Daily Press Feedback: Hampton undercover, debate, layoffs to defense...
Hampton undercover The Hampton City Council spent hours in executive session Wednesday to discuss, among other topics, an undercover cigarette operation that netted zero arrests over its 19-month...
View ArticleAre city firefighter layoffs looming?
A proposed shared services agreement between the Newport News and Hampton fire departments could in future years result in the departments eliminating firefighters. Newport News City Manager Neil...
View ArticleMeeting in Newport News this week on Middle Ground Boulevard extension
The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a community information meeting this week on a project to extend Middle Ground Boulevard to connect Warwick Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue. The $32...
View ArticleMove forward on transportation funding
As a member of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, I speak to various business, civic and community groups about transportation. I am often asked what is the "right" way to fund transportation. Gas...
View ArticleFeedback for Wednesday, Feb. 6
Pizza Hut robbed Employees at a local Pizza Hut were robbed at gunpoint Saturday, police said. The incident occurred at about 12:20 a.m. when three men entered the restaurant at 13659 Warwick Blvd....
View ArticleFeedback for Wednesday, Feb. 18
Drivers question timing of light In 2011, more than 11,000 violations were recorded and approved at the busy intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Oyster Point Road. A story examining these violations...
View ArticleDaily Press Feedback for 11/5: Red Cross help, voting history, pedestrian...
Red Cross aid The American Red Cross Coastal Virginia Region continues to help families affected by Hurricane Sandy and is deploying volunteers from Hampton Roads to New York and New Jersey, a...
View ArticleDaily Press Feedback for 12/10
Girl remembered A small memorial was set up near the Hampton intersection where 7-year-old Ar Paw was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing the street on Kecoughtan Road on Thursday evening....
View ArticleFeedback for Saturday, July 28
NN Sheriff's Office takes on expanded role Newport News Sheriff Gabe Morgan has slowly been absorbing more law enforcement duties that once were the sole province of the police department, such as...
View ArticleDaily Press Feedback for 12/24: Police charity, HRBT expansion, Mayans
Charity by police Newport News police shopped to replace the gifts stolen from under the Christmas tree of a single mom and her 7-year-old girl during a burglary Friday. They included a Ninendo Wii...
View ArticleFeedback for Wednesday, March 13
Seafood restaurant to move Harpoon Larry's announced during the weekend a move to Newport News. The new location will be the former Yukon Steak Co. on J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, owner Mark Breen said....
View ArticleMixed opinions on Middle Ground expansion
NEWPORT NEWS — Residents living near the new extension of Middle Ground Boulevard expressed a range of emotions at a Tuesday night meeting previewing its construction. Some, like Michael Davenport,...
View ArticleGravy train for local roads is over
You may be pouring gravy over your turkey today, but the gravy train from the state to pay for local road improvements may be a relic of the past. The road cutbacks continue to reverberate at Newport...
View ArticleTraffic: 4-mile backup on I-64 west at HRBT
Traffic is backed up four miles on I-64 west at the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel. Expect more than a two-mile delay traveling east. Expect a two-mile delay after a disabled vehicle blocked two lanes on...
View ArticleDaily Press Feedback for 2/4: Local groundhog, What-A-Burger and Jerry...
NN's Groundhog Day The Virginia Living Museum groundhog, the official one forecasting weather for Hampton Roads, saw his shadow on a sunny Saturday and so determined the region will see six more weeks...
View ArticleMiddle Ground Boulevard construction work moving into second phase
NEWPORT NEWS — Crews have completed initial preparation work on the Middle Ground Boulevard extension project and will soon move heavy equipment in for the next phase of construction on the road that...
View ArticleDaily Press Feedback for 12/14
Should Congressmenlive up to pledge? The centerpiece story in Wednesday's Daily Press revolves around Republican U.S. representatives Randy Forbes, Scott Rigell and Rob Wittman, all of whose districts...
View ArticleDaily Press Feedback for 2/22: Obama at shipyard, NN man robbed
Obama coming to shipyard President Barack Obama is expected to visit Newport News Shipbuilding on Tuesday. The event comes as the company, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is trying to...
View ArticleFeedback for Saturday, July 14
Fugitive found Authorities arrested a federal fugitive in the Youngs Mill apartment community off Warwick Boulevard in Newport News on Thursday night after a five-and-a-half hour tactical operation,...
View ArticleProposed HRT route would connect Southeast Community to new Walmart
NEWPORT NEWS — It wouldn't officially be called the "Walmart bus," but a new express Hampton Roads Transit route would take passengers from the intersection of 6th Street and Jefferson Avenue to where...
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