Newport News

Virginia is the wealthiest state to say no to expanding health insurance for the poor while the benefits it offers through its Medicaid program are lower than all but a handful of states.

Wednesday will mark three months since 71-year-old church deacon Joseph Henry Williams Jr. was gunned down in his van at 33rd Street and Marshall Avenue in Newport News while bringing Sunday dinner home to his wife.

He has just taken over a nationwide organization that faces deep budget cuts and stands to lose thousands of people.

A vehicle crash caused a fallen light pole and partial lane closure on Interstate 64 East in Newport News Friday afternoon.

The child told her mother Tuesday that 25-year-old Cesar Zapata touched her inappropriately, said police spokeswoman Holly McPherson.

Virginia Early Childhood Foundation has elected two members to its board of directors: Bill Ermatinger, corporate vice president and chief human resources officer for Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News and Monica Matherly, senior vice president and human resources manager at Wells Fargo in Richmond.

One early August afternoon in 2011, a couple living at a Denbigh apartment complex noticed that their neighbors' windows were blackened with soot, and notified staff at the complex.

Peninsula commuters were warned of ice covering the road on the James River Bridge on Wednesday as the region endures another winter storm.

Bill Jenkins is a bluegrass guitar player, but he was deeply influenced by the blues.

A 25-year-old man entered a guilty plea Wednesday on charges connected to four homicides between 2009 and 2010.

A Pit Bull attacked a 6-year-old girl over the weekend in Newport News and will have to be put down.

With a wicked winter nearly behind us, it's a fine time to shake your lucky charms and celebrate St. Patrick's Day like a leaping leprechaun.

A repeat sex offender will spend 336 months in jail after he was found with more than 40,000 images of child pornography on his computer and thumb drives.

Barr's hiring was announced Wednesday. She will replace Police Chief Sheldon Levi who has been doubling as acting town manager in recent months.

Immanuel Baptist Church in Saluda will celebrate the 22nd anniversary of Pastor Calvin Rideau on Sunday, March 23. Rev.

The Virginia Board of Medicine suspended the license of family physician and pain management doctor Roger M.Phillips on Feb. 20. His practice, Prime Care Family Medicine, at 755 Thimble Shoals Blvd. in Oyster Point is temporarily closed to all patients.

Today, however, Witts is rethinking those plans. On Tuesday afternoon a stray bullet from a neighborhood shootout struck his neighbor's 49th Street home.

An accident at the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel northbound is blocking all traffic, which is backed up to College Drive.

Looking for a job? Put on your business clothes to talk to potential employees at a job fair in Newport News next week.

An 18-year-old has been charged in an afternoon shooting Tuesday in the area of the Brooke Ridge Apartments.