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05/30/2018

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Budget, Medicaid expansion poised for passage by Virginia Senate

Wednesday, May 30

Virginia's state Senate Finance Committee narrowly rejected Medicaid expansion — but vote shows there are now 21 Senate Republicans favoring expansion when budget moves to the full body.

Hampton student advances to Round 3 of National Spelling Bee

With the correct spelling of “bokeh,” Sarah Roberts, a homeschooled eighth-grader who lives in Hampton, advanced to the third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. 

Hampton police: Man shot, killed by daughter's boyfriend

The man who was killed at a Hampton apartment complex on Saturday afternoon was shot dead by his daughter’s live-in boyfriend, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

Cam Thomas having breakout spring for Boo Williams team

The area's top scorer as a freshman at Oscar Smith in 2016-17, Thomas did not play high school basketball this past season.

Driving force behind Newport News Greek Festival shares how it happens

The Newport News Greek Festival is Thursday-Sunday at Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church.

Former school bookkeeper in York sentenced to 3 years for embezzlement, forgery

Former Bruton High School bookkeeper Charlene Denise Flood-Liggon was sentenced to 3 years in prison after pleading guilty to nine counts of embezzlement and 15 counts of forgery.