Suffolk (Suffolk, Virginia)

  WHRO’s “Strolling Supper Party” will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at the Virginia Beach Resort Hotel & Conference Center. For this third annual fundraising event, the public broadcasting station has teamed up with...

Martha Mae Eckstine, 73, died Jan. 19, 2012. Formerly of Hagerstown, Md., she was predeceased by her parents, Harry and Harriet Draper of Fairplay, Md.; two sisters, Hazel Draper and Irene Phillips; and five brothers, Earl, Emory, Albert, Wayne and Glen...

A coalition of mayors says several unlicensed Virginia gun dealers were the targets of a campaign aimed at stopping illegal gun sales online. Mayors Against Illegal Guns released the results of its investigation Thursday showing 62 percent of online...

Tens of thousands of tourists and Christian pilgrims packed the West Bank town of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations Saturday, bringing warm holiday cheer to the traditional birthplace of Jesus on a raw, breezy and rainy night. With turnout at...

Smoke got in our eyes — and throats and lungs — Saturday, courtesy of a wildfire in a Virginia swamp more than 200 miles away. Before afternoon rains cleared the air, fire departments in the Baltimore area reported numerous calls from...

News release from FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency: WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal aid has been made available to Commonwealth of Virginia to...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- President Barack Obama has granted Virginia's request for disaster assistance for 22 cities and counties to cover the costs of damage caused by Hurricane Irene. Gov. Bob McDonnell said Saturday the declaration enables the Federal...

The Virginia Freedom Festival, an event happening Sept. 8-11 at Chesapeake City Park, will include a concert by country singer Phil Vassar as well as performances by local and regional acts including Carbon Jam, River City Gang, and the Crazy X band. The...

Aaron Bacote, Bethel High's athletic wing and exceptional student, committed to Old Dominion, continuing the Monarchs' recent pipeline of Peninsula District talent. Bacote, a 6-foot-5, 180-pound rising senior, chose ODU over Hampton, George Mason,...

SUFFOLK — As Tuesday afternoon wore on in a rural section of southern Suffolk, the giant plume of smoke set off by a growing blaze in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge continued its gradual ascent into the Eastern sky, its colors...

  Several food and wine-related businesses in Hampton Roads and parts of Eastern Virginia were big winners in the first-ever Reader’s Choice Awards announced in the summer issue of Virginia Wine Lover. More than 7614 people responded to the...