York County, VA

It's almost the Fourth of July, and many cities across Hampton Roads and northeastern North Carolina will light up the skies with colorful fireworks displays to celebrate.

The Virginia's 2nd Congressional District covers all or part of York County, James City County, Accomack County, Northampton County. The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Virginia are scheduled on November 8, 2022. The primary runoff was scheduled for June 21, 2022. The filing deadline was March 18, 2022.

YORKTOWN, Va. — At the end of March 2021, then-Governor Ralph Northam signed historic legislation that banned the death penalty in Virginia. The Commonwealth became the first southern state to abolish capital punishment, but it wasn’t the first time Virginia would be at the center of a death penalty crossroads.

The 2nd Congressional District of Virginia covers all or part of York County, Northampton County, James City County, Accomack County. All U.S. House districts, including the 2nd Congressional District of Virginia, are holding elections in 2022. The general election is scheduled on November 8, 2022. The primary is scheduled for June 21, 2022. The filing deadline was April 7, 2022.

The suspect is described as an older white man with grey hair. He was wearing a white t-shirt and black zip-up hoodie with the sleeves cut off.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — More than a dozen groups in the Greater Williamsburg area are coming together to celebrate Juneteenth. "It's not a Black holiday. This is an American holiday," said Connie Matthews Hershaw, of Let Freedom Ring Foundation. "It's to celebrate the end of slavery." Juneteenth, acknowledged on June...

A 32-year-old high school teacher has been accused of taking indecent liberties with a student in Virginia, PEOPLE confirms. According to a brief press release issued late last week by the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office, Kristen McAllister, 32, allegedly engaged in an ongoing and inappropriate relationship with an underage student. The...

Officials say Amy Melissa Taylor-Wallace agreed on June 8 to turn herself in but never showed up.

If you live in the area and are in need of food, you should attend the food distribution event at Coastal Community Church located at 110 Village Road in the Old Kroger store building in the Kiln Creek Shopping Center from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, July 16.

Police announced Monday that two teenage boys were killed last week when a speeding SUV crashed into a tractor-trailer in Newport News. The crash occurred at 11:55 a.m. Friday in the 100 block of Yorktown Road, west of Jefferson Avenue near Lee Hall Mansion. Newport News police spokeswoman Sarah Ketchum said in a Friday news release that the tractor-trailer was headed north on Yorktown Road ...