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 .
Allegations of the questionable behavior levied against interim City Assessor Janney Culpepper were not disclosed at Tuesday's meeting, but it was stated the city attorney's office would be investigating.
Rivers Casino Portsmouth reported a little more than $9 million of gaming revenue in the first week and a half of operation, according to the Virginia Lottery Board's activity report for the month of January.