As Virginia Beach has grown, so have dispatchers' duties (The Virginian-Pilot)
VIRGINIA BEACH When Melinda Bramley started taking calls in Virginia Beach's police dispatch center in 1969, dispatchers used pens, paper and a two-way, two-channel radio. They fielded about 60 calls for service each day. The city's population has more than doubled in the 39 years since, and ca ...

Virginia Beach teen driver airlifted after accident (The Virginian-Pilot)
andnbsp; VIRGINIA BEACH A 17-year-old Virginia Beach man was airlifted to a local hospital today with serious but non-life threatening injuries after a single-vehicle crash, police spokesman Wayne Gilbert said. Late this morning, police, fire and emergency medical services found the d ...

Two-ton, 500 Million-year-old Fossil Of Stromatolite Discovered In Virginia, U.S. (Science Daily)
Scientists have confirmed that an approximately 500 million-year-old stromatolite was recently discovered at the Boxley Blue Ridge Quarry near Roanoke, Virginia. This is the first-ever intact stromatolite head found in Virginia, and is one of the largest complete "heads" in the world, at over 5 feet in diameter and weighing over 2 tons. Stromatolites are among the earliest known life forms, and ...

Nightingale called out to Virginia Beach accident (13 News, WVEC Hampton Roads)
VIRGINIA BEACH - A late-morning car accident sent one teen to the hospital. It happened around 11:35 a.m. Friday, in the 4200 block of Blackwater Road, in the Blackwater section of the city.

Cantaloupes, melons on the way in Virginia (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
SOUTH BOSTON, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Farm Bureau says the state’s summer produce season is in full swing. And the two most eagerly awaited treats are fresh cantaloupes and watermelons.