The great privilege of representing virginias fourth congressional district. You know, virginia is home to so many incredible sites with deep historical cultural ecological and environmental significance for our state in our nation. Is our job to Work Together to be stewards of these areas and ensure the preservation for future generations so they can learn about our history and experience these wonderful areas firsthand. Among the many important sites throughout our state is the Great Dismal Swamp located in the Hampton Roads region of my district. I want to slow chris lilly whos on on this call with us. Hes doing a great job with the swamping and keeping it going. I always chuckled to myself when i think about Great Dismal Swamp because well, it is great. Its not nearly the million acres that it used to be about tenth of the size. Um while allegedly as a swamp is does not look like a swamp. If as you think about it nor does it dismal theyre doing a really great job of keeping it up k
Seven month investigation into a deadly officerinvolved shooting. An officer killed kawaza beaty after he pointed a sawed off shotgun at police. 10 on your sides jason marks talked with beatys family who were disappointed at the investigation. Beatys family met with the commonwealths attorney this morning and he told them the shooting was justifed. They came out of that meeting very emotional as you can imagine. This is video of the family just after the meeting. They were sad yet angry at the same time. They felt as if their son was taken for no readon. The shooting happened last july 4th. Police got a call about a man in the east end of the city with a gun. Were told a detective along with a k9 officer and a sergeant spotted Kawanza Beaty walking down a street. Police say they tried talking with him but he started running. During the chase officers say they could see the gun and it fired three times and hit beaty in the head. Family was not happy the shooting was ruled jusitifed. Sai
The situation under control Marcella Robertson reports from havana. S t been really devastating for the small town of urbana here you can take a look at the massive amount of destruction this fire has left behind nearly half of those years marina is completely destroyed. We know that it took firefighters nearly four hours to get this fire completely under control and weve also been told that two people died as a result of this fire were told they were sleeping in their boat at the time that it started we also know that in more than twenty votes have been completely destroyed the boathouse on site is completely destroyed as well and whats really the most shocking to so many people at this point is that investigators believe that this fire was started intentionally. Coming up tonight on thirteen years now at five oclock well have much more on this arson investigation and also hear from friends of the two people who died in the fire in urbana. Marcella robertson thirteen years now and you
Norfolk to town center or by sheer probability an attack there on the whiteboard ma cites a study which concluded the extension would not reduce traffic grow the economy or help the environment they should take the money back to waste on tuesday moss will introduce a resolution asking the city manager to stop spending money on the project before City Council Signs off on an agreement with the state for the hundred and fifty five Million Dollar grants the city has already spent more than half a Million Dollars to Lease Office Space Near Town Center for the Implementation Team i would be premature or their obligation. We buy are sure relocating people. He even knows what cowboys do. Martha mclean is president of the pro Light Rail Group Virginia Beach vision says the city manager is just following through with councils actions to examine what it would take to extend the tide three miles all of the provisions that mr moss sites in his resignation approved by city council when they went th
With this morning now for augusta twenty eight mph. We see gusts around twenty five mph for Virginia Beach down towards dark and handsome pretty close to that as well so little breeze is youre out the door to look at these temperatures here we are in the morning with temperatures upper forties to low fifties keep in mind were typically around fifty three or fifty four for a hike today so were almost there and here it is just now five am as we take a look. Visibility is excellent the Windsor South southwest these are sustained winds of twenty two mph so it is breezy out there but its going to be a warm breeze today as we head through the afternoon the high close to sixty nine degrees. Lots of sunshine today make sure that your sunglasses will see more sunshine slightly cooler weather tomorrow and then some changes later in the week were to talk about cooler weather and our next chances for rain coming up check downtown tunnel right now ashley standing by with an update on all right crai