Category — Virginia Beach, Virginia

HENRICO COUNTY, VA (WWBT)–People in Henrico County have one last chance to weigh-in on the latest school budget proposal. The district is looking to fill a multi-million dollar gap.

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) - Fairfax County police say a piano teacher convicted 12 years ago of possessing child pornography has been charged with a similar crime.

SMITHFIELD, Va. (AP) - Meat processor Smithfield Foods returned to a profit in the third quarter, partly due to strength in its packaged meats business and higher sales overseas.

HENRICO COUNTY, VA (WWBT)–A Henrico golf champ and former VCU golf standout pleads guilty to a major marijuana case. According to the Times-Dispatch, Brock Parker Kelley pled guilty in Henrico Circuit Court last week to multiple possession and distribution charges.

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT)–The Richmond Health District is holding another free swine flu vaccination–this time at night. It’s happening at the Greyhound Bus Station on North Boulevard from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m. tomorrow.

PETERSBURG, VA (WWBT)–The Better Business Bureau is warning people to be careful before attending a federal job seminar in Petersburg happening today.

CHATHAM, Va. (AP) - A Pittsylvania County woman whose son drowned at Smith Mountain Lake State Park has filed a $15 million lawsuit against the state and several other defendants.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Activists and scientists opposed to tapping a huge deposit of uranium in Southside Virginia are taking their case to Richmond. Speakers on Thursday will discuss the health impacts of uranium mining and the specifics of the Pittsylvania County uranium mine.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Authorities in Richmond say an 18-year-old charged in a man’s death over the weekend has turned himself in. Tion Randell Bates turned himself in at police headquarters Wednesday afternoon in downtown Richmond. He made no statement to police.

PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) - The death of a patient at Central State Hospital in Petersburg is being investigated as a homicide. A hospital spokesman says the state medical examiner’s office determined that 22-year-old Justin L. Davis of Alexandria died from asphyxia due to neck compression.

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT)- Governor Bob McDonnell made it clear in what is much like a code-of-conduct policy that discrimination based on one’s sexual orientation will not be tolerated for all state employees.

CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) – $4.9 million is how much the state will be given in the fight against terrorism. The money is part of a grant announced by Governor Bob McDonnell. Chesterfield and Henrico Counties are among the local police and sheriff’s offices to receive the money.

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – A Connecticut woman claimed she’s the latest victim of a defective Toyota accelerator. She ran her 2007 Camry into a church after her gas pedal got stuck and the car suddenly took off. No one was seriously hurt.

NORFOLK A 19-year-old man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in September 2009 was taken into custody today in Virginia Beach. Ryan Nelson Johns was being held in the Norfolk City Jail on charges including murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and robbery, said Chris Amos, Norfolk police spokesman.

RALEIGH, N.C. A North Carolina government and budget reform panel formed by Gov. Beverly Perdue says she should consider ways to make Medicaid and the state’s motor fleet more efficient. Members of the Budget Reform and Accountability Commission agreed Wednesday to recommend to Perdue more ways to prevent waste and abuse in state government.

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - A company promising quick access to federal jobs is bringing its act to Virginia and the Better Business Bureau is warning people to be cautious.

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - The governor made the laws official late this afternoon at a bill signing ceremony at the capital. While these laws are now on the books, it doesn’t mean the drills hit the ocean floor immediately. There’s still more work that needs to be done.

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – It’s been more than a week since a foreign exchange student at VCU was last seen. No one has heard from 22 year-old Jonathan Dorey since March 2. Now his friends are organizing search efforts, and reaching out for help on Facebook.

The General Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill that will keep Virginia anglers in compliance with a federally-ordered national registry. Because of several saltwater fishing license exemptions, Virginia was non-complaint with the National Saltwater Angler Registry. That would have forced state anglers to sign up for the registry and pay a yearly fee starting next year of between $15 and $25.

YORK COUNTY An apartment fire in the 100 block of Whitt Court appears to have been intentionally set and a suspect was in custody.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has directed state agencies not to discriminate against gay people, essentially overriding the state attorney general’s advice to colleges.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The VCU Health System is in negotiations to acquire Children’s Hospital of Richmond. Children’s Hospital CEO and President Leslie G. Wyatt says the facility would operate under VCU’s umbrella.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Former Attorney General Bill Mims has been named to a 12-year term on the Virginia Supreme Court. The General Assembly overwhelmingly elected Mims to the position on Wednesday.

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – S&K Menswear went bankrupt and closed last year, but the company’s spirit lives on. Four, new, home-grown companies have risen from the ashes. These four companies were created by five different former S&K employees.

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – The license plate readers look like a small camera, but they do a big job. With hundreds of vehicles barreling down highways, they can scan more than 30 plates per second. So far, they’ve helped state police scan and recover nearly 100 stolen cars.

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - Pride and passion on display at a rally on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University as hundreds turned out today to protest recent remarks by Attorney General Ken Cuccinnelli about sexual orientation.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Ethics reform legislation spawned by the resignation of a lawmaker under investigation for possible improprieties has passed the General Assembly.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Bob McDonnell has added his signature to legislation intended to further his goal of making Virginia the East Coast’s energy center.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia lawmakers have approved bills that will expand the death penalty, making more people eligible for capital punishment in a state that already is home to the nation’s second-busiest death chamber.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has signed legislation that will exempt yoga teacher-training programs from state regulations.