In other region/state news, Zacch Wiggins, a 6-5 forward from Greensboro, North Carolina, has signed to play basketball for ...

Smithfield Foods, one of the nation’s largest meat processors, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child ...

Noah Zachariah Wilson, 35, was found guilty of embezzling about $85,245 over the course of 13 months from his employer, the ...

A second man has been arrested and charged in connection with a fatal shooting on Jefferson Street in Portsmouth in October.

Author Tom Allen crossed paths with a woman at a park and, in a guest column, describes how her reaction has him discouraged ...

Here are the teams and individuals to watch at Saturday’s Virginia High School League state cross country championships.

The “red shift” that propelled President-elect Donald Trump to victory was evident in the movement of voters throughout ...

The overall 2024 turnout rate was just over 69%, the lowest for a presidential election since 2000, according to ELECT. That year George W. Bush and Al Gore were on the ballot.

After their investigation, detectives charged a 17-year-old from Newport News, who was in custody on an unrelated charge, according to police. He was charged Nov. 12 with second-degree murder, ...

Kennedy abandoned his presidential bid after striking a deal to have a role in health policy in the administration.

Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted what have been lengthy sentences served by six criminal offenders in state prisons — five of ...

The Tigers (7-2, 6-1 ACC) are part of the chase for a trip to the league title game and can’t afford a slip-up with No. 14 SMU (8-1, 5-0) still unbeaten in league play and No. 12 Miami (9-1, 5-1) ...