VIRGINIA BEACH Police say a 4-year-old boy was shot in the hip in the 3800 block of Buckhorn Place on Thursday. One of the child's parents called police at 4:17 p.m. to report an accidental shooting, police spokeswoman Grazia Moyers said. The circumstances surrounding the shooting have not been confirmed by police.

VIRGINIA BEACH A man called 911 last week after his brother told him he had just shot their father, according to a search warrant affidavit filed in the incident that left father and son dead and police massed outside a Kempsville home most of an afternoon. There had been signs of trouble the day before, explained the document, filed this week in Circuit Court.

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Bob Morin, director of the city’s Human Services Department, says that his agency could have done more to prevent the death of a child at the hands of a foster mother two years ago.

The stores and restaurants are great, but something has to be done about the roads. That was the consensus of about 100 area residents who weighed in on existing conditions at Hilltop at a public meeting Jan. 26. It was the first of three planned public meetings designed to establish a plan for Hilltop, which is one of eight “strategic growth areas” designated by the city.

The stores and restaurants are great, but something has to be done about the roads. That was the consensus of about 100 area residents who weighed in on existing conditions at Hilltop at a public meeting Jan. 26. It was the first of three planned public meetings designed to establish a plan for Hilltop, which is one of eight “strategic growth areas” designated by the city.

VIRGINIA BEACH Beginning Monday, a temporary traffic light will direct drivers at the intersection of Laskin Road and Arctic Avenue. Two-way stop signs were installed at the crossing in May, when the signal was removed as part of the Laskin-Gateway project.

VIRGINIA BEACH A closure scheduled for Lord Dunmore Drive this weekend has been canceled. Additional work must be done before a water line can be installed, a city news release says. The closure, at Princess Anne Road, was expected to begin on Saturday and end on Monday.

VIRGINIA BEACH   Kathy Harrison heard about the children in Afghanistan who were using two sticks and a plastic bag as a makeshift kite. She also learned they had no school. “That sealed it for me,” Harrison said. “I had to do something.” She decided on a care package. Of kites.

Because of a source error, a story on Page 11 of Wednesday's front section misstated the type of workers who would lose their jobs at Farm Fresh. No information technology positions are included in the planned layoffs by Farm Fresh's parent company, Supervalu Inc.

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Two Regent University law teams placed in a national competition held in New Orleans this past weekend.

The teams finished second and fifth in the nation at the American Bar Association National Negotiation Competition.

The University of Minnesota won the competition.