Police pushed back successfully Monday against legislation that would force departments to release suicide and other completed death investigation records to family members.

A class full of high school students from across the Peninsula will be able to troubleshoot the assembly line at a manufacturing plant come this spring.

Hampton police have named the victim in a fatal shooting that occurred Oct. 12 in the first block of Peterborough Drive. Police also named a man charged in the incident, but have not said how he is believed to be involved.

Millions of Social Security recipients and federal retirees will get a 0.3 percent increase in monthly benefits next year.

"Griffin Strong" by Newport News author, Arthur O. Gallo, is an operatic novel, loosely based on his childhood.