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• Robber convicted of killing...

  19-09-2017 23:00 via WVEC - Local
         
  
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• Va. Beach police search for missing...

  19-09-2017 22:08 via WVEC - Local
  Billie is 4'11" tall and weighs around 133 pounds. She may be traveling in a 2014 cream color Mini Cooper with Maryland plates reading 2CX-0575.        
  
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• Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel project...

  19-09-2017 20:26 via WVEC - Local
  A groundbreaking ceremony on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel marked the official start of work on the $756 million Thimble Shoals parallel tunnel construction project.       
  
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• Hair dresser gives free haircuts to local homeless people

  19-09-2017 20:12 via Virginia Beach News
  Wanting to make a difference in the world, Joshua Coombes set out two years ago to give free haircuts to homeless people all over the world, from London to New York to Cancun and now Virginia Beach.
  
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• Concerned about co-workers' office...

  19-09-2017 19:56 via WVEC - Local
  Do you think extramarital affairs are common in the workplace?       
  
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• Commonwealth v. Patrick Anthony Caprice; Multiple Burglaries around the Holiday Season Draws Nine-Year Prison Sentence

  19-09-2017 19:24 via City of Virginia Beach - News
  Colin D. Stolle, Commonwealth's Attorney for the city of Virginia Beach, announced that Patrick Anthony Caprice, 21 years old, formerly of the 1100 block of Gunn Hall Drive in Virginia Beach, Virginia,...
  
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• Norfolk hands out know your zone...

  19-09-2017 19:02 via WVEC - Local
  If you don't see a sticker at your home yet, don't worry, crews will be putting stickers out through October.       
  
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• Public Meetings on Draft Interfacility Traffic Area (ITA) and Vicinity Master Plan and Courthouse East Plan Scheduled for Sept. 27 and Oct. 10

  19-09-2017 18:52 via City of Virginia Beach - News
  -Virginia Beach, VA A planning effort to revise the 2011 Interfacility Traffic Area -ITA and Vicinity Master Plan has been underway for approximately a year, and is now reaching its conclusion. The final...
  
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• Attorneys for convicted ex-police...

  19-09-2017 18:51 via WVEC - Local
  Stephen Rankin was sentenced to two and a half years in prison last year. He shot 18-year-old William Chapman in a Walmart parking lot in 2015.       
  
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• World War I air show returns to...

  19-09-2017 18:50 via WVEC - Local
  The annual Biplanes and Triplanes World War I Air Show takes place in October.       
  
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• Chesapeake Sheriff's Office hosting...

  19-09-2017 18:38 via WVEC - Local
  You can join the fight against breast cancer at the 3rd Annual 'Pull for Pink' fire truck pull, hosted by the Chesapeake Sheriff's Office.        
  
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• Attempting to Locate – Missing Adult

  19-09-2017 18:32 via City of Virginia Beach - News
  ​19-year-old Ashanti Markaila Billie , was last seen Monday, September 18, 2017 at approximately 4:00 a.m. in the 4400 block of Bonnie Road, Midtown at Town Center Apartments.  Billie never arrived...
  
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• NTSB releases preliminary report on...

  19-09-2017 18:28 via WVEC - Local
  The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report about a deadly helicopter crash that killed a patient and a three-member crew.       
  
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• Commonwealth v. Deandre Evans Womack; 50 Years in Prison for Killing of Friend During Robbery, Wounding Another

  19-09-2017 17:19 via City of Virginia Beach - News
  ​ Colin D. Stolle, Commonwealth's Attorney for the city of Virginia Beach, announced that Deandre Evans Womack, 24 years old, formerly of the 1600 block of Dorchester Street in Franklin, Virginia, wassentenced...
  
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• Taco Bell to get rid of drive-thru,...

  19-09-2017 16:19 via WVEC - Local
  HOUSTON – Taco Bell is reportedly going to open more than 300 new locations around the country but with a much different layout.       
  
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• Hermes Abrasives HVA Expands and Adds 12 Jobs in Virginia Beach

  19-09-2017 15:21 via City of Virginia Beach - News
  ​The Virginia Beach Development Authority has awarded Hermes Abrasives an Economic Development Investment Program grant in the amount of $125,000 for its $3.75 million dollar expansion of real estate,business...
  
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• Opioids

  19-09-2017 15:14 via Virginia Beach News
  Attorneys general from 35 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia are urging health insurers to review their policies for pain management treatment to spark higher use of alternatives to opioid prescriptions. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring outlined his recommended next steps to combat opioid addiction at the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference in Virginia Beach on Monday.
  
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• Library Offers Free Classes for New, Aspiring Small Business Owners

  19-09-2017 14:00 via City of Virginia Beach - News
  ​Virginia Beach Public Library -VBPL is launching classes for those who are considering starting a new business or who started a business in the last two years. A 10-week series, "Start Smart:...
  
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• Navy SEAL With The Bedpost Also Navy SEAL Of Generosity To Navy SEALs

  19-09-2017 10:39 via Virginia Beach News
  Ken Griffin is a billionaire , and thus he is also a philanthropist. Why, just visit the Art Institute of Chicago or Harvard's undergraduate financial aid office and you'll see.
  
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• 'The water is very dangerous,' oceanfront life guards talk about ripa Read Story Megan Shinn

  19-09-2017 06:06 via Virginia Beach News
  Life guards are on high alert for rip currents, and surfers are saying this weather is what they dream about. "It is nice out here on the beach but, however the water is very dangerous," said Virginia Beach life guard, Sean Millard.
  
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• Virginia Beach announces start of new drug treatment court

  19-09-2017 01:26 via Virginia Beach News
  Virginia Beach has announced that they will be starting a drug treatment court, with the goal to rehabilitate non-violent drug offenders and addicts, in hopes of providing them with an alternative to prison. The Virginia Beach Drug Treatment Court will be used as a way to form better long term behavior in drug offenders, and create a path in the Circuit Court of Virginia Beach system for drug offenders to receive help and rehabilitation.
  
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• Virginia-Beach 30 mins ago 1:26 p.m.Rescue group bringing animals...

  18-09-2017 20:40 via Virginia Beach News
  An animal rescue group will bring hundreds of dogs and cats that survived storms in the Virgin Islands to Hampton Roads. People with Island Dog Rescue chartered a plane to fly the animals to Norfolk.
  
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• Gelati Celesti scoops up extra space, plans Virginia Beach opening

  18-09-2017 20:40 via Virginia Beach News
  Increased demand and a banner summer of sales have prompted a local ice cream purveyor to grab a few extra scoops of industrial space in the city. Richmond-based Gelati Celesti is opening a production facility in 9,250 square feet at 1908 N. Hamilton St. - nearly quadruple the size of its existing facility on nearby Dabney Road.
  
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• Man accused of spraying victim with air freshener at VB church

  18-09-2017 18:12 via Virginia Beach News
  Marshawn Lynch provided the early touchdown, the dance moves and the inspiration for the crowd in celebratory home op CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - When Harvard sophomore Seth Towns awoke in his riverside dorm room Wednesday morning, he had options.
  
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• Va. Task Force 2 team heading to Puerto Rico

  18-09-2017 13:15 via Virginia Beach News
  Officials with the Virginia Beach Fire Department said Monday morning that a task force urban search and rescue team will heading to Puerto Rico. The island is bracing for possible impact from Maria .
  
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• Commonwealth’s Attorney Announces Start of Virginia Beach Drug Treatment Court

  18-09-2017 12:35 via City of Virginia Beach - News
  ​ Colin D. Stolle, Commonwealth's Attorney for the city of Virginia Beach, announces the formation of Drug Treatment Court in the Circuit Court of Virginia Beach.  The Virginia Beach Drug Treatment...
  
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• Emerging from the shadows: Clemonsa side project away from Boss allows him to flex musical muscles

  18-09-2017 06:15 via Virginia Beach News
  Given that his uncle was the late Clarence Clemons, who played beside Bruce Springsteen for decades until his death in 2011, it's somewhat mysterious that Clemons' nephew, Jake Clemons, was more or less forbidden from listen to rock 'n' roll growing up. "My dad was band director of the Marine Corps and a very strict Southern Baptist as well," Mr. Clemons told The Washington Times, adding that it was gospel music, classical and marches that pervaded his family home in Virginia Beach.
  
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• Virginia attorney general to discuss fight against opioids

  18-09-2017 01:39 via Virginia Beach News
  Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is scheduled to announce some policy proposals to fight the heroin and opioid crisis in the state. Herring will outline new programs and initiatives on Monday at the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Virginia Beach.
  
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• Virginia Beach restaurant offers 'Dinner with your Dog' every Monday night

  17-09-2017 16:22 via Virginia Beach News
  Croc's 19th Street Bistro is giving dog owners the chance to bring their pups for a night out of food and drink specials. Every Monday night from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Croc's will have a dog-friendly menu for pets, along with water bowls.
  
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• More than rough apartments where Pharrell's music love began

  17-09-2017 16:22 via Virginia Beach News
  Dot Miles stood on the sidewalk outside her building at the Atlantis Apartments holding a few decades-old photographs of a wedding. One shows a boy in a white tuxedo holding a ring-bearer pillow.
  
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• Hatfield and McCoy descendants to attend Heritage Days

  17-09-2017 07:28 via Virginia Beach News
  Some of the well known Hatfield and McCoy descendants will be visiting Pikeville next week for Hatfield and McCoy Heritage Days., which runs Friday, Sept.
  
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• Pedestrian hit by vehicle outside Pet Smart in Virginia Beach

  16-09-2017 22:42 via Virginia Beach News
  Members of Virginia Task Force 2 returned to Virginia Beach after 12 days in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. MINNEAPOLIS - With starting quarterback Sam Bradford listed as questionable for Sunday's game with a knee injury, the Minnesota Vikings PROVO, Utah - BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum came onto the field with a boot on his left foot before the game and will not play against VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.
  
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• Woman sentenced in golf cart theft...

  16-09-2017 21:09 via WVEC - Local
  A woman police said was involved with stealing and destroying a golf cart belonging to a 92-year-old former Olympic gold medal canoeing champion will spend 10 days in jail.       
  
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• Coast Guard rescues man, capsized...

  16-09-2017 20:49 via WVEC - Local
  The Coast Guard rescued a man after his boat capsized near Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on Saturday.       
  
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• Hundreds attend peaceful protest in...

  16-09-2017 20:34 via WVEC - Local
  About 300 people gathered at the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond to protest for, or against, the removal of Confederate statues Saturday.        
  
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• Town Center Fashion Show spotlights retailers in Virginia Beach

  16-09-2017 20:29 via Virginia Beach News
  The show takes place on Saturday, September 16 at the Town Center Fountain Plaza at 7 p.m., with seating beginning at 6:30 p.m. Chelsie Hightower, a professional ballroom dancer who has appeared on "So You Think You Can Dance," will be the celebrity host of this year's show.
  
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• North Carolina regulators take more...

  16-09-2017 19:25 via WVEC - Local
  Environmental regulators in North Carolina say they need more information and more time to evaluate the water quality implications of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.       
  
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• Northam builds cash edge on Gillespie...

  16-09-2017 17:43 via WVEC - Local
  Democrat Ralph Northam has surged to a campaign fundraising edge over Republican Ed Gillespie in the governor's race in Virginia.       
  
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• Red flags flying at all Virginia...

  16-09-2017 17:32 via WVEC - Local
  Red flags are flying at all Virginia Beach beaches and Sandbridge beach Saturday.       
  
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• Vietnam Wall replica comes to Newport...

  16-09-2017 05:22 via WVEC - Local
  For those in Hampton Roads who don't have the opportunity to go to Washington D.C. to remember the heroes who died in Vietnam, the Vietnam Wall has come to them.       
  
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• 9-year-old girl among two injured in...

  16-09-2017 05:22 via WVEC - Local
  Norfolk police are investigating a shooting that injured a 9-year-old girl and another woman Thursday evening.       
  
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• Virginia Beach parents upset after middle school students made to take politically-inspired quiz

  16-09-2017 04:43 via Virginia Beach News
  How young is too young for politics? That's what many parents are asking after finding themselves upset at a controversial quiz distributed to Virginia Beach middle schoolers. A spokeswoman with Virginia Beach Public Schools told News 3's Kim Cung about 95 8th grade students took a quiz as part of an activity by two teachers at Lynnhaven Middle School.
  
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• Get a free flu shot from Eastern...

  16-09-2017 03:45 via WVEC - Local
         
  
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• Ribbon cutting, completed Elizabeth...

  16-09-2017 02:56 via WVEC - Local
  The completed projects are expected alleviate congestion and to saves a commuters an average of 30 minutes a day.       
  
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• News 3 anchor Todd Corillo goes flying with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels

  16-09-2017 02:28 via Virginia Beach News
  That's how I would describe the opportunity I was given Tuesday to fly with the Navy's Elite Flight Demonstration Squadron the Blue Angels. After getting a safety briefing and going over procedures with the crew chief, I was safely strapped into the backseat of Blue Angels Jet 7, barreling down the runway at Naval Air Station Oceana.
  
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• Creature Feature: Finding Sadie

  15-09-2017 21:46 via Virginia Beach News
  Nothing says more about Iowa State's current place in the national landscape than the fact that it's playing a Mid-America VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Our animals are a part of the family.
  
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• Think-tank questions cost, assumptions of Gillespie tax cut plan

  15-09-2017 16:57 via Virginia Beach News
  Ed Gillespie, left, is a Republican running for governor of Virginia. His Democratic rival is Lt.
  
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• Police: Minor injuries reported in crash involving two school buses

  15-09-2017 12:14 via Virginia Beach News
  Some things to watch in the Big Ten this weekend: GAME OF THE WEEK Purdue at Missouri. The Boilermakers take to the road for a matchup It's another tough test for Norfolk State as the Spartans get ready for a showdown against the defending FCS national champions.
  
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• UPDATE: VBPD working a single vehicle accident

  15-09-2017 11:01 via City of Virginia Beach - News
  September 14, 2017 6:32 p.m.As a result of the injuries sustained in this crash, the driver has died.  The decedent has been identified as 42-year-old Anthony Charles Tuck. ___________________________________________On...
  
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• Jose's forecast path shifts slightly westward

  15-09-2017 07:39 via Virginia Beach News
  The forecast track continues to be between the East Coast and Bermuda, but the latest run of computer models has shifted that path slightly westward. The spaghetti plot of all of the models still agree with that general track, but a few isolated models do bring it a bit closer to the coast after doing a loop well offshore.
  
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