Topic: Virginia Beach

Ex-detective pleads guilty to robbing Va. bank

A former police detective has pleaded guilty to robbing a Chesapeake bank.. . Preston Walcker admitted committing the May robbery at Old Point...
Chesapeake is one of the seven cities in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. As of 2010, it had the second greatest land area of any city in the...

New at Virginia Beach

It's time to return to Virginia Beach. If your memories revolve around crowded T-shirt shacks and gritty mom-and-pop motels, you're in for a big...

Va gov. declares state of emergency for hurricane

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has declared a state of emergency to help prepare for Hurricane Earl.. . The governor's declaration allows additional ...

There's no rest for Sussex star

Maxine Fluharty doesn't exactly have an offseason.. . . . The Sussex Tech senior forward played for the National Indoor Gold Medalist team Oranje...

Va. gov. to declare emergency ahead of hurricane

Gov. Bob McDonnell plans to declare an emergency in Virginia, a preliminary step needed to muster emergency personnel should Hurricane Earl hit the ...
Eagles backup quarterback Michael Vick said he had "nothing to do" with a shooting outside a restaurant after a birthday party in his honor there last week.Vick, a onetime NFL superstar whose reputation took a plunge when he was convicted and imprisoned ...

Diet Screwups

SCREWUP: Marathon TV Pig-OutREMEDIESEat Breakfast the Next Day: "Starving yourself is a bad idea," says Jim White, R.D., a Virginia Beach, Va.-based dietitian. "It just slows the metabolism down." Have a high-fiber, low-glycemic breakfast like oatmeal. Yo
Virginia Beach man pleads guilty to wire fraud in $3 million mortgage loan schemeA Virginia Beach man faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud in connection with a mortgage loan scheme.U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride says ...
East Coast states totaling damage from nor'easter, already estimated at tens of millionsIt was a desperate, ultimately futile battle — machine against nature — and Ocean City kept it up long after the outcome had been decided.As wave after wave pummeled t