The Virginian-Pilot
Costumed runners hit the Virginia Beach Boardwalk for Wicked 10k
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- Costumed runners hit the Virginia Beach Boardwalk for Wicked 10k
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- 0:21
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- Wicked 10k, organized by J&A Racing, featured more than 6,800 costumed participants who trudged from the Virginia Beach Convention Center on 19th Street to the Boardwalk, running both north and south along the concrete path on Saturday morning. The race benefitted Spike's K9 Fund, which provides ballistic vests for working dogs. Some of the dogs dressed as lions cheered the runners on.
Read the story: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/10/31/costumed-runners-virginia-beach-boardwalk-wicked-10k/
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- Virginia Sen. Louise Lucas indicted; Kash Patel, Todd Blanche press conference
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- 2:52
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche held a press conference on Thursday to announce Sen. Louise Lucas' indictment.
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- Virginia Sen. Louise Lucas indicted; led criminal drug enterprise, feds say
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- 24:45
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche traveled to Norfolk Thursday to announce the charges against Virginia Sen. Louise Lucas in a press conference.
https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/10/22/louise-lucas-indicted/
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- Mammoth model train display fills 4,000-square-foot Virginia Beach warehouse
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- Dieter's Train Town was designed and built inside a 4,000-square-foot warehouse in Virginia Beach by Dieter Steinhoff and friends during the coronavirus pandemic, and it's still a work in progress.
Read the story here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/10/09/model-train-display-virginia-beach/
Reporting and video by Stacy Parker, video editing by Avery Sloan.
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- Richneck Elementary School classroom after shooting
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- 3:04
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- This video contains body camera footage from inside Classroom 11 at Richneck Elementary School after a 6-year-old student shot his teacher on Jan. 6, 2023.
Editors with the Daily Press and The Virginian-Pilot deliberated extensively about whether — and how — to publish this video. We have published it now because we believe it is an important part of an event that has had, and will continue to have, wide-ranging effects.
When the court improperly sealed this evidence during a criminal trial, we enlisted legal help to fight the ruling and won release of the video. That, however, wasn’t enough to compel us to publish. In fact, even as we fought to unseal the video, we were unsure if we would decide to publish it. We knew it was vulgar, if nothing else.
That changed after the court sent the video to us to assist with redactions — in this case, blurring to obscure anything that might identify the child or his classmates.
What we ...
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- Student enrollment rises at Old Dominion, dips at Christopher Newport
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Hampton Roads universities are navigating turbulent waters driven by challenges and changing perceptions regarding the affordability and value of higher education.
Reporting by Nate Delesline.
Read the story: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/09/27/student-enrollment-old-dominion-christopher-newport/
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- Norfolk’s $50 million Garden of Tomorrow expansion includes sprawling greenhouse, 450 plant species
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- The Norfolk Botanical Garden's new greenhouse expansion, the Garden of Tomorrow, is expected to open to the public Sept. 14.
https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/09/08/norfolk-botanical-garden-expansion/
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- NSU season opener
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Scenes from Norfolk State’s season-opening victory Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, over Winston-Salem State. (Trevyn Gray/The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press)
Story here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/08/29/norfolk-state-football-makes-emphatic-year-2-statement-routs-winston-salem-state-in-opener/
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- From boot scootin’ to trail ride, younger fans flock to line dancing in Hampton Roads
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- 2:15
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Line dancing classes are filling up across Hampton Roads at a growing rate thanks the viral popularity of the choreographed dance routines on social media.
Read the story: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/08/27/line-dancing-popularity-hampton-roads/
Reporting by: Maggie Allwein, photos by Peter Casey and video by Avery Sloan/The Virginian-Pilot.
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- Severe rainfall damages historic Wells Theatre
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Severe rain from Thursday damaged the historic Wells Theatre in Norfolk. The Virginia Stage Company is still assessing how much of the theatre was damaged.
Video courtesy/Virginia Stage Company
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- Eastern Shore seabed mining proposal threatens 60 years of conservation, environmentalists say
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- 3:05
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- As the Trump administration considers opening federal waters off Virginia’s coast to mineral mining, residents and environmentalists are weighing in.
Read the story here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/08/05/eastern-shore-seabed-mining-threats/
Story and video by Maggie Allwein
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- ICE arrest in Norfolk
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- 0:28
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- After hearing that her fiancé had been stopped by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 18-year-old Britney Ramirez-Corona drove to the site of the arrest in Norfolk on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. Ramirez-Corona filmed her interaction with law enforcement when she arrived. She ended up being detained. (Courtesy/Britney Ramirez-Corona)
Find the article here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/08/10/ice-arrests-tidewater-family/
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- Man riding jet ski in Norfolk during flooding
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- 0:16
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- A man can be seen on a jet ski traveling across Princess Anne Road and Monticello Avenue after the road flooded Tuesday evening. (Courtesy/Ariel Bloch)
Read the story here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/08/04/flash-flood-warnings-in-hampton-roads/
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- Flooding on Monticello Avenue and East 26th Street
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Heavy rain has fallen across Hampton Roads as parts of the region are under flood warnings. (Courtesy/Ian Blair)
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- Flash flood warnings issued as heavy rain pounds Hampton Roads
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- The National Weather Service issued multiple flash flood warnings Tuesday afternoon for portions of Hampton Roads as thunderstorms dumped heavy rain across the region, creating the potential for rapidly rising water on roads.
Read the article here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/08/04/flash-flood-warnings-in-hampton-roads/
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- NASA Langley Research Center opens first wind tunnel in more than 40 years
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- NASA officials and state leadership cut the ribbon Friday on the agency’s first new wind tunnel in more than 40 years as the agency undergoes a wave of consolidation.
Reporting and video by Devlin Epding, photos by Stephen M. Katz and video editing by Avery Sloan.
Read the story here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/07/31/nasa-langley-research-center-opens-first-wind-tunnel/
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- This virtual simulation technology trains Hampton Roads police officers for split-second decisions
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- 1:26
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Newport News police opened the simulation to the media months after a viral video involving an officer. Reporting and video by Avery Sloan.
Read the story here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/07/29/virtual-simulation-police-training/
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- Teens ‘touch grass’ and get PE credit at outdoor education with Newport News schools
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- There's canoeing, archery, hiking, biking, fishing and camping at the Outdoor Education program of Newport News schools. Here's what participants had to say.
Reporting by John Buzbee and video by Megan Rudacille.
Read the article here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/07/25/outdoor-education-newport-news/
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- With retirement looming, USS Nimitz comes to Norfolk
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- Here's what reporter Maggie Allwein's day on the USS Nimitz looked like.
Read the story: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/07/09/uss-nimitz-comes-to-norfolk/
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- Code red air quality alert issued in Hampton Roads due to wildfires
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Hampton Roads’ air quality is unhealthy, which is a code red alert, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality said Friday. Here is what this means.
Video by: Andrea Noble and reporting by: Avery Sloan.
Read the story: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/07/17/air-quality-unhealthy-hampton-roads/
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- Norfolk corpse flower finishes bloom for the first time
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- A smelly, enormous plant named Lady MacDeath bloomed this weekend for the first time since its arrival at Norfolk Botanical Garden, attracting thousands of curious visitors. It’s a spectacle unlikely to be repeated for several years.
Read the story: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/07/06/norfolk-corpse-flower-finish-bloom/
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- Man seen dancing at the Oceanfront
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- 0:19
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- A man identified as Tim Wegert is seen dancing in Virginia Beach on July 5, 2026. Wegert was later arrested and charged with assaulting a law enforcement officer. (Video courtesy of Casey Bunce)
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- Review: Experience the comforts of home at this soul food buffet in Portsmouth
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- With more than 30 dishes on the buffet, including pigs' feet, Cooper's brings memories of Grandma. Rekaya Gibson reviews.
Read more: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/07/01/review-coopers-restaurant-portsmouth/
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- Loggerhead sea turtle release in Virginia Beach
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- 0:28
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- The Virginia Aquarium's Stranding Response Team released a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle near 47th Street at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront Friday, June 26, 2026. The turtle had been hooked on recreational fishing lines. (Stacy Parker/The Virginian-Pilot)
Read our article: pilotonline.com/2026/06/29/loggerhead-sea-turtle-releases-at-virginia-beach/
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- Loggerhead sea turtle release in Virginia Beach
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- The Virginia Aquarium's Stranding Response Team released a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle near 47th Street at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront Thursday, June 25, 2026. The turtle had been hooked on recreational fishing lines. (Stacy Parker/The Virginian-Pilot)
Read our article: pilotonline.com/2026/06/29/loggerhead-sea-turtle-releases-at-virginia-beach/
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- Woman opens up about dog’s fatal shooting by Norfolk police: ‘A piece of me died that day’
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- A Norfolk officer shot and killed Stormi Blu, Alizana Cummings's service dog, on Father's Day after entering the wrong apartment while responding to a 911 call of a man who shot himself accidentally.
Read the story here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/06/26/dog-shot-norfolk-officer-wrong-apartment/
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- Corpse flower timelapse
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- 0:10
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- The corpse flower, one of the largest in the world, has been growing rapidly for the last few days, according to the Norfolk Botanical Garden – its height increased from 21 inches on June 16 to 50 inches on June 26.
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- MacArthur Center fades away: Norfolk mall closes after 27 years
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- MacArthur Center opened in 1999 to enormous fanfare, promising to be an economic engine for the city of Norfolk. Now, 27 years later, the mall is closing. Current and former city leaders reflected on the downtown mall's development, heyday and legacy. Video and reporting by Nate Delesline III.
Read the story: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/06/26/macarthur-center-norfolk-mall-closes/
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- Busch Gardens' drone show
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- On Thursday, The Virginia Gazette got a sneak peak at Busch Gardens’ new drone show. The show is part of the park’s new Summer of Wonder, which includes the return of Kinetix, a music show featuring acrobats and aerialists. The shows start Friday for the general public. (Video/Kimberly Root)
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- Barricade situation over in Virginia Beach; vehicle had anti-police message painted on it
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
- Description
- After nearly four hours, Virginia Beach police took a man into custody after he had barricaded himself inside a red SUV spray-painted with an anti-police message on London Bridge Road outside of Strawbridge Marketplace.
Read the story: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/06/22/barricade-situation-vb/
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- NASA drone organ transport study
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- 5:55
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- On June 5, 2026, researchers at NASA Langley's test range load a human kidney onto a drone to see whether it can be done safely beyond visual line-of-sight. (NASA video)
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- Norfolk Parade of Sail
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Views from the Parade of Sail in Norfolk on Friday, June 19, 2026.
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- Verbolten at Busch Gardens Williamsburg POV
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- 3:28
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Reporter Skylar Hartgerink, right, rode on Verbolten at Busch Gardens Williamsburg during a Media Day on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Courtesy/Busch Gardens Williamsburg)
Read the story here: https://www.dailypress.com/2026/06/12/busch-gardens-verbolten-coaster-new-storyline/
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- Newport News adopts 7 p.m. youth curfew, gives police more authority
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- The Newport News City Council approved a temporary 7 p.m. curfew for unaccompanied children in City Center at its Tuesday meeting in an effort to curb recent public safety issues.
Read more: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/06/09/newport-news-city-center-curfew/
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- Busch Gardens’ Verbolten coaster reopens after 5-month remodeling
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- 0:24
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Riders on the new Verbolten: Forbidden Turn encounter an animatronic Frau Hetzel on their way through the line. Frau Hetzel, who has taken over the magical car tour, gives instructions about the ride they're about to take through the Black Forest with a stern warning: "Don't turn right."
Read more: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/06/02/busch-gardens-verbolten-coaster-reopens/
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- Atlantic Park Living offers bird’s eye view of surf lagoon at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront
- Runtime
- 1:50
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Atlantic Park Living is the latest addition to the Oceanfront's growing apartment inventory. Over the last decade, new multi-family communities with modern amenities have been constructed within a block or two of the ocean, enlivening the resort area beyond the busy summer season.
Read more: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/05/30/atlantic-park-living-surf-lagoon-oceanfront/
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- How Virginia Beach police solved a 40-year-old rape, killing cold case
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Scientific advancements in genealogical testing helped Virginia Beach police connect Charles Berry, a 66-year-old Connecticut man and former Navy man, with a 40-year-old cold case – the 1986 rape and murder of Roberta Walls, 22.
Read more: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/05/20/how-virginia-beach-police-found-suspect/
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- Inside Newport News’ first Noodle: The Thinker’s Convention
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
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- Chesapeake libraries launch new summer learning program starring mascot Dizzy
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Chesapeake library mascots Dizzy and Daizy are taking over this year's summer learning program, with a new trading card system featuring unique ways to engage with the area.
Story here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/05/27/chesapeake-libraries-trading-card-program/
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- Newport News City Center incident police response
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- 49:39
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
- Description
- Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew and Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Jones held a press conference Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in response to a viral social media video. Drew said the police officer who pulled his gun on a car full of young people at City Center acted reasonably in a tense situation.
Read more: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/05/26/newport-news-police-on-viral-video/
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- Former Richneck Assistant Principal Ebony Parker Zoom call
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- 16:48
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- This Zoom call, recorded by Newport News Public Schools in January 2023, was admitted into evidence on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at Ebony Parker's jury trial on felony child neglect charges relating to the shooting of a first-grade teacher by a 6-year-old student. This footage is from WTKR's video stream of the proceedings.
Story here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/05/20/jury-hears-richneck-adminstrators-interview/
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- Fire in the street: Police investigating 'street takeover' in West Ghent
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- This video posted to Instagram shows a person with a flamethrower lighting a ring of gasoline on fire in the street as fireworks are set off at the intersection of Redgate Avenue and Greenway Court in the West Ghent neighborhood Sunday night. (Courtesy/Nathan Humphrey)
Read our story: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/05/19/norfolk-street-takeover/
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- Williamsburg gets spotlight in the ‘Today’ show’s ‘3rd Hour’
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- 2:37
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Hundreds of people showed up in Colonial Williamsburg on Friday for a chance to watch a special taping of NBC’s “Today” show to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary.
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- Questions remain after FBI raid of Sen. Lucas and Norfolk CBD shop
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- 2:17
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- It remains unclear whether the Wednesday raid on Upton’s CBD Shoppe on Granby Street is connected to the raid on Sen. Louise Lucas’ businesses across the river. Here's what we do know.
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- Spreading culture through game: Setting Sun brings mahjong to Hampton Roads
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- James Sagayno opened Setting Sun, southeastern Virginia’s only mahjong parlor, in 2024 and says demand has exploded this year. He doesn’t know exactly what the popularity surge stems from, other than natural gravitation to simplicity.
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- Nigerian romance scams take $1.3 million from Norfolk’s coffers
- Runtime
- 1:17
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- A Nigerian man has been charged with bank fraud after federal authorities connected him to romance scams that drew over $1.3 million from a city of Norfolk corporate bank account.
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- At long last, the Elizabeth River Trail has a home, foundation says
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- The Elizabeth River Trail held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its grand opening on Saturday, April 25. (Video by John Buzbee/The Virginian-Pilot)
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- Virginia Beach curfew violation arrest
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Michael “Mickey” Barker made this recording with his iPhone of his arrest on a curfew violation at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront on Saturday night, April 18, 2026. (Courtesy/Mickey Barker)
Read the story here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/04/20/virginia-beach-curfew-violation-charge/
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- Home Depot shooting news conference York County
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- 17:33
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- James City County Police Chief Mark Jamison, left, and York-Poquoson Sheriff Ron Montgomery, right, address the media after two James City County police officers shot and killed a 33-year-old North Carolina man inside a Home Depot on Mooretown Road in York County on Jan. 28, 2026. (Video by Pete Dujardin/Daily Press)
More info here: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/01/28/james-city-county-officers-kill-man-in-york-county-home-depot/
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- Fast Rubik's Cube
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- 0:12
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
- Description
- Benson Kim, a Williamsburg resident and Virginia Tech student, can solve a standard 3x3 cube in under 10 seconds. He'll be competing on Saturday, Jan. 24, at a speed cubing competition called the Colonial Cube Clash at Williamsburg Community Chapel. (Ben Swenson/For The Virginia Gazette)
