Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has an overwhelming lead over Texas congressman Ron Paul in Virginia’s Republican presidential primary race but slightly trails President Barack Obama in a general election contest, according to a new voter poll.

SUFFOLK Trucks crossing the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel will use a detour route when heading north on Interstate 664 at the inspection station on Friday.

 Police in Portsmouth are trying to locate a 51-year-old woman who has been missing since Monday afternoon.

By Bob Lewis  RICHMOND Two bills favored by Virginia's powerful gun-rights lobby are likely to win easy House passage today. One bill would conceal from public disclosure names of people who hold state-issued permits to carry concealed weapons.

OCRACOKE, N.C. Two ferry departures on the Cedar Island-Ocracoke route will be skipped today.

CHESAPEAKE The Steel Bridge will have an overnight lane closure tonight for guard rail repairs. The northbound lane will close at 8 p.m. and reopen at 5 a.m. Thursday, a city news release says. Workers with flags will direct traffic through the southbound lane.

By Jeff Lawson A developing storm system along the southeast coast will be a powerhouse of a system by the time it reaches New England, but will get its act together a bit too late to do much here in Hampton Roads. The system should only drop temperatures a bit on Thursday and possibly bring a few wet snowflakes to mainly northern areas as it pulls away.

VIRGINIA BEACH In his final sermon, Bishop Barnett K. Thoroughgood opened with the story of his birth nearly 63 years ago and ended by beseeching his congregation to seek God while they can because "tomorrow is not promised to you." Minutes later, Thoroughgood was dead.

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. Town police are embroiled in a conflict that's created tension within the 30-officer department, court filings have revealed.

HAMPTON — Jamel Carney told police he was in on the plan to rob Thomas Needam III, but he didn't fire the gun that killed him.