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Tiarra Campbell , 22, was found dead in her living room after a fire was reported just before 8 a.m. Jan.

First it was early 2008. Then late fall 2008. Now it's probably not even this year.

For young people who want to make some money this summer, here's some good news: Thanks to federal stimulus dollars, people ages 14 to 24 from struggling low-income families in Newport News and elsewhere on the Peninsula will have a summer job, courtesy of Uncle Sam.

Temp: 81.0 F Heat Index: 82 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA A Newport News man has been charged with attempted manslaughter after police said he pulled his girlfriend's breathing tube out of her throat during an argument.

A local tribute to Michael Jackson is set for July 7 in Newport News. It will be held at the Downing-Goss Cultural Arts Center at 25th Street and Wickham Avenue at 7:00 p.m.

The federal government has approved $285 million in funding for 45 Virginia highway projects in the first wave of stimulus cash devoted to transportation.

Local governments are appealing to federal officials and Congress to speed the removal of the so-called Ghost Fleet in Virginia's lower James River.

Suspended NFL Star Michael Vick is leaving a job with a Virginia construction company to work with youngsters at Boys & Girls Clubs.

Some doctors are holding off prescribing painkillers after a hacker accessed more than 35.5 million of Virginia's most sensitive prescription drug records two months ago, a state official told a legislative panel Monday.

A Hampton man pulled over for speeding in Newport News now faces a charge of trying to bribe the officer who pulled him over.

NORFOLK, Va. - A West Virginia man charged with being the triggerman in a murder-for-hire plot is going on trial in federal court in Norfolk .

When we introduced you to Pastor John Young of Empowered Believers Christian Learning Center on Monday, his church needed help.

June 30 is a red-letter day for 105 Newport News Public Schools employees. After years in their professions - whether teachers, secretaries, cooks, custodians or other jobs in the district - they are retiring.

Liebherr Mining Equipment Co. has laid off 49 workers at its Newport News plant.

The former Whittaker Memorial Hospital stands as a tribute to the black physicians and architects who built it so that black residents wouldn't have to go to the city jail for health care.

Two historic buildings in Newport News have been added to the Virginia Landmarks Register.

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.

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

Newport News Master Police Detective Jason L. Diedrich, who is not allowed to make arrests, is fighting the city to have his law enforcement power restored.

A Newport News man has been arrested and charged with robbing a bank in Smithfield at gunpoint around lunchtime Tuesday.