During a press conference Tuesday, Police Chief Mark Talbot provided an update on a fatal shooting that occurred late Monday on Salisbury Way. The shooting ended with a 24-year-old man, Dijonte Nash, and 25-year-old woman, Destiny Layton, dead. Layton was eight months pregnant.
Incumbents Vice Mayor Jimmy Gray and councilman Steve Brown won reelection to four-year terms in November, while former delegate Martha Mugler and Northrop Grumman Property Control specialist Hope Harper are joining the council for the first time.
The most notable highlight is the city's $29.5 million state-of-the-art swimming center, the Aquaplex. The 62,739-square-foot building, which opened in October, is Virginia’s largest competitive aquatic facility.
NASA Langley Research Center's Flight Dynamics Research Facility will advance research all manner of flight, from earth-bound autonomous vehicles to planetary landers.