Two city officials say they were fired by outgoing Interim City Manager Lydia Pettis-Patton, who was hired to serve the position for a month before the city's new permanent manager takes over.
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A vote could take place this month to hand over the now-closed jail to the City of Portsmouth, which could then move services into the facility by July.
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PORTSMOUTH — City leaders are moving forward with plans to purchase the Hampton Roads Regional Jail facility later this month, and might be able to move in by July. The jail, on Elmhurst Lane in Portsmouth, opened to fanfare in 1998 with a capacity of 1,300. The publicly owned facility housed overflow inmates from Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Hampton and Newport News. But in October, the .