Ex-Virginia Beach broker pleads guilty to fraud
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia Beach broker faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud. Jeffrey Scott Davis entered his plea Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Norfolk....
View ArticleFamily, friends plan vigil for missing Va. hunter
CEDAR BLUFF, Va. (AP) — A candlelight vigil for a missing Cedar Bluff hunter will be held on the first anniversary of his disappearance. Eric Smith was last seen Nov. 8, 2013, as he headed into the...
View ArticleNew website connects Chinese travelers to Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A new page on Virginia’s tourism website is helping to connect Chinese travelers to the state. Gov. Terry McAuliffe says the new Chinese-language landing page will help travelers...
View ArticleHigh-speed rail meetings planned in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Department of Public Transportation is holding public meetings as part of the process for developing a high-speed rail corridor. The first of four meetings is set for...
View ArticleChesapeake Bay Foundation opens new center
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A new environmental center that generates its own energy and boasts that it produces no sewage or runoff opened Friday on a prime piece of waterfront real estate that was...
View ArticleSailors due to return to Hampton Roads
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Hundreds of sailors are due to return to Hampton Roads from the Middle East this weekend. The Virginian-Pilot (http://bit.ly/1tQjxhF) reports some of those returning are fighter...
View ArticleVirginia man gets life in prison for child porn
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Beach man has been sentenced to life in federal prison on multiple counts relating to the production of child pornography. Twenty-seven-year-old Robert Harold Scott Jr....
View ArticleVa. death row inmate appeals conviction, sentence
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A man on Virginia’s death row for the 2005 shooting death of aNorfolk police officer is appealing his conviction and sentence. Attorneys for Thomas Porter filed a notice of appeal...
View ArticleNorfolk Southern buys nearly 300 miles of rail
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Norfolk Southern Corp. has agreed to pay $217 million to buy nearly 300 miles of track from a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific railroad. The major freight railroads announced the deal...
View ArticleHerring announces donations from inaugural funds
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Attorney General Mark Herring says his inaugural committee has donated $50,000 in leftover funds to 11 Virginia charities. Herring announced Monday that nine organizations...
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