COURTHOUSE — Aldo DiBelardino, a candidate for Virginia Beach sheriff, was arrested today at the judicial center and charged with trespassing, according to city police and the sheriff’s office.

VIRGINIA BEACH — Before another brush fire can break out, Indian River Plantation and West Neck Village neighborhood associations may look into having the former golf course in the middle of their ...

An egret flies just above the water near Pearl’s Bay-Villa in Knotts Island, N.C., early Saturday Dec. 16. [John-Henry Doucette/The Princess Anne Independent News] THE INDEPENDENT NEWS PUNGO — Here ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — There are now three known potential candidates lined up for an anticipated special election for the District 8 seat on the City Council – Andy Baan, Stacy Cummings and Phillip Hines.

[Rick Friday/For The Independent News] THE INDEPENDENT NEWS Ed. — The following are responses to questions posed by The Independent News to candidates in the election for the District 2 seat on the ...

Ed. — The following are responses to questions posed by The Independent News to candidates in the special election for the District 4 seat on Virginia Beach School Board. Answers to our questions in ...

What are your specific qualifications for this office? I am a Hampton Roads native, married with four children, and operate a small business. The #1 qualification should be someone that has a track ...

WEST NECK — Who has the right to control what happens with the 178 acres of dormant fairways, greens and bunkers at the former Signature at West Neck golf course? Is it the company that paid $2.3 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Move over King Charles III. Virginia Beach has a new king. William “Bill” Lascara, a shareholder and attorney with Pender & Coward, became the 49th king of the Virginia Beach Neptune ...

What are your specific qualifications for this office? I bring two consecutive terms of experience as a Virginia Beach School Board member and a personal connection to the system as a product of our ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Sixty years ago, Princess Anne County merged with the city of Virginia Beach. The consolidation of the primarily agricultural county with the much smaller resort city was not without ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Keegan Chetwynd, director and chief executive officer of the Military Aviation Museum in southern Virginia Beach, recently earned national recognition for his dedication to the ...