Chesapeake News

After deciding women can serve in combat only six months ago, the Pentagon will announce on Tuesday that women can start training in special operations roles - as Army Rangers in 2015, and as Navy SEALs in 2016.

Fire and Rescue spokesman Capt. Scott Saunders the child was with a teacher, on private property, when the horse sped up.

Nine owners and managers of 7-Eleven stores on Long Island and in Virginia were charged today in a scheme to exploit immigrants from Pakistan, including some business-owners who used Social Security numbers of children and dead people on the workers' paystubs.

Virginia Democrats have their ticket for the 2013 general election , but they could run the risk of losing the state senate should Sens. Ralph Northam and Mark Herring become lieutenant governor and attorney general.

Some of Mike and Debbie Evans' 30-plus-inch koi swim in one of their backyard ponds - a 6-by-30-footer.

Deep Creek High School senior Cassidy Harwood, center, is getting help from her mother, Kay Harwood, second from left; sister Allison Harwood, right; and sister Bonnie Harwood, left, Friday afternoon, June 14, 2013 in Chesapeake.

As Kaitlin Wakefield flipped through Hickory High School 's yearbook, she looked for the picture of Ethan Schumacher, a classmate who had committed suicide in December.

School officials warned police last month that there could be a fight at a Western Branch school bus stop after class.

Music for this year's Phelps Brothers Music Festival was provided by the Dallas Band, the All-Star Band, the Virginia Rounders and the Back Porch Boogie Band.

Lawmakers in Raleigh apparently think so little of northeastern North Carolina that they view a giant landfill as the region's best hope for economic development.

The National Weather Service has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 10 PM EDT this evening for the following areas In northeast North Carolina Bertie Camden Chowan Currituck gates Hertford Northampton Pasquotank Perquimans In southeast Virginia Cities of Chesapeake, Emporia, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, ... (more)

The two were bit June 6, in the 1600 block of S. Military Hwy., according to a news release from the Chesapeake Health Department.

If you were exposed to the cat, get in touch with the health department or animal control-Chesapeake Health Department at 757-382-8672 or Chesapeake Animal Control at 757-382-8080.

The Republican nominee for Virginia lieutenant governor acknowledged Wednesday that he used marijuana and experimented with other controlled substances in his youth, and that he was forced to file for bankruptcy.

A con has been duping businesses most recently, Oceanfront eateries out of hundreds of dollars by claiming they haven't paid their power bills, and police are telling owners to watch out.

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State Sens. Ralph Northam and Mark Herring will join gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on the Democratic ticket in November after winning Virginia's Democratic primary election Tuesday.

With the weight over his head, arms spread to the edge of the bar, Kyle Ernst pushes the weight with his legs until he's in a standing position during training in Chesapeake in July 2006.

A "Gluten-Free Dessert Tasting" will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 20, at Southern Fried Country Market with treats from their new company, Gluten Free From The South.

Ethan Schumacher, a sohpomore at Hickory High, committed suicide in December 2012.