Winter briefly graced the region with its presence Saturday evening. Less than half an inch of snow fell over Hampton Roads and northeastern North Carolina around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

By Evan Stewart Snow showers will end early this morning and skies will clear. Despite the afternoon sun, blustery and cold conditions will prevail. Winds will gust to 40 mph at times, and afternoon temperatures will be in the upper 30s. Wind chills will be in the teens and twenties. Sunny skies are forecast for Monday and temperatures will be in the upper 40s.

RICHMOND A proposal to ban the use of foreign law in Virginia was on its way to passing the House of Delegates, despite objections from religious groups that it was a back-door attack on Islam that could also harm followers of other faiths. Then business interests expressed concern, and legislators decided to take a closer look.

NORFOLK In a crowd of 39 champion spellers, Caroline Willett stood out. She grinned when she sat waiting her turn to spell a word. She spoke loudly and clearly when it came time for her to stand at the microphone. At 14 years old, she knew what it felt like to compete in a spelling bee at the national level.

VIRGINIA BEACH Milagro Sillas ordinarily would attend Green Run High School, but instead she takes a bus to Salem High. That's where the division's performing arts academy is located, and, according to Sillas, the dance and acting classes are well worth switching schools for.

NORFOLK A plan to bring corporate sponsors and big dollars to the school division has yet to reach first base.

Dr. Paul Schellhammer is a world-renowned urologist, a cancer specialist, and one of the researchers behind the first vaccine treatment for cancer. During a career spanning nearly four decades, he has delivered the news of prostate cancer to hundreds of patients and guided them through the maze of options that include surgery, radiation treatment, and simple surveillance.

High winds, not snow, will linger through Sunday

NEWPORT NEWS – Approximately 1,300 homes on the Peninsula are without power after the season's first snowfall.

200 soldiers home after a 12-month deployment in Afghanistan

NEWPORT NEWS – Approximately 200 soldiers from Fort Eustis are greeting family and friends in Newport News this morning, after spending the past year deployed in Afghanistan.

A storm system rolling through the Ohio Valley is working toward Hampton Roads. Ahead of a cold front, showers have developed and we can expect to see rain continuing at times overnight, before ending early Saturday as lows reach the lower 40s. Saturday morning skies should be mostly to variably cloudy, but additional showers are possible with a passing cold front later in the day.