Newport News

Menchie's yogurt shop in Newport News will celebrate its grand opening this week by handing out a free cup of frozen yogurt on Saturday, July 19. Hours for the giveaway are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The shop will open on Tuesday, July 15, and will be handing out t-shirts and other free merchandise during its grand opening week from July 19-26.

Crews were called to the scene in the 600 block of 35th Street just before 5 a.m. Fire officials said units arrived and saw smoke coming from the roof of the single-family structure, which was boarded up and vacant.

Newport News police took 25-year-old Edwards into custody after he barricaded himself in a hotel for almost two hours.

A total of 140 young people have signed up for Newport News' Summer Training and Enrichment program, far more than the 80 to 100 the city hoped for.

Last summer, the two organizations offered a similar treatment of Shakespeare's "The Tempest."

The Mount Pilot NOW group continued its efforts to see that no dust settles on any local lawn chairs Saturday with its third "Hot Nights Hot Cars Cruise-In" of the summer.

The young people Newport News ' anti-gang initiative hopes to set off on a good path with a summer job training program have responded in overwhelming numbers.

Two aviation boatswain's mates assigned to the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln rescued an elderly woman from a burning building July 1 in Newport News, Virginia, after seeing smoke down the street from the restaurant where they were finishing lunch.

Newport News police apprehended a man wanted on a homicide charge this morning after a tactical situation at a hotel near Patrick Henry Mall.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. The Newport News Police SWAT team is working a tactical situation at the Extended Stay America Hotel on Hornsby Lane.

"Next: Emerging Virginia Artists" Exhibit. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Peninsula Fine Arts Center, 101 Museum Drive, Newport News.

Crestline Hotels & Resorts LLC announced today that they are the new management company for the Fort Magruder Hotel and Conference Center, Williamsburg, VA.

A large police scene formed in the Denbigh area of Newport News Friday afternoon, and dispatchers say someone was arrested.

A discussion on public art and how it impacts communities takes place Thursday, July 17 at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center .

The incident happened at about 9:28 a.m. at the store at 5101 Jefferson Avenue, police spokeswoman Holly McPherson said.

One of the Peninsula's largest employers is relocating its sales center to Hampton, bringing nearly 350 jobs to the city.

Joe Blount and his wife Rebekah knew paying for their education would be an investment.

Huntington Ingalls Industries hosted Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton Wednesday for a tour of The Apprentice School at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding division.

FOAA Anesthesia Services , the mid-Atlantic division of North American Partners in Anesthesia , has extended its partnership with Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Va., with an unrestricted contribution totaling $150,000.

The Philly Pretzel Factory, which sells soft, Philadelphia-style pretzels, is expanding into Virginia.