Start your morning with today's local news, weather, traffic - and a laugh.

Daily Press

View In Browser

February 27, 2018

dailypress.com

Daywatch

Hampton students film educational videos for NASA

Monday, Feb 26

Spratley Gifted Center students soon could find themselves teaching in classrooms across the country.

Resilient, superbly coached Hokies topple Duke

Chris Clarke scored the game's final six points as Virginia Tech defeated Duke 64-63 at sweltering Cassell Coliseum.

Final revisions to Dominion Energy-backed bills to end 2015 rate freeze advance

Final revisions to Dominion Energy-backed bills to end the rate freeze sailed past the Virginia House of Delegates and were re-confirmed by a state Senate panel that sped them on to the full Senate.

Hampton set to rename streets for HU President Harvey

Hampton Notebook: City Council are set to approve street name change for East Queen and East Tyler street within Hampton University to William R. Harvey Way. Black environmentalists honor their own.

W&M responds to column about students with immigrant parents receiving in-state tuition

The College of William and Mary posted a response Monday to a Washington Post column about students with immigrant parents receiving in-state tuition. 

Newport News man sentenced to 12 years for robbing banks, check cashing store on Peninsula, official says

A 30-year-old Newport News man was sentenced to 12 years in prison late last week in connection with robberies at banks and a check cashing store in Newport News and Hampton in 2016, police said.