec 6, 2007 5:00 am

NEWPORT NEWS Police continue to search for a robber who shot a woman outside a shopping mall Tuesday night. The 51-year-old woman, who was shot as she struggled with the gunman, was listed ...

Woman stable after being shot in Newport News mall lot

Dec 5, 2007 5:00 am

NEWPORT NEWS A woman who was shot in the Patrick Henry Mall parking lot Tuesday night was listed in stable condition in a hospital this morning, police said. The woman was shot during what police bel...

Hampton man charged with indecent exposure

Dec 3, 2007 5:00 am

HAMPTON A 33-year-old man was charged Thursday with indecent exposure after a woman saw a report that he had been charged in Newport News with a similar crime. The woman called police to d...

Newport News police identify body found in burning car

Nov 22, 2007 5:00 am

NEWPORT NEWS Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found early Wednesday in the trunk of his burning car. The man, identified as Michael Jermaine Campbell, 34, of Accokeek, Md...

2 sought for Newport News smash and grab burglaries

Nov 16, 2007 5:00 am

Surveillance video: Smash and grab burglary Newport News Police video NEWPORT NEWS Two businesses were burglarized Nov. 13 after someone smashed the front glass doors and went insi...

Fishing company accused of hiring 126 illegal immigrants

Nov 16, 2007 5:00 am

NORFOLK The owners of a Newport News commercial fishing company have been charged with employing more than 100 illegal immigrants over the past four years. The U.S. Attorney's Office said in a court...

Fishing company accused of hiring 126 illegal immigrants

Nov 15, 2007 5:00 am

NORFOLK The owners of a Newport News commercial fishing company have been charged with employing more than 100 illegal immigrants over the past four years. The U.S. Attorney's Office said in a co...