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Police have identified a woman found Thursday morning in a parked minivan. She is Karen Gringsby, 45, of the 200 block of Kingsman Drive. 

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A man is in critical condition in a hospital this morning after firefighters found him unconscious in his apartment because of smoke from a kitchen fire.

Firefighters went to the home in the 500 block of Bellwood Road after someone in a neighboring apartment called 911, said Dana Perry, fire department spokeswoman.

By Amber Kuehn NEWPORT NEWS Still reveling in the glory of a state championship win, Deep Run forward Brian Ownby continued the supreme play of his stellar high school career Wednesday night. A month removed from leading the Wildcats to the Group AAA state title, Ownby led the East to a 3-0 victory in the all-star boys soccer game at Christopher Newport University.

By Amber Kuehn NEWPORT NEWS For Cox goalkeeper Kristin Carden, Wednesday night's East-West all-star soccer match-up was her favorite kind of game. In a game decided by penalty kicks, the East beat the West 1-0 at Christopher Newport University. Carden, who will play at Virginia Tech in the fall, said she has never lost a game on penalty kicks.

By Jason Kidd NEWPORT NEWS The West was bigger, quicker, undeniably more powerful and appeared to control the net in the VHSCA All-Star volleyball game Wednesday at Christopher Newport's Freeman Center. Nonetheless, the East won 3-1 (25-21, 25-19, 22-25, 25-18) with a game plan that featured a lot of misdirection and efficient ball control.

NEWPORT NEWS A lane of northbound Jefferson Avenue near Robinson Drive is closed due to a water main break, according to Newport News police. According to police all lanes may need to be shut down for repairs. Police did not know how long repairs might take.  

A crash involving an overturned dump truck this morning shut down the southbound lanes of Interstate 664 at the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel.

The dump truck overturned inside the southbound tunnel shortly before 8 a.m., said Sgt. Michelle Cotten, state police spokeswoman. Two people in the truck were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

NEWPORT NEWS A man was shot during a argument at a bus stop Tuesday morning, police said. According to police spokesman Lou Thurston, the man was at a bus stop on 26th Street near Marshall Avenue at 10:23 a.m. when one or two men approached him. A fight broke out, Thurston said, and one of the other men pulled out a gun and started shooting.

NEWPORT NEWS About 30 soldiers from Fort Eustis are being deployed to Kuwait for a year.

The soldiers are members of the 97th Heavy Boat Company, 10 Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade.

While in Kuwait, the soldiers will operate Landing Craft, Utility, also known as LCUs.

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One person was trapped inside a car that crashed after going airborne and rolling over this morning at Jefferson Avenue and Pavilion Place.

The crash happened shortly before 6 a.m. when the car went off the road, hit a curb, flew into the air, knocked over a light pole and rolled over several times, coming to rest on its roof, said Lou Thurston, police spokesman.