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Battle of the Bands
The Crimson Thunder of K. Johnson Elementary School in Newport News, Va., took home several trophies during Saturday’s Warren County High School Battle of the Bands & Drumline Competition, including Grand Champions, 2024 Warren County High School Drumline Competition. The event was presented by the Warren County High School Division of Bands and included performances by the Warren County High School Dynamic Marching Machine, its Steel Stix Drumline and its Platinum Ice dancers.
Hundreds celebrate 'The Mustard Seed Place' grand opening in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Nearly 250 people poured into Olde Towne Portsmouth Wednesday morning to celebrate the grand opening of The Mustard Seed Place. "To see it all come together today, it just felt like a love connection," said Dr. Angela Reddix, the visionary behindThe Mustard Seed Place and the founder of the multi-million-dollar healthcare management company ARDX based in Norfolk. "[This is] a place where women will thrive!"
Youngkin vetoes waiting period for firearms purchase, signs two gun safety bills
Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed a slew of gun safety measures Tuesday, including one bill that would have banned the sale of assault firearms and another that would have enacted a five-day waiting period on gun purchases. “I swore an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of Virginia, and that absolutely includes protecting the right of law-abiding ...
'Off to a very good start' | Newport News police chief addresses early 2024 crime trends and officer recruitment efforts
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Newport News had a record-breaking deadly year in 2023. Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said there were 45 homicides across the city, 10 of which happened in August alone. There were two additional deadly shootings on interstates within Newport News. While they fall under...
Handsome Biscuit competes for title against N.C., national egg sandwiches
Help Norfolk's Handsome Biscuit win the title of Best Biscuit in the South. "Garden and Gun," a southern lifestyle website, is hosting an online bracket where people can vote on the Best Biscuit.
A Hampton family lost everything in a fire. Now they’re trying to rebuild.
HAMPTON — When husband and wife Kamaren and Sheena Broughton decided to leave their house on the evening of March 1 to go out to Peninsula Town Center, they had no idea that their home would no longer exist when they returned. The couple had left their two teenage children and 2-year-old at their Hampton home. Kamaren went out with a friend to Bar Louie. Sheena went to a coworker’s going-away ...
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