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Next week, the center will kick off its 20th anniversary celebration with an event to support an even wider regional initiative: Give Local 757, an annual online fundraiser that benefits charitable organizations across Hampton Roads.

Rosie’s Gaming Emporium in Hampton, owned by Colonial Downs Group, is seeking to become a 24/7 hour operation in an attempt to compete with other regional betting facilities. Hampton City Council will consider the matter Wednesday.

Newport News Sheriff Gabe Morgan, 67, was taken to a hospital on Monday after a hard fall while chasing a suspect outside the Newport News City Jail.

The family of a Newport News man who was shot and killed by police in 2019 have agreed to settle a pending wrongful death claim against two police officers.

Longtime Hampton School Board member and former Boo Williams AAU youth director Linwood Harper died Thursday. He was 70.

After being paroled in 2018 on a decades old murder charge, Nathaniel Pierce is now back in custody — courtesy of a cocaine-fueled car crash in January 2020, and two felony counts of assaulting police officers in the ensuing arrest.

A federal judge last week handed down seven life prison sentences on a man convicted of killing three teenagers six years ago, including a 13-year-old girl.

The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press obtained a recently unsealed 31-page transcript of the 2021 hearing. The transcript for the first time publicly provides details about the incidents logged in the officer's personnel record and the arguments made about how that should factor into a bond determination.

York-Poquoson Sheriff Danny Diggs has been sheriff for nearly 23 years, making him the fifth longest-serving sheriff in Virginia. He’s retiring on Dec. 31 to run in the November 2023 election for the seat held by Sen. T. “Monty” Mason, D-Williamsburg.

Across the Historic Triangle there are a number of holiday events running in December from holiday markets to Colonial Williamsburg's Grand Illumination.