Hampton Roads

Strawberry blooms are turning into berries a bit late this year, local farmers say. After a cold winter and chilly spring, most pick-your-own strawberry fields opened two or three weeks later than usual. "They were really slow getting started. I mean,...

One in 110 children is now diagnosed as having an autism spectrum disorder. The numbers have grown to the point where "everyone knows someone affected" by the neurodevelopmental disorder, characterized by communication problems and repetitive behaviors,...

Virginia's unemployment rate hit a 54-month low of 5.2 percent for April, according to numbers released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday. The commonwealth's unemployment rate is 2.3 percentage points lower than the national average of 7.5...

An official announcement is still a few days away, but Bay Days organizers say they are looking at a musical lineup filled with a variety of accomplished local and regional players, from Norfolk's Mike Aiken Band to Smithfield's Bria Kelly. The...

COLLEGES Baseball Georgia State at William and Mary (doubleheader), 2 p.m. Old Dominion at Wofford, 6 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament elimination games (at Norfolk State’s Miller Field): Norfolk State vs. N.C. Central, 10 a.m. N.C. A&T...

Hampton Roads residents can expect some gusty winds and residual showers Thursday evening. The weather is expected over the next hour to hour and a half, or to about 8 to 8:30 p.m., said James Foster, a meteorological technician with the National...

After two seasons spent trying to work his way up Virginia's running back depth chart, Menchville High graduate Clifton Richardson has decided to transfer. Richardson, a 6-foot-0, 210-pound rising junior, has two seasons of eligibility remaining and an...

CHESAPEAKE — Regional leaders discussed how to make the most of transportation money available to them Thursday at the board retreat of the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization. With a little leverage, the estimated $200 million in...

The Last Bison, an all-acoustic folk-rock band from Chesapeake, recently returned from a two-month national tour that found the young band singing and strumming for big crowds in Chicago, Seattle and Washington, D.C. On its first major headlining tour,...

Baseball: New Kent and Warhill finished as Bay Rivers District co-champions with lopsided victories Tuesday, leaving them at 14-4 in league play. Both are assured of Region I tournament berths. New Kent's Chris Beshai pitched a three-hitter, striking...

A Senate bill that helps advance the construction of Hampton Roads’ next major ocean terminal, passed overwhelmingly Wednesday. The water bill would transfer from the federal government to the state the site of the future Craney Island Marine...

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Wednesday that the commonwealth's newest six-year transportation projects plan included an additional $4 billion that will be generated by the comprehensive transportation funding package passed by the General Assembly in...