Judge sentences man to 30 years in Hampton homicide
HAMPTON — A judge sentenced a Newport News man to 30 years in prison Tuesday for killing a father of two last year. Substitute Judge Dean Sword Jr. sentenced Brandon Coles to 30 years in prison in the...
View ArticleMental evaluation ordered for Hampton man charged in deaths
HAMPTON — A mental-competency evaluation was ordered Tuesday for a man charged with killing two men outside the White Oak Lodge last year. Rahmeal Latrey Perry, 18, of Hampton, is charged with two...
View ArticleHomicide jury trial set to begin in Hampton
HAMPTON — A jury trial is scheduled to begin Wednesday morning in the shooting death of a man killed last year outside a restaurant. Patrick...
View ArticleFaith transcends violence of Hampton slaying
Two families wept and prayed together in a witness room after the guilty verdict was read. For one woman, the June 25 verdict brought justice for her slain son's life. The other woman had to say...
View ArticleNewport News man found guilty in 2008 double slaying; jury recommends two...
NEWPORT NEWS — A Newport News man was found guilty in the slayings of two teenagers shot dead on 35th Street six years ago, with the jury recommending he get two life terms plus 23 years. Following a...
View ArticleA mother describes her grief on the witness stand in Hampton
Phyllis Rodriguez is fighting a battle every day as she lives without her slain son. It's been nearly two years since 19-year-old Bartholomew Kyle Robinson was shot to death on Seldendale Drive in...
View ArticleJailhouse informant: Newport News man admitted killing
NEWPORT NEWS — A jailhouse informant in a Newport News murder case testified Wednesday that Marcus Tyrone Williams told him at the Newport News City Jail in 2012 that he and another man opened fire on...
View ArticleNewport News man gets 12 years in Hampton murder
HAMPTON — A Newport News man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Friday for a 2014 shooting in Hampton in which a bystander was killed following an argument over a dice game. In a plea agreement,...
View ArticleNewport News man found guilty of two murders
NEWPORT NEWS — A Newport News man was found guilty in the slayings of two teenagers shot dead on 35th Street six years ago, with the jury recommending he get two life terms plus 23 years. Following a...
View ArticleNewport News double homicide trial slated to begin Tuesday
NEWPORT NEWS — A murder trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday for a Hampton man charged with killing two teens in 2008. Floyd Taybron, 21, is charged with killing Barry Eugene Richardson, 16, and...
View ArticleWoman charged with murder, neglect after unattended toddler dies
HAMPTON— A 31-year-old Hampton woman was arrested and charged Thursday in connection to the death of a toddler earlier this week, according to a York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office news release. York County...
View ArticleFederal prosecutors recognized for Somali pirate case
Four federal prosecutors were recently given Attorney General Awards for their work securing convictions in several Somali pirates' cases, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office...
View ArticleFugitive charged in Hampton man’s murder
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Newport News police rounded up a Hampton murder suspect after a standoff at a hotel Saturday. Kwaume Edwards is behind bars for the shooting death of Jonathan...
View ArticleMagnets in spinal rods help girl ‘grow’ without surgery
By of the Journal Sentinel You know your children are growing when you hear, "I need new shoes" or "My swimsuit is too small." One day last fall, Sandra Smith's 8-year-old daughter announced, "I think...
View ArticleHorse-drawn buggy driver killed in Clark County crash
A horse-drawn buggy driver was killed in Clark County when his horse turned into the path of a logging truck, Friday. Aaron N. Newswanger, 50, was driving the buggy east on Clark County Highway A about...
View ArticleBucks vs. Heat
Follow our live coverage as the Milwaukee Bucks face Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat at the at the BMO Harris Bradley Center on Friday night. Check back after the game for complete coverage. | Jan. 29,...
View ArticleFall 2014 Dean's List released (Northwestern State University of Louisiana)
(Source: Northwestern State University of Louisiana) NATCHITOCHES - One thousand and ninety-one students at Northwestern State University have been named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2014 semester....
View ArticleArea all-district football honorees
• District 13-6A MVP: Chris Roller, sr., DB, Lake Travis. Offensive MVP: Dominic DeLira, sr., QB, Lake Travis. Defensive MVP: Hudson Hall, sr., LB, Westlake. Coach of the year: Hank Carter, Lake...
View ArticleUS Army promotions to sergeant for July, 2016
See the July, 2016 staff sergeant promotion list here. The following U.S. Army specialists have been selected for promotion to the rank of sergeant, as of July 1, 2016: ABANDA SOLOMON AFUHU SPC 92W...
View ArticleExaminer.com's 2015 Class 5A Capsules
This is the fourth year of Examiner.com's Covering the Entire State Series as 5A will be looked at today. Of the 58 schools that make up the new look 5A, all 58 responded and have their football...
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