Start your morning with today's local news, weather, traffic - and a laugh.
 Wednesday, Dec 12 Gov. Ralph Northam proposed spending millions of dollars to improve water quality and accelerate the cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay on Wednesday. |   | |
| A decision in 1983 by the U.S. Postal Service helped popularize the name "Hampton Roads" for the seven cities of southeast Virginia. |
|
| |
| Ryder Beach, 10, was nervous to give the first lady a high-five, but did it anyway. |
|
| |
| Newport News City Council agreed to vote on support of the federal Equal Rights Amendment at its next meeting. But the vote came up Tuesday. |
|
| |
| The Gloucester Brewing Company opened on Main Street on Dec. 1. |
|
| |
|
