Newport News,VA man indicted on sex trafficking charges

" JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A Newport News man faces sex trafficking charges. Federal authorities say Marvin Leigh Madkins, 28, recruited and transported two juveniles from Virginia to Florida between April and June to engage in prostitution and commercial sex acts. He’s...

Va. court grants first writ of actual innocence in Chesapeake case

" - A man convicted in Chesapeake of felony firearm possession has become the first person exonerated under a 2004 Virginia law allowing prisoners to present new, non-DNA evidence of their innocence. The Virginia Court of Appeals granted Darrell Andrew Copeland's writ of...

Lingerie links women to robbery

"HAMPTON - A woman from Hampton has been linked to a robbery that financed her underwear shopping spree, police said.Charlotte Hall, along with Anna Albecker, are believed to have profited from a robbery on June 1 in the Todd's Lane area of Hampton.According to an affidavit...

Woman accused of assault, trying to steal hair extensions

Police charged an 18-year-old Virginia woman with spraying mace in a store clerk's face while trying to steal hair extensions at a beauty supply store.The store clerk deserves a big fat raise.

Families Displaced After Fire Destroys Nearby Houses

" May 20, 2007 Virginia - A fire destroyed two vacant houses in the city's southeast neighborhood early Saturday morning, but firefighters managed to keep the blaze from engulfing a third house occupied by a couple and their two teenage daughters. Newport News firefighters...

Firefighter Injured While Battling Blaze

" April 26, 2007 Virginia - Lightning from a fast-moving thunderstorm struck the roof of a brick colonial home along the James River Tuesday, sparking a fire that burned through much of the home's attic, an official said. Authorities received a report of a fire at 6:35 p.m....

Fire Destroys Market: Electrical Short Circuit To Blame

" February 17, 2007 Virginia - Fire destroyed a popular neighborhood market early this morning. Newport News fire officials determined that a short circuit in the lighting system caused the fire that gutted Game's Farmer's Market on Harpersville Road. The building was...

Weakened Ernesto's rains force hundreds from homes - Seattle Times

" By SONJA BARISIC The Associated Press PREV of NEXT BUDDY NORRIS / NEWPORT NEWS DAILY PRESS A rescue crew takes Mariners Landing Apartments residents to safety Friday in Newport News, Va. Related National Hurricane Center NORFOLK, Va. — Ernesto weakened to a tropical...