Both Hampton medic firefighter Jami Salvio and Lt. Deneé Nichols were adults before they considered becoming firefighters, a profession traditionally dominated by men.    

Newport News, Hampton, York, Isle of Wight, Surry and Sussex are likely to see widespread showers and thunderstorms before midnight.    

Eastbound traffic on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel is backed up more than three miles to the Hampton River Bridge. Westbound traffic is backed up two and a half miles to 15 th View Avenue.    

YORK — A 20-year-old York man is facing a felony assault charge after an incident earlier this month left another man with a serious injury.    

Police are investigating the death of a man who stopped breathing while in custody, a spokesman said.    

A Virginia Beach bank was robbed Tuesday afternoon by a man police think may be involved in two other bank robberies in recent weeks.    

With interest rates on student loans set to double a group of students affiliated with a Democratic Party organization called on U.S. Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, to act to stop the rate hike.    

Smithfield Foods is shuttering its Portsmouth hot dog and deli meat plant in August, an executive at the company said.    

The building would be located at the New Horizons Regional Education Center and funded jointly by other participating school divisionsNEWPORT NEWS—The Newport News School Board is considering entering into a lease to construct a building for children with disabilities at the New Horizons Regional Education Center.    

Police have arrested and charged a 24-year-old Hampton man they say struck a teen with his vehicle near Warwick High School Tuesday morning and drove away.