Eric Majette News Today

​The Virginia Beach NAACP is weighing in on the death of a man who had a medical episode while in custody at the city's correctional center.

A unique partnership is fighting hunger in Hampton Roads. A food bank, a church and one local Black farmer are teaming up to feed thousands of people in need.

The Virginia Branch of the NAACP will hold a press conference in collaboration with the Virginia Beach Interdenominational Ministers Conference and social activist organization Due the Right Things on Tuesday at the Virginia Beach City Hall.

Virginia Beach is making way for an 11-person board that will look at investigations of misconduct and abuses of authority within law enforcement agencies.

Just over two years after being created, Virginia Beach's new, more powerful citizen police oversight board is trained and ready to go.

Elisha Barnes leaned over the steering wheel of his blue 1961 Ford tractor as workers from the local food bank trudged through a muddy field and dumped baskets of sweet corn into the bucket. "The rain and the heat is pushing this corn real hard," he said.

After months of public input and comments, the city is positioned to change its local elections process to a 10-1 system.

The data finds Black drivers made up 30% of traffic stops, despite only being 19% of licensed state drivers.

During an event Saturday, Mayor Bobby Dyer announced July 23 as a day to remember the lives lost to the coronavirus pandemic in the City of Virginia Beach.

Hip hop artist Royal Shai jogged onto the 24th Street Stage around 12:30 p.m. Monday at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront wearing a red baseball cap and shades. “This is Juneteenth! This is our holiday y’all!” Applause erupted, enthusiastically — the noise level impressive for just a few hundred people. “It’s good to be Black!!” Shai yelled. “If you think its good to be Black, say ‘Yeah.'” With ...