Light rail to resume full service (2012/2/5)

Light rail service in downtown Norfolk is to resume full service Sunday morning after the installation of a new section of track is completed.

Case raises question of effort (2012/2/5)

A recently surfaced Williamsburg case again raises questions about whether local authorities across the state are aggressively pursuing potential exonerations after receiving new DNA evidence in old felony cases.

Baby eats cocaine found in motel room (2012/2/4)

A baby accidentally ingested cocaine after his mother says he found it on a spoon in a Virginia Beach motel room.

Plungers raise more than $1 million (2012/2/4)

More than 3,500 brave souls raised a record $1.12 million for Special Olympics Virginia this weekend by plunging in the fridgid Atlantic Ocean.

Mo Money Taxes CEO texts customers (2012/2/4)

Angry customers demanding refund checks texted the CEO of Mo Money Taxes. They shared the messages and the CEO's responses with WAVY.com.

Self-portrait strikes gold at student art contest (2012/2/4)

NORFOLK Stress was the catalyst. Tyler Gaca, a junior at Salem High School in Virginia Beach, said he was anxious about his family’s upcoming move to West Virginia. So about a month ago, he painted a self-portrait he called “Inside the Subconscious.”

Man catches himself on fire in bathroom (2012/2/4)

An elderly man was taken to the hospital with burn injuries Saturday afternoon after he accidentally caught himself on fire in a supermarket bathroom.

Local teachers add tales to national storytelling effort (2012/2/4)

VIRGINIA BEACH On her first day, Kenya Smith said, she was lucky one of her students didn’t lose an eye. She was a 21-year-old student teacher in a class of at-risk 11th graders, she said, when a girl picked up a pencil and stabbed another student in the eye. “I’m yelling for help, and all the teachers go into lockdown,” Smith said.

Weather: Expect wet and chilly conditions (2012/2/4)

By Evan Stewart An area of low pressure will move off the Virginia-North Carolina coast today, providing a wet start to the day and a chilly afternoon. Rain should taper off to just some lingering drizzle this afternoon as the low moves farther away from the mainland. Afternoon highs will be in the upper 40s.

Divisions stock up on digital books to banish boredom (2012/2/4)

Students who say they’re bored to death by traditional textbooks are becoming history as the use of electronic books increases across South Hampton Roads school divisions.

HRT to start trial bus service to airport today (2012/2/4)

NORFOLK Hampton Roads Transit will begin a trial bus service to Norfolk International Airport today. The hourly bus service will run from 5 a.m. to 11:47 p.m. seven days a week until March 10. HRT officials hope to gauge customer interest in starting a permanent service to the airport.

Photos: Polar Plunge raises money in Va. Beach (2012/2/4)

Participants in the 20th annual Polar Plunge Winter Festival headed for the water (or the sand) at the Oceanfront in Virginia Beach on Saturday. More than 3,200 people attended, and plungers with pledges got soaked to raise money for Special Olympics Virginia.

Authorities await autopsy report on bodies in house (2012/2/4)

VIRGINIA BEACH No new details were released Saturday in the investigation into the incident in which two bodies were found in a Kempsville home. Authorities were waiting on autopsy and investigation results, a police spokeswoman said. More information would likely be released Monday, she said.

Report: Va. college tuition outpaces gains in income (2012/2/4)

RICHMOND Tuition and fees at Virginia’s colleges and universities are outpacing the rise in family incomes, and administrative costs also are rising faster than instructional spending.

$3.2M grant to help replace quake-damaged school (2012/2/4)

RICHMOND Federal officials are awarding Louisa County $3.2 million to replace an elementary school that was damaged in the Aug. 23 earthquake. Officials say the cost to replace Thomas Jefferson Elementary School after the 5.8-magnitude quake is $13.7 million. Insurance is expected to cover $9.4 million of those costs, and the federal agency will pay for 75 percent of the balance.

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