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"Your first reaction is a little disbelief": Inside the Virginia Beach ER after the mass shooting | On the afternoon of May 31, the staff at the city’s only trauma center had an hour to prepare for what was to come. | |
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Internal Norfolk report shows missteps before brutal beating at mental health office. City says it's not at fault. | Community Services Board staff were concerned about Michael Craig’s "agitated" and "psychotic" behavior for almost two hours before the attack. But an internal probe concluded his violent behavior was "unpredictable" and absolved staff of blame. | |
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Virginia trio highlighted a landmark NBA draft for Cavaliers, Hokies and the ACC | Kyle Guy is a risk-taker. He risked the wrath of basketball-mad Indiana by declining in-state scholarship offers from Indiana, Purdue and Butler to sign with Virginia. He accepted the burden of taking difficult shots in trying moments, and, after his greatest sports disappointment, shared his pain and mental-health battles. | |
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Bird scooter riders issued warnings, citations as Virginia Beach tries to crack down on company | Virginia Beach is reaching out to the California company about imposing more restrictions on where they can go. Recent complaints about scooters prompted the city to take a closer look, especially now that it's the start of the tourist season. | |
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Northam says he wants to end Virginia's racial disparity in maternal death rates by 2025 | Black women in Virginia die in or near childbirth more than three times as often as those from any other race, The Virginian-Pilot has reported. The United States has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world. | |
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In peak rabies season, woman attacked by wild animal in her own backyard | Patsy Moss had her fourth and final rabies shot last week. She says it didn’t hurt too bad — not as much the bites she received when a wild animal attacked her in her backyard last month, and certainly not as scary. | |
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Recent fatal collisions on minds of sailors in Navy seamanship competition | The friendly contest is a way to drive home the importance of basic seamanship, which has taken on a new sense of urgency in the wake of two deadly collisions involving Navy ships in 2017. | |
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The circle of money: How the arts produce jobs for the local economy | The recent successful run of "The Lion King" musical in Norfolk is one example of how the arts produce jobs and revenue for local cities. | |
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