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.

CHESAPEAKE A pedestrian was pronounced dead after being hit by a truck this morning in the 900 block of N. George Washington Hwy. in the Deep Creek area.

At 7:30 a.m., the Virginia Department of Transportation was reporting the following traffic issues: James River Bridge A lift is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. In Chesapeake, the city reports the following issues: Gilmerton Bridge Lifts are scheduled for 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. Steel Bridge A lift is scheduled for 8 a.m.

PORTSMOUTH A body was found inside a burning car this morning in the 400 block of Florida Ave. Dispatchers received a report about a car on fire shortly before 5:30 a.m., said Detective Jan Westerbeck, police spokeswoman. After firefighters extinguished the blaze, they found the body. No additional details were immediately available about the body.

 Chalk it up to beginner's luck.

 Chalk it up to beginner's luck.