Poquoson News

A man having his morning coffee got a jolt when he scratched a lottery ticket and realized he had won $150,000. Sede Norton won the top prize in the Cash in Hand scratcher game, according to the Virginia Lottery's website.

Poquoson residents who are currently in lower-risk flood zones could be subject to more stringent building codes and facing higher insurance rates as a result of proposed changes to the city's FEMA flood maps that are effectively adding a new flood zone.

May 31 is the deadline to register for Peninsula-based master gardener training that begins in September and typically ends with graduation in November.

A man is facing felony charges in York County of bilking an ex-wife of former state delegate Phil Hamilton by promising to get him out of prison through a pardon from President Barack Obama .

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Police conducted an extensive search for bullets and weapons at three Poquoson schools Wednesday after a student found a bullet on a school bus.

A Louisa County man faces arraignment on charges of swindling an imprisoned former state legislator's family in a bogus pardon scheme.

The 17-year cicadas swarms will soon be emerging out of the Virginia soil with their eerie electric buzzing sound, but one expert says they might miss Hampton Roads.

Seven local public high schools are ranked among the top 2,000 in the nation, according to an online list released by Newsweek magazine Monday.

It is the most sought-after fish in the United States and its popularity has caught on in countries such as Cuba, Mexico and Japan.

A 42-year-old man previously convicted on sexual battery charges pleaded guilty Tuesday in York-Poquoson Circuit Court to looking at child pornography after recently being released from prison.

An 18-year-old Newport News man pleaded guilty Tuesday in York-Poquoson Circuit Court to his role in a carjacking in 2011 that started in Yorktown and ended with the stolen vehicle being rammed into a gun store in Gloucester.