GREENSBORO, N.C.  The jury deciding the fate of John Edwards is set to resume deliberations today in North Carolina following a weekend break. The former presidential candidate faces 30 years in prison after pleading not guilty to six campaign finance corruption charges. The jury began considering its decision Friday, after nearly four weeks of testimony.

MIAMI  Tropical Storm Alberto is moving southeastward as it spins off the coast of Florida and could impact the North Carolina coast, even as it is expected to stay offshore. Alberto's maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph this morning with little change in strength expected.

NEWPORT NEWS Police are holding a town meeting tonight in the department’s Central Precinct. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Point Plaza Suites at City Center, 956 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., police wrote in a news release.  Police will discuss crime trends, crime prevention ideas and community partnerships.  

By Evan Stewart An area of low pressure will drift across the state, bringing clouds and showers to the area through midweek, while Tropical Storm Alberto spins off the South Carolina/Georgia coast.

CHESAPEAKE When a police officer started investigating whether a gym teacher assaulted a 12-year-old Jolliff Middle School student last month, he hit a roadblock: The school would not give him a copy of surveillance footage from a security camera. Not without a search warrant.

NORFOLK The city will give the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority more cash than it usually does, but agency officials say they also need the city to give them more work.

North Carolina plans to ramp up a campaign to control two rapidly multiplying, disease-carrying wild animals that often turn up in suburban neighborhoods.

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY The barking tree frog is a threatened species in Virginia, known to live and breed in just five counties, including this rural one along the James River. It is the largest frog in Virginia - and quirky, too, with platelike suckers on its fingers and a penchant for mating after heavy rains.

NORFOLK The deterioration of the Carter's Grove mansion near Williamsburg is far worse than previously revealed. State historic preservation inspectors have become so concerned about the property that they worry the mansion might explode due to a hazardous condition in the basement.

The public outcry over tolls planned for the Downtown and Midtown tunnels has illuminated a harsh reality: The state is nearly tapped out of money to build roads. As a result, state and local leaders are searching for solutions to a transportation funding crisis that has put Virginia on course to run out of money for new construction in five years.