CHESAPEAKE BETTY J. MEYER is one of the most important people in Chesapeake government. Until last year, she was responsible for crafting the city budget, the hulking document that shows how they'll spend every penny of $963 million. It's a stressful job. Especially in the spring, when the budget is hammered into finality. When residents get mad about their tax rates and city spending.

CHESAPEAKE Suzy Kelly was among the Republican City Council candidates Tuesday night who joined hands before a cheering crowd and raised their arms in victory. A mile and a half way, a disappointed Vice Mayor Dwight Parker left the Democratic gathering, thinking he had lost the final council seat to Kelly by a mere six votes.

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A 50-year-old Bronx woman pleaded guilty Friday to her role in a prostitution ring that operated out of a Chesapeake trailer park.

Francisca Arias-De Rey was one of six people arrested in a November brothel raid. She entered the plea in Chesapeake General District Court with the aid of a Spanish interpreter.

Will Chesapeake’s Wood Chick, Lee Ann Whippen, kick Bobby Flay’s pork butt?

CHESAPEAKE Two new judges are scheduled to be sworn in today to fill posts in Chesapeake Circuit Court.

Chesapeake defense attorney John Brown is set to be sworn in at the courthouse at 1 p.m. Norfolk Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Marjorie Arrington is to be sworn in at 4 p.m., according to court officials.

CHESAPEAKE Meet the "Green Team" - 75 gifted-and-talented third-graders from Chesapeake who spent their school year learning about the polluted Elizabeth River and encouraging its revival.

The Virginia Baptist State Convention, the oldest black Baptist organization in Virginia, is holding its 141st annual gathering Monday through Friday at the Chesapeake Conference Center.

Dollar Tree Inc. announced that sales for the first quarter of 2008 topped $1 billion, up 7.8 percent from the same period last year and exceeding the company's projections.

CHESAPEAKE A Chesapeake grand jury has indicted Tommie Forster on a charge of first-degree murder in the killing of a 21-year-old Portsmouth woman. The grand jury returned the indictment this week against Forster, a 22-year-old Portsmouth resident. He is accused of killing Maya Danielle Davis, of the 4600 block of West Norfolk Road in Portsmouth.

CHESAPEAKE - Meet the “Green Team” – 75 gifted-and-talented 3rd-graders from Chesapeake who spent their school year learning about the polluted Elizabeth River and encouraging its revival.