Hampton City Schools late Tuesday afternoon announced the decision to remove the name of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from an alternative learning center. The former Campus at Lee now simply is known as the Hampton City Schools Adult and Alternative Learning Center, according to a release...
The Supreme Court seemed closely divided Tuesday over whether the First Amendment protects a Colorado baker from creating a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy likely to cast the deciding vote. Kennedy, who wrote the court's 5 to 4 decision in 2015 saying gay couples...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries. The justices say in an order Monday that the policy can take full effect even as legal challenges against it make their way through...
A 16-year-old boy is accused of breaking into the Newport News Target store and stealing several electronic devices, police said. Officers responded to the store, at 12130 Jefferson Ave., shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday to a burglary in progress report, according to police spokesman Harold Eley. Police...
If you want to know what it feels like to go 258.27 miles per hour on a motorcycle or clock a quarter-mile in an elapsed time of 5.611 seconds on two wheels, you could ask Poquoson’s Larry McBride. In November, McBride, two months shy of his 60th birthday, became the first human being to do either....
Stilt walkers perform during Hollydazzle at City Center in Newport News.
Newport News Park allowed pedestrians to walk through the Celebration in Lights on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017.
Hit local shops, like Hampton's Countryside Garden, for unique and unusual holiday gifts. Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017.
Annual brick firing at Colonial Williamsburg on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. During the summer months workers molded 25,000 bricks and now work nonstop for five days heating the kiln to 2000 degrees fahrenheit. The bricks will be used throughout Colonial Williamsburg for project repairs and new construction.
Natalie Joseph stops by the Hampton Coliseum to talks with skaters with Disney on Ice.
The Bodacious Bazaar held over the weekend at the Hampton Roads Convention Center. Friday, Nov. 10, 2017.
Fort Monroe offers multiple fall walking tours which include women's history, bird watching, African American history and more. Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017.
Scenes from the first day as Hampton Convetion Center held the 20th Nekocon anime convention. Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.
Austin Galeski, who competes with the Axsom Martial Arts team, took his competitive career to new heights last weekend as the 2015 Menchville High graduate won two gold medals and a team bronze at the United World Karate World Championships in Montecatini-Terme, Italy, from Nov. 30-Dec. 3. A bronze...
Virginia Tech junior linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, Virginia linebacker Micah Kiser and Richmond quarterback Kyle Lauletta were named as finalists for the Dudley Award by the Touchdown Club of Richmond. The award goes to the best Division I player in the state. Virginia State running back Trenton...
Poquoson native Kyle Crockett, 25, agreed to a minor-league contract with the Cincinnati Reds on Monday, Zach Buchanan of the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. The deal includes an invitation to spring training. Crockett, a left-handed reliever, was “non-tendered” by the Reds last week soon after Cincinnati...
There were only two expectations for Virginia guard Kyle Guy last season when he had the ball in his hands – square up and fire. Dribbling and getting to the rim were secondary pursuits. After a freshman season that saw him spend most of his time on the floor navigating around the 3-point line,...
As the traditional holiday dishes are prepared this month, Charles Delargy, program director and instructor at the Culinary Institute of Virginia, suggests a different way of cooking a feast — sous vide. The method involves cooking food in plastic bags in a temperature-controlled water bath. Delargy...
Tasty discovery: Five-spice beef ramen. Destination: Volcano Hibachi Express and Sushi, 12515 Jefferson Ave., Suite 400, Newport News. Price: $9.95. More info: volcanosushinewportnews.com or 757-968-5180. Your favorite college dorm room snack has been transformed into an elaborate lunch or dinner...
Ever wonder what it’s like to live in The Chamberlin, high atop Fort Monroe? Or what the inside of those big, long rows of apartments along Ingalls Road looks like? Saturday is your chance when the Fort Monroe Mistletoe Homes Tour returns after taking last year off. The tour will highlight four...
The producers and songwriters who have worked in Nashville with the Dempseys, three siblings known for years in Smithfield as the Dempsey Sisters, say their sum is greater than the parts. They are talking about the harmony the girls produce when singing, and the Dempseys most enjoy when they vocalize...
Our national parks and monuments belong to all of us, and what’s happening in Utah could happen here, too Shenandoah National Park, about three hours from here, features some of our state’s most beautiful natural resources — almost 200,000 acres of rolling hills, waterfalls and hiking trails. Visit...
Trump offers full support for candidate Roy Moore President Donald Trump tweeted early Monday that “Democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive Tax Cuts is why we need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama.” Kelly Anders: It is shameful that 45 uses social media to promote his business,...
Kudos to the GOP senators for their successful rapid passage of the tax reform bill. It obviously helps to write bills in secret, avoid most hearings and debate, vote in the wee hours of the morning without time to even read the document and convince yourselves that this helps most Americans. I...
Thanks to Shirley Contracting, VDOT, and the Hampton Roads Transportation Commission for completing the first segment of the I-64 widening on time and under budget. Like everyone else, there have been plenty of times when I have been frustrated by traffic backups in this construction zone. But...