Assaulted police officer in critical condition at Norfolk General

SUFFOLK - Police have apprehended a Portsmouth man accused of assaulting a police office during a foot chase off Nansemond Parkway Saturday morning, said city spokeswoman Debbie George.

PORTSMOUTH They file into the conference room, looking sharp in dress shirts and ties, stopping to shake hands before taking their places around a table to talk strategy. The mayor is there. A lawyer is, too. And though the rest of them have dressed the part, for now, they're just trying to get through middle school.

Here are some upcoming traffic items of note from the Virginia Department of Traffic: – I-264 at the Berkley Bridge, westbound only, will be closed from 5:30  to 10:30 a.m. Sunday for grid-deck lock bar maintenance. Drivers are encouraged to use the U.S. 58 Midtown Tunnel as an alternative route.

By Binaj Gurubacharya KATMANDU, Nepal A 73-year-old Japanese woman climbed to Mount Everest's peak Saturday, smashing her own record to again become the oldest woman to scale the world's highest mountain.

RESURFACING -May Street Re-Paving Locations: East Ocean View Avenue between Chesapeake Boulevard and Sturgis Street; Barbara Drive, Beatty Street, Calvin Court, Corbett Avenue, Dean Drive, and Elaine Court, Friden Court, Friden Street, Larrymore Avenue (between Friden and Halprin), Monty Court, Tarrallton Drive, Wharton Court, Wharton Avenue, Dominion Avenue, and Wapiti Avenue.

Tropical Storm Alberto hovered off the South Carolina and Georgia coasts on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers along the coast and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner.

The first tropical storm of the hurricane season formed Saturday off the coast of South Carolina with top winds of 60 mph (97 kph), but it wasn't threatening land.

Pilot was returning from training mission

A fighter jet that crashed into a Camarillo, Calif., field Friday afternoon, killing the pilot, was owned by a Newport News-based private contractor and was returning from a training mission.

SUFFOLK It started with a stolen vehicle. When Suffolk police learned a Ford Expedition reported stolen from Norfolk could be in their city, officers were told to be on the lookout. About 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Officer James Winslow spotted the Expedition and signaled for the driver to pull over.

Pilot was returning from training mission

A fighter jet that crashed into a Camarillo, Calif., field Friday afternoon, killing the pilot, belonged to a Newport News-based private contractor and was returning from a training mission.