An inmate mistakenly released from the Hampton Roads Regional Jail is back in custody.

A Newport News man was charged Thursday in a shooting death in 2008, police said.

Vice Mayor Joe Whitaker will run a marathon from City Hall to Buckroe Beach to raise money for the Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

The search is on for a man mistakenly released from Hampton Roads Regional Jail, police say.

All Newport News public schools will dismiss students two hours early today. Lunch schedules will be adjusted so all students get their meals.

A top Republican lawmaker in Virginia has resigned amid investigations by a federal grand jury and a state ethics panel.Delegate Philip Hamilton said in a two-sentence letter to the clerk of the House that his resignation was effective at midnight.He represented Newport News in the House of Delegates for 21 years before narrowly losing his ...

Police are investigating a shooting Friday night that sent a 20-year-old man to the hospital.

Police are investigating a double-shooting that left one woman dead early this morning.

Police are investigating a shooting that sent a 20-year-old man to the hospital.

A keel-laying ceremony is scheduled for the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford at the Virginia shipyard where the $5.1 billion nuclear-powered ship is being assembled.

A barking dog alerted its owner to fire, Newport News fire investigators say. Crews were called to the 700 block of Leonard Lane around 7:25 a.m. and they found smoke coming from the single-story home.

More than 155,000 Dominion customers are currently without power in Virginia, with more than 147,000 of those customers centered in the coastal region.

Amtrak has suspended service between Richmond and Newport News because of a freight train derailment.

Newport News firefighters rescued a kayaker who ended up in the James River this morning, the Fire Department said.

The James River Bridge is closed in both directions due to high water. On Interstate-64 at the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, westbound is backed up 3 miles to the Willoughby Bridge.

A freight train westbound from Newport News to Richmond derailed east of the Fulton yard near Darbytown Road in Henrico County at 6:10 a.m. Five cars came off the tracks, hitting a single car standing on an adjacent rail line.

People sleeping in a house escaped without being hurt from an electrical fire early this morning, the Newport News Fire Department said.

A short in an extension cord sparked fire that damaged a boarding house in Newport News, investigators say.

City offices are closed on this day , saluting and remembering the nation's veterans from all of the armed forces.

Law enforcement officers on motorcycles will be out on interstates in southeast Virginia this week to crack down on speeding and other violations.