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A 49-year-old inmate collapsed in the kitchen during his morning preparation, the jail superintendent said, while another, age 74, died during end-of-life care after being hospitalized in January.
Hundreds of inmates, including in the Virginia Beach and Portsmouth jails, said they don’t want the coronavirus vaccine. Even for those who do, there are logistical hurdles.
After a tumultuous year for the police department, which included Chief Angela Greene’s firing, the interim chief made one of his first major public addresses Friday.
Charges against Brenda Spry and others were dismissed after prosecutors found insufficient evidence. She has has been a public defender in the city for three decades, leading the office for nearly 13 years.
Gun-rights activists and counterprotestors — some armed — gathered near the state Capitol on Monday, but a planned caravan was unable to get close due to police roadblocks.
Greene intends to sue the city for wrongful termination, defamation, conspiracy and interfering with her contract, according to a letter sent to the city last month.
On Tuesday night, the City Council voted unanimously to end an 18-month court battle with the sheriff. The city had asked a judge to order inmates sent to the Hampton Roads Regional Jail.
A group that includes the commonwealth's attorneys from Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk and Portsmouth says the changes would “help keep our communities safe while producing more equitable outcomes in our courts.”
The Norfolk Emergency Shelter Team, a coalition of churches and synagogues, has housed people for nearly 30 winters. This year it had to confront some new challenges.