City Politics | Watch your speed: Cameras in Hampton Roads school zones are back online By Natalie Anderson September 9, 2024 at 2:15 p.m. Chesapeake, Suffolk, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Hampton have each installed speed cameras in local school and...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Inside Business | Norfolk entrepreneur launches yearlong program to boost women’s financial health and power By Sandra J. Pennecke September 4, 2024 at 3:33 p.m. “If we really want to grow businesses, households and communities, we have to get women...
Economy | Some Hampton Roads communities in banking deserts amid changing retail landscape By Sandra J. Pennecke September 4, 2024 at 3:15 p.m. In Hampton Roads, the Federal Reserve's interactive dashboard map shows that the southern parts of...
Crime and Public Safety | 15-year-old boy injured in shooting involving ‘unsecured firearm,’ Portsmouth police say By Trevor Metcalfe September 2, 2024 at 1:31 p.m. Portsmouth Police Chief Stephen Jenkins called the shooting a "shocking and completely preventable incident."
SUBSCRIBER ONLY City Politics | New city manager hopes to bring stability to Portsmouth through ‘level-headed’ leadership By Natalie Anderson August 26, 2024 at 8:31 a.m. About four months into his tenure with Portsmouth, City Manager Steven Carter is relying on...
Education | Chesapeake, Portsmouth to hire more school resource officers with state funds By Natalie Anderson August 14, 2024 at 4:43 p.m. In addition to basic law enforcement training, school resource officers will be trained to respond...
Crime and Public Safety | Woman charged after hitting 2 Portsmouth police officers with her vehicle By Eliza Noe August 14, 2024 at 10:18 a.m. Police in Portsmouth have charged a woman with a DUI and malicious wounding after she...
Crime and Public Safety | Family says regional jail in Suffolk could have done more to prevent man’s suicide By Peter Dujardin August 13, 2024 at 11:22 a.m. A Portsmouth family says the Western Tidewater Regional Jail should have done more to prevent...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY City Politics | Portsmouth leaders plan to form coalition to fight crime, violence By Natalie Anderson August 9, 2024 at 5:42 p.m. A new initiative called Portsmouth United is a community-based violence and prevention coalition that will...
Marijuana | Hampton Roads medical marijuana facilities to be sold to Illinois company for $90 million By Trevor Metcalfe August 6, 2024 at 4:38 p.m. An Illinois cannabis company plans to buy the only stores allowed to sell medical marijuana...