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Borders Group Inc. says it will close 200 Waldenbooks stores and cut 1,500 jobs in January to make the chain smaller and more profitable.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Virginia Bockwitz lights a candle in honor of deceased veterans during an early Veterans Day ceremony at the South Norfolk Community Center in Chesapeake Thursday, Nov.

City Attorney Ronald S. Hallman has been awarded a top honor for making significant contributions to local government law in Virginia.

Longtime Sheriff John R. Newhart swept away the first election challenge in 20 years to retain the post he's held since 1970.

Police have identified a man who was shot and killed Monday night in the 1400 block of Oliver Ave.

Chesapeake police are investigating a shooting the ended with one person dead. Police spokesperson Justin Mathews tells WAVY.com it happened at around 9:30 p.m. Monday in the 1400 block of Oliver Avenue.

Loading... Click for full view Capt. Paul Hoyle of the Portsmouth Fire Department pops out the battery pack of a hydraulic power stretcher now used citywide to help protect paramedics' backs in response to increasing numbers of extra-heavy patients.

McDonnell, Deeds stump statewide ahead of Tuesday's vote Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, flanked by his wife, Maureen, points to a supporter in the crowd Sunday during a rally at the McDonnell campaign headquarters in Chesapeake.

It was the case of "where's my mail" for a Chesapeake couple. Over more than a month, Maria and Josh Robison's mail dwindled to eventually nothing.

A 28-year-old woman was killed on Friday night in Chesapeake after she was ejected from a car during a crash.

Lisa Looby, store manager of the new Coast Guard Exchange in Chesapeake, cuts the ribbon as Rear Adm.

Reality Based Martial Arts in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake >> Changing Lives Martial Arts Virginia Beach, VA: Member ATA, American Taekwondo Association, teaching Practical defense and personal development.

Deacon March Cromwell had the microphone when Democratic state Sen. Creigh Deeds got to the pews in New Galilee Baptist Church on Sunday and he had a simple message.

A pedestrian bridge on the Carnegie Mellon University campus in Pittsburgh will be named for former computer science professor Randy Pausch, whose impending death from pancreatic cancer was chronicled in the best-selling book "The Last Lecture." The 230-foot walking bridge will be dedicated on Oct.

Loading... 1 of 3 Woodley J. ''Woody'' Koonce III, a veteran principal who led four of Chesapeakea s schools, including Crestwood Intermediate , was remembered Sunday for his positive attitude with his students.

It would be no surprise if people in Chesapeake's Deep Creek community felt neglected by the city's school system.

Going? At watera s edge What/who: 2009 Great Bridge Waterways Festival, sponsored primarily by the Great Bridge Battlefield & Waterways History Foundation Where: Old Great Bridge Fire Station, 116 Reservation Road, by the Great Bridge Bridge When: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday Admission: Free, but food and raffle tickets will be sold to benefit the ...

A forty-eight year old Suffolk woman has been charged with a recent string of bomb threats to a local high school and a Walgreens located on Bridge Rd.

Loading... 1 of 2 Click for more Parks and Recreation Director Bobby Clifton is embraced by his wife, Linda, during a standing ovation Tuesday at his retirement announcement.

Police plan to file charges against a 14-year-old who is believed to have shot at two school buses with a BB gun this afternoon while students were on board.