Chesapeake News

Exit ramps from I-64 East to Greenbrier Parkway in Chesapeake are closed because of an accident and fuel spill.

What you did: You can't believe you ate that whole thing. Now you're paying for it with a burning sensation in your chest and a bitter taste in the back of your throat.

U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes, center, kicked off a town-hall style meeting against cuts in defense spending on Monday, May 14, 2012.

Gene Saunders spent decades as a Chesapeake, Virginia lawman. He recalls the days when his searches for missing people sometimes ended too late to save them.

After temporarily stopping liquor sales at Blakely's Night Club and Restaurant in 2011, a Chesapeake judge agreed there was no need to further pursue nuisance charges against its former owner.

Menden's partner George Hranowskyj, 48, of Chesapeake was also indicted on 14 counts , including wire fraud, unlawful monetary transactions and conspiracy.

This morning we discovered that four-star wide receiver Quinta Funderburk , who asked out of his scholarship with the Arkansas Razorbacks last week, was apparently looking at a very short list of schools that includes the Syracuse Orange .

Members of the Fredericksburg Police Department have joined with other law enforcement teams from all over the country for the Law Enforcement United 2012 Road to Hope .A Riders started the tour today, some in Chesapeake, Virginia and others in Reading, Pennsylvania, and the two groups will meet up in Alexandria, Virginia on Saturday for the final ... (more)

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The city of Chesapeake has agreed to pay a state environmental fine of more than $7,700 for two spills at its Lake Gaston water treatment plant on the Western Branch of the Elizabeth River.

In Sept. 2010, Chesapeake, Va. native Jay Pharoah made his debut on " Saturday Night Live " as Will Smith , one of the personalities in his arsenal of dead-on impersonations that include Denzel Washington , Jay-Z and Eddie Murphy .

The State Corporation Commission announced Tuesday that it ended Shenandoah Life Insurance Co.

CHESAPEAKE, Virginia - A Saint Bernard dog who bit several foster caregivers could learn his fate Tuesday when a Virginia court hearing will determine whether or not he is a dangerous dog.

The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced today the approval of a grant totaling more than $1million to acquire and demolish six residential structures in the City of Chesapeake, VA .

This story is a sample from the Suffolk Sun, which is included in The Virginian-Pilot every Sunday and Thursday in Suffolk.

While driving around Great Bridge with friends in 2010, a teen threw a water balloon at a pedestrian, attorney Martin A. Thomas said.

Christopher PeA a, a 7-year Burger King veteran, says the company let him go last September, three months after he disclosed his HIV status to a supervisor.

YEAR GOAL FOR OYSTER RESOTRATION IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY: DEVELOPING STRATEGIES FOR RESTORING AND MANAGING THE EASTERN OYSTER Mann, R., S. J. Jordan, G. Smith, K. Paynter, J. Wesson, M. Christman, J. Vanisko, J. Harding, K. Greenhawk, AND M. Southworth.

Akira Simmons, 14, and Destiny Davis,13, help serve lunches during a craft show held at the Indian River Middle School to support the school's AVID Program and Junior National Honor Society.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved a grant of more than $1 million to buy and demolish flood-prone properties in Chesapeake.