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The fourth annual Summer Sight Reading Orchestra will begin sessions Sunday and continue through Aug.

A citizen's call to the Crime Line has led to the arrest of a man suspected of robbery and weapons charges.

Daily Press July 7, 2009 People who wolf down their food are more likely to be overweight and suffer from digestive problems.

Two hot dogs and a soda for a quarter. Colorful and customer-luring storefronts along the avenue.

A 22-year-old man from Newport News has been arrested for hitting his mother several times with a gun and threatening to kill his mother and sister during an argument over money, police say.

Two men from Newport News have been charged with an armed robbery at an ABC store in Hampton in May.

The James River "Ghost Fleet" is losing two relics. The U.S. Maritime Administration has announced disposal contracts for two more ships in the reserve fleet, which is located off Fort Eustis in Newport News.

A Yorktown man has been arrested and charged with counterfeit infringement after $340,000 in fake designer clothing was seized from a Newport News business that he managed.

Newport News teachers are hoping their students get lost in the pages of good books this summer.

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 .