Portsmouth siphons money from aging utility system
PORTSMOUTH Inside a small brick building in Suffolk, massive pumps draw as much as 21 million gallons of water each day from nearby lakes. The high-pitched whine of the machinery clashes with the roar...
View ArticleSessoms' council votes benefited TowneBank borrowers
VIRGINIA BEACH Mayor Will Sessoms, a president of TowneBank, has voted dozens of times with the City Council on matters directly benefiting developers who borrowed at least $140 million from the bank....
View ArticleFBI opens investigation of Uhrin's vote on Cavalier
VIRGINIA BEACH The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into Councilman John Uhrin's vote that approved millions in taxpayer incentives to renovate The Cavalier Hotel and allow a luxury housing...
View ArticleSea Dragon Down | Sea Dragon helicopter crash investigation
2/5/2015 Internal Navy email: Safety of Sea Dragons in question More than a year after a Navy helicopter caught fire and crashed off the coast of Virginia, killing three crew members, high-ranking...
View ArticleInternal Navy email: Safety of helicopters in question
More than a year after a Navy helicopter crashed off the coast of Virginia, killing three crew members, high-ranking military officials are worried not enough has been done to prevent a similar...
View ArticleNorfolk getting less for more with conference center
NORFOLK The sizes of the planned city-funded conference center and parking garage have shrunk considerably since the City Council first voted to move forward with The Main hotel project in April 2013....
View ArticleFBI, state police conducting joint interviews in inquiries of Uhrin, Sessoms
VIRGINIA BEACH The FBI and Virginia State Police are conducting joint interviews in their separate criminal investigations of votes taken by Councilman John Uhrin and Mayor Will Sessoms, and the city...
View ArticleWill Sessoms Council vote investigation
7/3/2015 State investigators seek correspondence between Mayor Sessoms, Virginia Beach developers State investigators seek years' worth of documents involving the mayor, city manager and developers....
View ArticleThe Virginian-Pilot sues state for law enforcement officer information
NORFOLK The Virginian-Pilot is suing the state to get basic information about Virginia's law enforcement officers. The Pilot and reporter Gary Harki filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday in Norfolk Circuit...
View ArticleVirginia Beach aided developer in Cavalier bid process
VIRGINIA BEACH The email exchanges and financial discussions had kept some city staffers busy for days. A court-ordered auction for the historic Cavalier Hotel was 48 hours away, leaving little time to...
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