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Jessica Nolte covers the cities of Newport News and Hampton. She got her start at the paper as a breaking news reporter in 2018. In her spare time, the VCU graduate enjoys lifting weights and walking her Australian Shepherd.
Dispatchers were called around 11:40 p.m. about the shooting at the Tinee Giant convenience store and Citgo gas station located at 2701 E. Ocean View Ave.
The Mary W. Jackson Neighborhood Center was slated to open this weekend in Olde Hampton but has been delayed indefinitely because of materials shortages and shipping delays.
Cups and Claws Café in Newport News will offer a chance to socialize with adoptable cats while drinking a cup of coffee and munching on baked goods. The owners want the café to be a place where the community can come to read, work, relax, create and play.
Virginia Beach police say one of the people — 12-year-old Zamari Wilson — was not from the area but was visiting with his family for the holiday weekend.
Residents were notified Wednesday morning that they have 48 hours to vacate the building. The Newport News Department of Human Services is providing shelter referrals and resources to displaced residents.
The Newport News City Council passed a series of ordinances that make short-term rentals legal but require the rental space to be part of the property owner's primary residence.
Developers want to turn the former site of the Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind and Multi-disabled in Hampton into industrial warehouse facilities. But some of the area residents don't support the project.
Plans were in the works for the rally even before Friday’s announcement because of a draft opinion leaked in May that showed the court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.
When Hampton announced it was moving its Groovin’ by the Bay concert series from Buckroe Beach to Mill Point Park because of capacity concerns some people were confused. The beach is a larger space. But for the city, capacity isn't just about the physical space.