Portsmouth police have identified the 58-year-old man who died Tuesday following a SWAT team incident in the city's Cavalier Forest neighborhood.

Suffolk Fire and Rescue responded to a fire Wednesday night in the 2800 block of S. Nansemond Drive.

Former Virginia Tech football star Maurice DeShazo was among fifteen men charged Friday with soliciting prostitution following a Newport News police sting.

JAMESTOWN The Jamestown-Scotland Ferry is back to full capacity. The Pocahontas was taken out of service earlier this morning because of mechanical problems, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.  

The Virginian-Pilot is reporting on its website that Suffolk School Board may consider banning cross-dressing in city schools. Superintendent Deran Whitney is proposing the changes so the clothing won't be a distraction or become a safety issue for the student. Click here to read the full report.

Virginians strongly favor drug tests for welfare recipients and support repealing a requirement that young girls be vaccinated against a virus that can cause cervical cancer, according to a new poll conducted by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. They also want public schools to be allowed to open before Labor Day and be able to more easily fire teachers, the poll found.

At the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, eastbound traffic on Interstate 64 is backed up a mile to Mallory Street in Hampton.

LEXINGTON Washington and Lee University has canceled the appearance of an elephant in a parade at a mock political convention after a national animal-rights group objected. The convention in Lexington is being held this week to predict the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.

By Bob Lewis  RICHMOND Two bills have advanced to a final House vote to restate more than 400 years of common law that shield from prosecution people who protect themselves from intruders in their homes. Democrats say the bills go too far in writing into Virginia law civil and criminal immunity for people defending themselves from others illegally in their dwellings.

No winning ticket was sold for the top jackpot in Wednesay's Powerball drawing increasing the size of the top prize to an estimated $310 million.