By CRAIG MOELLER As we celebrate our country’s independence this weekend, you can expect changes in the weather. Mostly to partly sunny skies and seasonable temperatures will be the story Saturday. Isolated to scattered showers and storms are likely Sunday.

VIRGINIA BEACH Sandwiched within Diamond Springs Road, a Food Lion shopping center and 7-Eleven is a small swath of land dotted with headstones. Some are polished and new. Others are faded, chipped or hidden beneath overgrown brush.

CHESAPEAKE Hisssssssss. OK, so it's a snake. But what kind? Is it poisonous? Is it sleeping or poised to strike? One thing's for sure - you don't want to get close enough to find out, right? Besides, it's a snake. Yuck! Jimmi Bonavita says that's the attitude of most people. It's a frame of mind that really sticks in his craw.

PORTSMOUTH A woman drove down a highway exit ramp in the heart of the city Tuesday and held two dollars out the driver's side window of her minivan. "Are you seeking a donation?" she asked Pastor James W. Suggs, who stood on the side of the ramp near Victory Boulevard, bucket in hand.

VIRGINIA BEACH A woman from Northern Virginia drowned Friday night at the Oceanfront, Virginia Beach police said.

The 33-year-old woman was swimming with her family near 36th Street when a rip current pulled them away from shore just after 8 p.m., officials said.

SUFFOLK A 6-year-old boy was flown to a hospital Friday night after suffering serious injuries in an ATV accident, Suffolk police said.

The accident happened in the 200 block of Bott Lane, a police news release said. Someone took the injured child to Holland Volunteer Fire Department, where he was unresponsive, city spokeswoman Debbie George said.

PORTSMOUTH Portsmouth police said they seized computers and arrested five people on allegations they ran illegal gambling operations.

The arrests were made Thursday evening, police said Friday.

NORFOLK Thomas Harris has lived in Lamberts Point for 31 years, long enough to remember when a trucking company operated from 26th Street behind his house and when a mason there turned one building into a junkyard. Crime and drugs were a problem, with vagrants hanging out on the block, Harris said. "You name it, it was there," he said.

HAMPTON A development plan for Hampton's historic Buckroe Beach has overwhelming support from the City Council. But some residents say opposition is so strong that they will collect enough signatures to send the issue to voters in a referendum.

NORFOLK The waterfront was crowned the main attraction at Friday’s much-anticipated reopening of Town Point Park with the city’s 33rd Harborfest celebration. As part of the downtown park’s $11.5 million facelift, the grounds were terraced and the stage relocated so the views of the Elizabeth River became the focal point. And people noticed.