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Crash on I-264 West at Newtown Road in Beach

A vehicle crashed on westbound Interstate 264 this morning near by the ramp for Newtown Road, an emergency dispatcher said. A vehicle is on its side near the off ramp to Newtown, the dispatcher said. The call reporting the accident reached dispatchers at 7:06 a.m. The injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.

Tracking Meghan Landowski's killer, part 1

TODAY, it's a nondescript conference room. Empty table, bare walls. But for months in 2008, this space was plastered with maps and charts. Detectives called it the Meghan Room. And every Tuesday, investigators would gather there to strategize their hunt for a 16-year-old girl's killer.

Tracking Meghan Landowski's killer, part 2

Return to the first half of the story   AS DAYS TURNED into weeks, and weeks into months, some in the community feared the trail of Meghan's murderer was growing cold. Maybe her killer took some comfort in the passage of time, too. Funkhouser didn't share the view.

Governor's steps toward offshore royalties

When Gov. Bob McDonnell signed a law last week requiring that most of Virginia's royalties from offshore drilling be spent fixing the state's transportation system, his running mate said it was fulfilling a campaign promise to repair the overburdened network.

Chesapeake, parents wrangle over who should pay for school

CHESAPEAKE The teenage girl with glasses and wavy hair settles into her seat at the head of a rectangular table. It's an important day, so she's wearing her dress with the black velvet bodice and shiny red skirt.

Weather: Cloudy with scattered showers

By Evan Stewart

Unsettled weather continues for the start of the work week as an area of low pressure continues to strengthen off the coast.

Wrap-around flow will bring in fairly cloudy conditions and a few scattered showers. Winds will increase out of the northwest, producing breezy conditions. Highs will be in the lower to mid-50s.

Norfolk's message: Census means more money

NORFOLK Every 10 years, Norfolk discovers some new way to get slighted in the census. In 1990, it lost out in counting the crew of an aircraft carrier because the ship was temporarily docked in San Diego. A national non profit found in that same year that as many as 6 percent of the city's children also had been missed.

Education plan shuffles political deck in Washington

By Nia-Malika Henderson

President Barack Obama’s brewing fight with teachers unions over his plans to overhaul education legislation could end up being a political trifecta for liberal Democrats, Republicans and a president eager to demonstrate he can work across party lines.

$150,000 makeovers proposed at Beach strip malls

By Jaedda Armstrong VIRGINIA BEACH In between a tailor's shop and a bus station advertising service to New York, two For Lease signs hang near vacant suites. One of the suites has been vacant for nearly a year, said Karen Stephens, property manager for Newtown Shoppes.

What's in a name? | Wayside Village Shoppes

Here's a shopping center that once was so far off the beaten path it used "wayside" in its moniker. Today, it's in the thick of Virginia Beach development as the city continues to change. Wayside Village Shoppes, anchored by Willis Furniture Co., is on Virginia Beach Boulevard about a mile east of Town Center.