Hampton News

When Williamsburg artist and architect Carlton Abbott wanted to record a French street scene in 1999, he didn't bother using his camera.

NASA has successfully demonstrated an alternate system for future astronauts to escape their launch vehicle.

Retired City Manager Jesse Wallace was honored by hundreds who attended a party on July 1 in the ballroom at the Crowne Plaza Hampton Marina Hotel.

The cover band Jen 'n' Juice branched out from one of the Peninsula's most popular party rock groups, Fine Swiss Cheese.

Before the world knew it as NASA, the nation's space and aeronautics research organization was known as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

The Air Force will spray several areas next week for mosquitoes, a news release says.

After severe weather moved through parts of our viewing area, several reports of storm damage and power outages have come in to our newsroom.

The city of Hampton's old stodgy image is blowing away like sand on a hot summer beach.

Hampton sold the land - a parking lot next to the Coliseum - for $5.7million in May 2008 to developers XL Development Group, David L. Orr and Robert Laffal.

The number of violent crimes committed by juveniles in Newport News and Hampton has risen steadily over the past five years at a time when overall violence has been falling on the Peninsula, the latest statistics reveal.

Song publisher Richard Orga has climbed high on modern country music's ladder of success.

Hampton's teen center will include a first-rate recording studio - if planners can manage to scrape up the funds By Sam McDonald 247-4732 June 28, 2009 Hampton's new teen center - scheduled to open in late August - is to include one feature that has young musicians licking their chops: A fully functional recording studio outfitted with the latest ...

Hampton police need your help finding one suspect and identifing another who are wanted in a series of burglaries in the city.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol has successfully achieved reaccreditation according to the national Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.

Police have arrested one man and are seeking two others for burglaries at three Hampton homes last month.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced the quarantine Wednesday.

A Hampton man is suing the city and its Police Division, accusing officers of depriving him of his constitutional rights in a traffic stop in which a police officer inserted a hard object into his rectum while he stood in broad daylight on the side of the road.

Fire ants are on the move and the State of Virginia is stopping transport of items that carry them in 11 Hampton Roads localities.

Councilwoman Angela Leary said last week she was feeling fine after being hospitalized for high blood pressure at the end of a contentious City Council meeting on June 10.

Hampton police have arrested a man and are looking for two more in the shooting of another man Saturday.