7+ hour, 34+ min ago   (511+ words) Portsmouth Police Chief Stephen Jenkins recently challenged all of us to think differently about public safety, saying, “We can’t arrest our way to safer communities.” Law enforcement plays a critical role in keeping our communities safe, but police officers cannot…...

14+ hour, 50+ min ago   (426+ words) After a long walk, man’s best friend needs a drink. Pups can now belly up to the Dappy Dayz Dog Bar. The pink mobile trailer offers a wide selection of dog-friendly drinks and treats. Owner Tami Moore recently launched the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (268+ words) Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney said at a news conference Friday that police had secured search and arrest warrants for the man and arrested him when they encountered him walking on the street. The state medical examiner’s office determined Thursday…...

7+ hour, 35+ min ago   (498+ words) America is entering one of the most consequential periods for our national defense in decades. We face a rapidly modernizing China, continued threats from Russia, Iran and North Korea, increasingly sophisticated unmanned systems, strained munitions stockpiles and a defense industrial…...

16+ hour, 12+ min ago   (326+ words) The cat is out of the bag — the Green Cat that is. The Green Cat Juice Bar & Market has become a franchise. For years, especially during the summer, vacationers would ask her if it was a franchise. “I was constantly…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (357+ words) Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area when something that didn’t look like the rocks she’d been studying caught her eye. It turned out to be the fossilized tooth…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (652+ words) Chesapeake native Lauren Coughlin was part of United States tandems with one victory and one halve during the first day of Solheim Cup women’s team competition in Cromvoirt, Netherlands. The overall score was tied at 4 entering Saturday’s second day, in…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (494+ words) WILLIAMSBURG — By the summer of 2028, Williamsburg should have a new library. On Thursday, Williamsburg City Council unanimously approved an agreement with Hourigan Construction Corp. for construction of a nearly 50,000-square-foot new library. The library will replace the current 42,000-square-foot facility…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (261+ words) VIRGINIA BEACH — Two new programs will replace the classes that have for decades trained high school students to become first responders. The school district’s public safety classes will be replaced by specific firefighting and law enforcement pathways beginning fall 2027. Sara…...