Chesapeake News Archives

“This roll is self-contained. No ginger, wasabi or soy was necessary.”

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“Right now they don't, and we want to make sure they do.”

Mayor James Holley has been in three accidents over the past two years while driving a city car. via PilotOnline.com

“That's the most perfectly Illinois-shaped corn flake I've ever seen”

The Texas man who obtained a now-famous Illinois-shaped corn flake in an Internet auction says he will add it to his traveling road show. via Daily India

CHESAPEAKE A grand jury will hear the cases of Shawn Sir Charles Ward and Julian "Ramel'' Barksdale, two men charged in a South Norfolk home invasion in which a 1-year-old girl was killed. via PilotOnline.com

“But we are probably going to use it for a family trip.”

Alfred Kreisler, a 92-year-old South Florida lawyer who married for the first time in October, is single again now that his marriage has been annulled. via Political Gateway

“We believe that Thorne may be responsible for other crimes in the area and we'd like to get him off of the streets before anyone else gets hurt”

Chesapeake police said today they believe a robbery of a children's clothing store in Suffolk on Sunday is connected to a March 12 robbery of a teen boutique in Chesapeake. via PilotOnline.com

“We're so amazed that we sold this corn flake for more than a $1,000”

The McIntire sisters of Virginia sold their Illinois-shaped corn flake on eBay Friday night for $1,350. "We were biting our nails all the way up to the finish, seeing what would happen," Melissa McIntire, 23, ... via Kdka.com

A two-alarm fire caused a lot of damage to a half dozen apartments on Nicholas Court Friday afternoon. via WVEC-TV Norfolk

Police in Chesapeake, Va., investigated a man who kept his wife's body in a hotel room for more than a week after her death, but have filed no charges. via Daily India

Two sisters from Virginia who are selling a cornflake shaped like the state of Illinois on eBay say the online auction website cancelled their listing. via Edmonton Sun

A Chesapeake man scratched a $100 Million Cash Extravaganza ticket and won $1,000,000. Bobby Reed was on the phone with his wife when he scratched the Virginia Lottery ticket and saw that he was a winner, but ... via WVEC-TV Norfolk

“I would love to know as soon as possible. I've been a proponent of starting this process now”

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation wants federal officials to begin working on a massive cleanup plan for the beleaguered Chesapeake now rather than wait until 2010. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

Two sisters from Virginia are selling a single corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois on the online auction site eBay, with the bidding topping out at $20.50 this afternoon. via WFIE-TV Evansville

Three teenagers face felony charges after stealing a pizza from a Dominos delivery man. via WVEC-TV Norfolk

Chesapeake firefighters are investigating a two-alarm fire at the Cambridge Manor apartment complex on Fairview. via WTKR-TV Norfolk

Firefighters working a stubborn factory fire near Town Center experienced tense moments Monday when a door collapsed, and they were forced to evacuate from the building. via PilotOnline.com

“Something has happened to him, but I don't know exactly what”

Video: 'Cowboy' Carawan addresses Chesapeake council. City of Chesapeake video T.J. "Cowboy" Carawan stands along Battlefield Boulevard campaigning for mayor in March 2004. via PilotOnline.com

“Our business fundamentals are sound”

Dollar Tree Stores Inc. came out relatively unscathed last week as it reported earnings for the final quarter of last year while other retailers scramble for cover amid falling sales. via Washington Times

“This is the first of what I'm sure will be many case closures”

Nearly 10 years after the death of a 26-year-old man, two suspects are behind bars. via WVEC-TV Norfolk

A tree suddenly collapsed and fell on a passing van on a Chesapeake street on Wednesday morning, sending the driver to a local hospital after rescue workers spent 30 minutes extricating the driver from the ... via Hampton Roads Daily Press

The storm that blew through Hampton Roads early Wednesday nearly blew down a gas station canopy. via WVEC-TV Norfolk

A police pursuit in Chesapeake ended last night when the suspect lunged from behind the wheel of a moving car on Tuesday night. via Hampton Roads Daily Press

Fearing blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay are dipping to dangerously low levels, Maryland fisheries managers are planning deep multiyear cuts to the commercial harvest of the Chesapeake's best-known product. via WDBJ7

“Anything would go because ABC would be enjoined from enforcing any of the laws that are on the books.”

Hang a Virginia flag and its breast-baring image in your restaurant and you could lose your liquor license. via WVEC-TV Norfolk