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Cox senior setter Mackenzie Colvin led the Falcons to the Class 5 state championship match.

A look at the first- and second-team All-Tidewater Field Hockey selections for the fall 2021 season, led by player of the year Abby Spear of Cox.

From mask-wearing athletes to spring football, the 2020-21 high school sports year was anything but normal. The performances, though, were special.

Growing up in Virginia Beach, Barrett Foster and Ashton Legum have “known each other and played tennis with each other since we were 6 years old,” Foster said. Today, on their home courts at Cox High, the seniors will play in the state Class 5 semifinals. They’ll face Region B champion Deep Run at 11 a.m. before the Falcons’ girls take on Douglas Freeman at 3 p.m. Cox is a traditionally ...

and last updated 2021-04-17 20:22:54-04 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - State Police are investigating a multi-vehicle crash involving several motorcycles on Interstate 264 before the Birdneck exit. Police say the crash was called in around 7:23 p.m. with multiple injuries. Virginia Beach Police are currently diverting all eastbound traffic off of First Colonial Parkway. According to the preliminary investigation, four motorcycles were traveling as part of a larger group at excessive speed when at least ...

Action from around Hampton Roads as many playoff brackets begin in earnest ...

According to head coach Taylor Rountree, the Spear sisters — Sarah, Abby and Megan — have been something of a “spine” for the recent Falcons dynasty, which has a firm family bedrock.

Box scores and highlights from around Hampton Roads.

Wynn’s case spotlights how mental health services in Virginia and elsewhere are often broken up between healthcare providers, usually because of funding issues, in ways that make it difficult or impossible for people to get the consistent care they need.