WVEC - Home http://www.wvec.com/home RSS Feed for WVEC - Home en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:29:59 GMT Van driver killed after colliding with empty school bus in Suffolk http://www.wvec.com/home/Van-collides-with-empty-school-bus-in-Suffolk-138932489.html Officials say the van crossed the median, went into the eastbound lanes on Rt. 58 at Rt. 10 and got wedged under the bus. Grant helps limited income Hampton residents with home repairs http://www.wvec.com/home/Grant-helps-limited-income-Hampton-residents-with-minor-home-repairs-138939199.html Some residents have been cited for property violations, but officials say some of those people don;t have enough income to make the repairs. 8 Chesapeake homes evacuated after construction crew damages gas line http://www.wvec.com/home/8-Chesapeake-homes-evacuated-after-construction-crew-damages-gas-line-138934709.html Columbia Gas crews repaired the line on Rowlock Avenue about two hours after the break occurred. Dulles, Reagan, Newark among 30 airports to test lower-hassle screening http://www.wvec.com/home/30-more-airports-will-test-lower-hassle-screening-138933689.html Travelers can enroll in a test program so that they can get through airport security with less hassle. Education group organizing to get money for Va. Beach Schools http://www.wvec.com/home/Education-group-organizing-to-get-money-for-Va-Beach-Schools-138931169.html The education association says it will start an e-mail campaign to ask the state and City Council to allocate more money to the schools and is working to organize rallies. Norfolk male eagle having no problem attracting mates http://www.wvec.com/home/Male-eagle-at-NBG-having-no--138902119.html Bald eagles are known for mating for life, but the resident male eagle at Norfolk Botanical Garden has been observed mating with three and possibly four different female eagles this season. Groups headed to Richmond to fight tunnel tolls http://www.wvec.com/home/Groups-headed-to-Richmond-to-fight-tunnel-tolls-138927254.html Two civic groups are urging the General Assembly to allocate more state money to reduce the tolls, which are set to begin this fall. Portsmouth woman charged in deadly dispute turns herself in http://www.wvec.com/home/Woman--138650329.html Wendy Sue Sullivan allegedly got into a dispute with Pamela A. Abrahams at Sullivan's New Year's party. In the age of technology, thousands often spent on Congressional mailings http://www.wvec.com/home/In-the-age-of-technology-thousands-often-spent-on-Congressional-mailings-138918864.html It's called the franking privilege and is meant to help Congress conduct official business. 2 concealed gun bills face final Va. House votes http://www.wvec.com/home/2-concealed-gun-bills-face-final-Va-House-votes-138918109.html One bill would conceal from public disclosure names of people who hold state-issued permits to carry concealed weapons. The other ends the ability of localities to require fingerprints of those applying for concealed carry permits.