Category — Virginia Beach, Virginia

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – As you might imagine school spirit is high as the Spiders have had a great season, and no matter what happens just making it into the NCAA tournament is a big accomplishment.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A national charter school company will pay $570,000 to settle claims of discrimination against two pregnant employees of its schools in Kansas City.

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - Richard Robinson, 33, was sentenced Thursday morning to 10 years and three years of supervised probation. He was found guilty of running a dog fighting operation in December.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A former DuPont employee who admitted stealing trade secrets will spend 18 months in prison. Michael David Mitchell also must pay DuPont nearly $188,000 in restitution. The 52-year-old Chesterfield County resident was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Richmond man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on dogfighting-related charges. Authorities believe it’s the longest sentence ever handed down in Virginia in a dogfighting case.

NEW YORK (AP) - Media company Gannett says it is seeing improving trends in advertising revenue and should meet Wall Street expectations with first-quarter earnings.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Paper manufacturer Mercury Paper is investing more than $21 million to expand its Shenandoah County facility and transform it into its North American headquarters.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Fairfax County police have arrested a Kentucky man over allegations that he sexually assaulted two boys while serving as a pastor in northern Virginia.

CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) – The signs are going up and Friday afternoon the gymnasium at Tomahawk Creek Middle School will be filled with students and staff. They’re taking a break from school to dribble for Drescher.

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - Virginia is set to execute the first criminal under the administration of Governor Bob McDonnell. Paul Warner Powell is set to be put to death by electric chair tonight at 9 p.m. Governor McDonnell has already informed Powell that he will not grant his clemency request.

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - Extra police will be on hand at Virginia Tech Thursday after a possible attack is announced on the school. The threat is the latest in a series of warnings, but police don’t think the threats are credible.

HENRICO, VA (WWBT) - Henrico police said a body has been discovered this morning in a lake in western Henrico County. The lake is at Lakeland Street and Maybeury Drive in the west end.

WAYNESBORO, Va. (AP) - Three people face charges in connection with the death of a Churchville man whose body was found in the James River.

PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) - The burglar or burglars hitting businesses in the Petersburg have a taste for menthol cigarettes. At least nine businesses have been struck this year, including two on Tuesday. Large quantities of menthol cigarettes were stolen each time.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Fairfax County is attributing a rise in the number of suspected illegal immigrants it turned over to federal officials to a criminal records sharing program.

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - The Richmond Police Department said they stopped 432 vehicles at a traffic checkpoint Wednesday night into Thursday morning in the 4500 block of East Main Street.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - State funding for Virginia’s higher-education system is continuing to shrink, and colleges and universities say they’ll have to continue raising tuition and consider more cutbacks to help close the gap, especially after federal stimulus money disappears.

DINWIDDIE, VA (WWBT) - The Virginia Department of Transportation plans to build a roundabout at the intersection of Ferndale Road (Route 600) and Cox Road (Route 226) in Dinwiddie County. It will be the first roundabout in the county.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A former driver for a Fairfax County trucking company has been awarded nearly $600,000 by a jury after spending more than a month in jail because the company claimed he had stolen a trailer.

NEWPORT NEWS Police are investigating the homicide early this morning of a man at the Pinedale Manor Apartments. About 12:30 a.m., police received a call about a shooting in the 700 block of Adams Drive, they reported today. Officers and paramedics found the victim on the sidewalk with apparent gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

RICHMOND Virginia is set tonight to execute a man who killed a teen girl, then bragged about it to prosecutors once he thought he could not face the death penalty. Thirty-one-year-old Paul Warner Powell is scheduled to die at 9 p.m. at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. He chose to die by electrocution rather than lethal injection.

BLACKSBURG Virginia Tech is urging calm as e-mails and Internet postings originating in Italy threaten another attack on campus. Though police do not believe the threats are credible, President Charles Steger said in an e-mail to faculty and students Wednesday that classes will be held Thursday with additional security across campus.

HAMPTON Michael G. Gilbert of NASA Langley Research Center has been named the 2010 Engineer of the Year by the American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics. Gilbert led the technical planning and execution of last year’s launch abort system flight demonstration.

CHESAPEAKE Police say a monkey bit its 60-year-old owner several times Wednesday when the man stepped on its tail. Animal Control is investigating the incident, which occurred in the 800 block of Washington Drive about 6 p.m. Police did not know the type or age of the monkey but said the owner had it for several years. He also had a permit for the monkey.

VIRGINIA BEACH A jury this morning convicted Darron Marques Cary, 23, of second-degree murder in the stabbing of Bryant Leary, 20, on May 28, 2009. The jury recommended a sentence of 25 years. Cary’s sentencing is set for May 26. Prosecutor Charisse L. Black said in her opening statement that Cary got into a fight with Leary at the Oceanfront, pulled out a knife and stabbed Leary.

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Virginia Tech is urging calm as e-mails and Internet postings originating in Italy threaten another attack on campus.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia is set to execute a man who killed a teen girl then bragged about it to prosecutors once he thought he could not face the death penalty.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Richmond Police suspect a man sought in two city bank robberies may be responsible for bank robberies in two other localities.

HENRICO, VA (WWBT) - Henrico Police say a drunk driver has slammed through the front of a Burger King. This is on Nine Mile Road. The crash happened at about 9:30. This is a picture from inside of the restaurant.

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – Local businesses want you to “Shop Richmond.” Owners put together a campaign to encourage shoppers to spend their money in locally owned stores. It kicks off this weekend.