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April 23, 2019

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Lawsuit against Gloucester school board alleges student left on freezing bus for 7 hours

A lawsuit filed in Gloucester Circuit Court in March says that a school bus driver left a fifth-grader with a disability on a bus for most of the school day in freezing conditions in January.

Guy Fieri bringing pizza and tacos to Hampton's Power Plant

Celebrity chef Guy Fieri is bringing two new restaurants to Hampton's Power Plant - a pizza place and a taco place.

Legislators took campaign donations during the General Assembly session

Virginia legislators accepted from $41,000 in campaign contributions during the General Assembly session — when state law bars them from taking in money.

The untold story of the men who died on the USS Saturn at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in World War II

The details of the fire aboard USS Saturn that killed 15 men and injured 20 at the Norfolk Navy Yard during World War II were classified until 2010. The families of the dead and the survivors would never learn the cause.

Clock winds down toward August deadline to complete Fort Monroe visitors center

Fort Monroe officials scramble to open a visitors and education center by late summer.

139-year-old downtown Newport News Church celebrates what may be final Easter services

St. Paul's Episcopal Church in downtown Newport News celebrated Easter Sunday ahead of its planned closure later this year.