Hampton News

Rhonda Stubbs was 6 when someone killed her big sister and left her body in an empty field.

An updated proposal to turn Spratley Middle into a gifted center would rezone the schools' current students to Syms or Lindsay middle schools next year.

Police have arrested a second suspect in connection with a drive by shooting last month on Westview Drive.

The NASCAR Sports Grille restaurant at Hampton's Power Plant center has had more pit stops than green flags in recent years.

William and Mary sophomore Stacy Lewis walks along James Blair Drive on Saturday, Feb.

The Natchel' Blues Network newsletter today included the news that the 9th annual Hampton Acoustic Blues Revival will take place Saturday April 10 at Thomas Nelson Community College.

Virginia State Police have identified the body of a man found alongside Interstate 64 Thursday morning.

Community members are sharing their support and comfort after a fire took the lives of three children Tuesday night.

State police investigators are looking for information on a dead body found on Interstate 64 in Hampton early this morning.

Send your closings and cancellations to online@dailypress.com . HAMPTON The Monthly Open Meeting for the National Alliance on Mental Illness at 100A Medical Drive in Hampton has been canceled for Tuesday night and rescheduled for next Monday at 6 p.m. The "Citizen Engagement" meeting Monday night at Grundland Park in Fox Hill/Grandview is canceled.

A mobile home fire took the life of three children inside the residence late Tuesday evening in the 600 block of Buckroe Ave.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration says it has appointed Robert Braun the space agency's chief technologist.

According to Hampton Fire Spokesman Lt Anthony Chittum, a fire in a mobile home in the 600 block of Buckroe Ave has claimed the lives a three children; a 3-year-old, 2-year-old, and a 9-month-old. Chittum says the fire happened around 9:25pm and two adults and an 8-year-old made it out.

It would have been easy for Pearlean Brooks to lose faith about ever owning a home of her own after decades of living in rented properties.

The Hampton Council of PTAs raised more than $2,000 at its Barnes & Noble fundraiser Jan.

Young men gripping a steel fence along Port-au-Prince's waterfront call out "Hi, Sir!" to two U.S. Army soldiers, pleading for jobs as translators, drivers, laborers.

Federal prosecutors say a Virginia man has pleaded guilty to organizing and managing a heroin ring.

Nearly 100 Fox Hill residents met with Hampton police Tuesday night about the recent rash of valuables being stolen from cars.

Funeral services for William "Burnnie" Manigault, Jr., conducted by the Rev. Jack C. Washington, were held Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Chapel of Pressley's Funeral Home in Kingstree.

When Rep. Rob Wittman asked a couple at the Hampton VA Medical Center what they thought of their care there, the wife gave it a thumbs down.