9+ hour, 36+ min ago  (331+ words) In 1988, Care-A-Lot Pet Supply started out as a black-and-white catalog selling training and grooming items in a small showroom on Diamond Springs Road in Virginia Beach. Founders Alfred and Mary Clarke had turned their love of showing dogs into a…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (654+ words) States can lead by calling for an Article V Convention limited solely to congressional term limits, U.S. Term Limits" Ibraheem Samirah writes. February brings many familiar observances " Presidents Day, Valentine"s Day and Black History Month " but it also includes a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (193+ words) A Virginia Beach man was sentenced Friday morning to 43 years in prison for the shooting and killing of a 21-year-old from Norfolk. Sa'Quan Tyreese Ward, 19, was found guilty of second-degree murder and use of a firearm by a jury in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (184+ words) Hank Williams Jr. will bring his high-energy show to the Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach this summer. The elder Williams" early death, at the age of 29 in 1953, led to contemporaries like Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (124+ words) NORFOLK " Detectives are investigating a shooting last week that left a man dead. On Feb. 12 around 11:20 p.m., police responded to the 1200 block of Picadilly Street for a shooting, according to a release. That's off Chesapeake Boulevard, near the Norview Community Center....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (132+ words) PORTSMOUTH " Police said they are responding to a barricade situation, after a man fired at federal and state authorities who were serving a federal warrant. They asked the public to avoid the area. He said multiple agencies are trying to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (465+ words) A popular pink coffee shop has brought dreamy drinks to La Promenade shopping center. Colonna said she had dreamed of opening a coffee shop and threw the idea out to Quirantes. "I worked a corporate job and hated it," she…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (284+ words) Williamsburg will be home to two poetry events this month intended to showcase youth and regional talent. Hosted by Williamsburg poet laureate Lacroy "Atlas" Nixon, the Artist Garden Grand Slam will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the Hennage Auditorium…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (179+ words) CHESAPEAKE " A worker was injured in an accident at the construction site of an apartment complex Thursday morning. Around 8:45 a.m., the Chesapeake Fire Department responded to a report of an injured worker at a site in the 900 block of North Battlefield…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (122+ words) The open house will teach residents about election administration and provide a space for election-related questions. Williamsburg's Voter Registration and Elections Office will hold an open house from noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the city's Municipal Building. The event will…...