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The Suffolk Humane Society and Suffolk Animal Control will sponsor an "Ain't Nothing Like a Hound Dog" adopt-a-thon Sunday at the Chesapeake Square PetSmart, 4300 Portsmouth Blvd. in Western Branch.

Adoption hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The two groups are also sponsoring an adoption drive on Saturday featuring cats, kittens, other dog breeds and puppies.

CHESAPEAKE The High-Rise Bridge on Interstate 64 will be closed for three hours Sunday morning for scheduled maintenance. The closure is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m., according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. Drivers can use the Downtown Tunnel as an alternate route.

CHESAPEAKE Most programs want posters highlighting achievements. Great Bridge wrestling coach Matt Small doesn't mind illustrating the struggles. "I actually wanted to get a poster made," Small said. "Who is the next great one from Great Bridge?"

CHESAPEAKE It became official two weeks ago: City Manager William Harrell was leaving his post. The next day, Harrell tendered his letter of resignation: "As you know, I have been selected as the president and CEO of Hampton Roads Transit."

CHESAPEAKE A man in a 28-foot sailboat that started to sink was rescued from the Elizabeth River near the Steel Bridge on Dominion Boulevard this afternoon. A Coast Guard crew aboard a helicopter that happened to be flying over the area saw the sailboat and lowered a rescue swimmer to aid him. Also, Virginia Marine Police as well as a private tugboat, Maverick, responded to aid the boater.

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Cox Communications Inc. has teamed with a Pennsylvania logistics company to operate a warehouse on Indian River Road for testing, repairing and shipping cable equipment such as TV set-top boxes.

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Nearly a year after a split City Council vote, city and community leaders broke ground on the city's first supportive-room occupancy apartment complex Wednesday morning in South Norfolk, next to the Chesapeake Care free clinic.

CHESAPEAKE An investigation into the death of Chesapeake police Officer Timothy Schock during dive-team training in late December has lingered for more than seven weeks as four agencies have looked into the circumstances surrounding his death.

CHESAPEAKE Man charged after teen is thrown from motel balcony A man accused of throwing a teen off a second-story motel balcony has been indicted and faces a $1 million lawsuit. Alejandro Ruiz, 19, was indicted on a charges of attempted second-degree murder, abduction with intent to defile and three counts of malicious wounding.