RICHMOND Virginia is adding 10 sites to its ever-expanding landmarks register, including the Wisconsin battleship in Norfolk and  NASA-Langley Research Center in Hampton.

NORFOLK The City Council approved a plan Tuesday night that will bring the first large residential development to the city's southern end in years. By a 7-1 vote, with Councilman Paul R. Riddick dissenting, the council approved a rezoning that will allow a Virginia Beach developer to build a 246-unit apartment complex just south of the Campostella Bridge.

Residents in one section of a Norfolk nursing home were evacuated while firefighters extinguished a kitchen fire Wednesday evening.
 
The only significant damage occurred in the kitchen of one unit, and residents were able to return to the nursing home, located at 701 Easy St. near Tidewater Drive, Norfolk Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief Harry Worley said.
 

Some 6,000 sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush and its sister ships will be saying their goodbyes over the weekend before a scheduled deployment Wednesday.

NORFOLK Monica, the Virginia Zoo's 38-year-old African elephant, is ill, and zookeepers are keeping a close eye on her health.

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A female red panda at the Virginia Zoo has died.

According to a news release issued Tuesday, Yin collapsed and fell from a branch attached to her stilted house on March 5.
She was treated by the zoo’s on-site veterinary clinic but didn’t survive.

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Two police officers involved in an early-morning crash that killed a bicyclist were indicted Wednesday on charges of involuntary manslaughter and reckless driving.

The Salvation Army is distributing school supplies collected during its The Write Stuff donation campaign.

Another Norfolk ship is due home Friday after a five-month cruise alongside a British aircraft carrier strike group.
The Barry, a guided missile destroyer, spent the first two months off the coast of the United Kingdom taking part in a multi-national naval exercise.

NORFOLK Earl Fraley Jr., a member of the Planning Commission and a Virginia Beach real estate appraiser, is the first candidate to announce for a special City Council election.