By Michael Sluss Virginians would have to wait at least five days after registering to vote to cast an absentee ballot under legislation passed by a divided state Senate on Thursday.

VIRGINIA BEACH The driver of a motor scooter was killed early Thursday when he struck a Jeep on Princess Anne Road, police said.

NORFOLK A city man pleaded guilty Thursday to killing his mother's boyfriend during an argument.

 Fire investigators in Norfolk have asked for help from the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in looking into four recent cases of arson at a prominent condo building.

He served as the county's top law enforcement officer since 2007

GLOUCESTER — After serving as county as sheriff since 2007, Steve Gentry will resign from the post Saturday, Chief Deputy Darrell Warren said.

A fire that destroyed half of a duplex in Hampton on Wednesday night has left a family of four displaced.

RICHMOND An attorney for the U.S. National Slavery Museum is seeking more time to produce delinquent tax returns in a bid to reorganize the museum's debt and resume fundraising.

At 7:05 a.m., the Virginia Department of Transportation was reporting the following traffic issues: U.S. 13 The southbound lanes are closed at Young Street in Northampton County because of a tractor-trailer crash. The tractor-trailer, carrying about 80,000 pounds of frozen pork, collided with a box truck. A detour is in place while both trucks are unloaded and cleared from the road. 

BALTIMORE  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is heading to Baltimore to announce what department officials say is a major step toward developing wind energy off the coasts of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and New Jersey.

 A popular Norfolk condo building was completely evacuated on Wednesday night after the fourth fire in the past week, the first three of which were determined to be cases of arson.