Fatal attack video of man charged in girlfriends cyanide poisoning The Virginian-Pilot 2018-06-22 | The video was shown to jurors Wednesday on the first day of trial for Joseph Merlino III, 30, who is charged with first-degree murder in the cyanide poisoning death of his former girlfriend, Ellie Tran, on Valentine’s Day 2017.
UVA coach Tony Bennett explains sudden retirement The Virginian-Pilot 2024-10-18 | A tearful Tony Bennett announced his retirement from college coaching Friday, less than three weeks from the start of his 16th season at Virginia, labeling himself ill equipped to navigate the current climate of college athletics.“When I looked at myself and I realized, I’m no longer the best coach to lead this program,” Bennett said. “If you’re going to do it, you’ve got to be all in. You’ve got to have everything. And if you do it half-hearted it’s not fair to the university and those young men.”Bennett finished 364-136 with Virginia, leading the program to two ACC Tournament titles, six ACC regular-season championships, 10 NCAA Tournament appearances and, most famously, the 2019 national championship.“I’ve given everything I can for 15 years,” Bennett said.Read more from writer Mike Barber: pilotonline.com/2024/10/18/ive-given-everything-i-can-for-15-years-uva-mens-basketball-coach-tony-bennett-resigns
Virginia lemonade stand robbery The Virginian-Pilot 2024-09-01 | A man walked up to two children who were running a lemonade stand in Chesapeake and stole $40. Police have made an arrest in the case. (Video provided by Annetta Caldwell)
Debris floats near Rodanthe Pier after house collapses into ocean The Virginian-Pilot 2024-05-28 | Debris stretches north of Rodanthe Pier both on the beach and in the Atlantic Ocean, under the pier and to the south, where the sixth house in four years collapsed early Tuesday morning, May 28, 2024. (Corinne Saunders/The Virginian-Pilot)
Debris floats in Atlantic Ocean after Rodanthe house collapses The Virginian-Pilot 2024-05-28 | Debris, including house pilings, a pillow and furniture, are seen in the Atlantic Ocean and on the beach by the Rodanthe Pier in Rodanthe from a house collapse early Tuesday morning, May 28, 2024. This was the sixth unoccupied house to collapse in this stretch of beach on Hatteras Island in the last four years. (Corinne Saunders/The Virginian-Pilot)
Black bear roams Chesapeake neighborhood The Virginian-Pilot 2024-05-28 | Andrew Lano recorded video of a bear roaming through his Turtle Rock neighborhood in Chesapeake on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Lano was coming home from work when he spotted the bear on a neighbor's lawn. (Courtesy of Andrew Lano)
Black bear at bird feeder in Virginia Beach The Virginian-Pilot 2024-05-28 | A black bear eats from bird feeder in the front yard of a home on Clear Springs Road in Virginia Beach on Saturday, May 18, 2024. The home is in the city's College Park neighborhood, near Interstate 64, and is one of multiple areas in Hampton Roads where bears have been spotted in recent weeks. (Courtesy of Jennifer Stewart)
Black bear climbs fence in Virginia Beach The Virginian-Pilot 2024-05-28 | A black bear struggles to climb over a fence on Clear Springs Road in Virginia Beach on Saturday, May 18, 2024. The home is in the city's College Park neighborhood, near Interstate 64, and is one of multiple areas in Hampton Roads where bears have been spotted in recent weeks. In the background is a wall that separates the neighborhood from the interstate. (Courtesy of Jennifer Stewart)
Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion: Mary the machine completes 1st tunnel The Virginian-Pilot 2024-04-17 | The Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion Project reached another milestone Wednesday as Mary, the affectionate name for the massive tunnel boring machine doing much of the heavy lifting, broke through onto the North Island, marking roughly the halfway point of her journey.Now, Mary will have to be turned around to dig back towards Norfolk to create the second tunnel of what will be two new eastbound lanes on I-64, a process that is expected to take about five months. This first tunnel took about 51 weeks and the Virginia Department of Transportation is aiming to use the lessons learned to make the return trip quicker, in about 11 months, according to Ryan Banas, project director for VDOT.Read more: pilotonline.com/2024/04/17/see-the-video-mary-the-machine-completes-first-tunnel-in-hrbt-expansion
Atlantic Shores Retirement Community performs with ODU cheerleaders The Virginian-Pilot 2024-01-25 | Residents and employees from Atlantic Shores Retirement Community in Virginia Beach showed off their moves during Old Dominion University's traditional “Ice Cream and Cake” dance during the Monarchs' game against James Madison on Jan. 24, 2024. (Video by Harry Minium/ODU Athletics)
Rodanthe house demolished on the Outer Banks The Virginian-Pilot 2023-11-16 | A house at 23292 East Beacon Road in Rodanthe was pulled down in a planned demolition on Nov. 15, 2023.Cape Hatteras National Seashore purchased the house and its northern neighbor, also slated for demolition, as part of its efforts to enhance the park and to protect visitor safety. Once the beach is cleaned up, it will become a public walkover beach area.(Video by Corinne Saunders/The Virginian-Pilot)Read more:
Hospital and body cam footage show former Virginia Beach police officer punch a patient The Virginian-Pilot 2023-11-14 | A former Virginia Beach police officer was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after punching a patient after the man spat at him. A judge dismissed the charge Monday. Multiple videos of the incident, which happened earlier this year at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital, show former officer Jemarr Mosley punch a mental health patient. One of the videos entered as court evidence was body cam footage from Mosley.
Deadly Outer Banks house fire in Kill Devil Hills The Virginian-Pilot 2023-08-11 | Three people were killed and three others were injured in a fire early Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, that gutted an oceanfront home and damaged one other cottage in Kill Devil Hills. (Video by Kari Pugh/The Virginian-Pilot) Read more on PilotOnline.com: pilotonline.com/2023/08/11/casualties-reported-in-kill-devil-hills-house-fire-second-blaze-within-hours-on-the-outer-banks
Virginia Beach Navy veteran describes Vietnam War The Virginian-Pilot 2023-05-29 | Retired Master Chief Gerald "Jerry" Gandy served as captain of a river patrol boat in the Vietnam War for about 10 months before an injury ended his time there. The attack that injured Gandy also killed a Vietnamese soldier on the boat.Music courtesy: musopen.org
Virginia Beach garbage truck catches fire The Virginian-Pilot 2023-03-28 | A Virginia Beach city garbage truck caught fire Feb. 1 on Oak Street in Cape Story by the Sea. One neighborhood resident can still smell the diesel leaked during the fire and residue is still visible in the street. The city worked to clean up and contain the initial mess, but Steve Snyder wants the city to do more. During the fire, the truck's fuel tank separated from the rest of the vehicle and spilled 15 gallons of hydraulic fluid and an unknown amount of diesel fuel, according to the fire department, which filed a report with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Nobody was injured, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation, according to the city. (Video courtesy of Steve Snyder and Denis Bradshaw.)
Bray School moves to new home in Colonial Williamsburg The Virginian-Pilot 2023-02-11 | The Bray School — the oldest still-standing school for Black children — is transported to its new home in Colonial Williamsburg on Friday morning, Feb. 10, 2023. (Video courtesy of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
ODU Pumpkin Drop The Virginian-Pilot 2022-10-25 | Students drop pumpkins from the roof of the Batten Arts and Letters building at Old Dominion University on Oct. 25, 2022. (Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot)
Video shows mans arrest at Newport News police station The Virginian-Pilot 2022-10-20 | A man was arrested at the Newport News Police Department Headquarters by Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew.
Ocracoke to Hatteras The Virginian-Pilot 2022-09-30 | Ocean spray washes onto a car windshield on the ferry from Ocracoke Island to Hatteras as remnants of Hurricane Ian approach North Carolina's Outer Banks on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.
Man shot by Newport News police officer in his own living room The Virginian-Pilot 2022-09-02 | A Newport News police sergeant has been found guilty of manslaughter in the killing of a 43-year-old man in his own home three years ago. Watch bodycam footage of the deadly encounter here.
Loggerhead turtle on the Outer Banks The Virginian-Pilot 2022-04-26 | A loggerhead turtle heads home to the Atlantic Ocean on the Outer Banks during the release of more than two dozen rehabilitated sea turtles who suffered cold stunning on beaches in Cape Cod this winter. Filmed April 25, 2022. (Kari Pugh/The Virginian-Pilot)
Wesley Hadsell verdict The Virginian-Pilot 2022-02-08 | Wesley Hadsell, 43, was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and concealing a dead body for the 2015 killing of his adopted daughter Anjelica “A.J.” Hadsell. (Pool video by NBC)
Everett Colley cochlear implants activation The Virginian-Pilot 2022-01-25 | Everett Colley, whose parents are Ashley and Zachery Colley, was born with severe-to-profound bilateral hearing loss. This video was taken at his appointment to get his cochlear implants activated, around two weeks after the surgery to receive the implants. His mom was shocked and excited about his reaction to hearing for the first time, because a lot of the time kids are scared by the first noises they hear. Video courtesy of the Colley family.
Virginia Beach spearfisherman captures encounter with great white shark during Outer Banks dive The Virginian-Pilot 2021-12-22 | Video provided to The Virginian-Pilot by David Scherrer shows his close encounter with a 10-foot great white shark while spearfishing about 20 miles off the North Carolina coast.
Collecting data on invasive nutria on Chickahominy River The Virginian-Pilot 2021-05-30 | Todd Engelmeyer, a biologist with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, deploys nutria platforms in the Chickahominy River May 17, 2021. The platforms attract the invasive rodent, allowing biologists to collect data aimed at gauging the size of the population - and problem. Nutria were confirmed on the north side of the James River for the first time in 2020, a spread into territory that's ripe for a population explosion.
Virginia Beach lifeguards rescue boat passengers The Virginian-Pilot 2021-05-22 | When a 48-foot boat washed ashore in rough seas last September, Virginia Beach lifeguards rescued the passengers. Now, they are being awarded for their heroic efforts. (Courtesy of Nancy Hodges)
Body camera footage shows Windsor traffic stop The Virginian-Pilot 2021-04-08 | Body camera footage by the Windsor Police Department shows a traffic stop in December 2020.
Gordon robot at ODU Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries The Virginian-Pilot 2021-03-08 | Gordon is a telepresence robot being used at the Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries at Old Dominion University. The museum is closed to the public but people can remotely control Gordon from home with a computer and a mouse. The video is a demonstration of what it feels like to view the artwork using Gordon.
The Virginian-Pilot hosts Dividing Lines forum to discuss racial segregation in Norfolk The Virginian-Pilot 2021-02-19 | The Virginian-Pilot hosts a virtual forum via Zoom on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, to discuss "Dividing Lines," an ongoing project exploring racial segregation in Norfolk. The forum is led by Sara Gregory and Ryan Murphy, the reporters for the "Dividing Lines" project, along with their editor, Eric Hartley, and Johnny Finn, a geographer from Christopher Newport University.
Hatchet Witness Video The Virginian-Pilot 2021-02-18 | The Virginia Beach commonwealth's attorney office provided video of the guy who drove his truck at protesters in Virginia Beach last year.
Protest in Virginia Beach, VA The Virginian-Pilot 2021-02-18 | Protesters in Virginia Beach last year.
First Snow of 2021 The Virginian-Pilot 2021-01-28 | Hampton Roads woke up to see the first snow of 2021.
Hot Cocoa Bombs are Warming Up Winter The Virginian-Pilot 2020-12-18 | Flour Child Bakery in Virginia Beach has been making hot cocoa bombs — balls of chocolate filled with cocoa powder and marshmallows — as a part of a growing winter trend. The bombs, which come in three varieties, are selling out as quickly as they can make them.
Newport News dentist William Trolenberg The Virginian-Pilot 2020-12-11 | Community members and Newport News police officers gathered outside the office of dentist William Trolenberg for a vigil Thursday afternoon June 20, 2019. Trolenberg was shot and killed outside his office Wednesday evening. Dozens of police officers and community members walked throughout the neighborhood passing out information about a person of interest related to the homicide
Coronavirus service project video The Virginian-Pilot 2020-12-03 | A thank you video for health care workers created by Princess Anne High School's medical club. (Video by Swara Chokshi)
New Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion The Virginian-Pilot 2020-10-30 | The $3.8 billion Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion is expected to be completed by November 2025. (Video courtesy of VDOT)
Alvin Lamont Baum II shooting: Body cam video The Virginian-Pilot 2020-10-23 | Body cam video from Norfolk and Virginia Beach police officers who were on the scene of a police-involved shooting at the Oceanfront in March. Alvin Baum II, who was wanted on some outstanding warrants and was the prime suspect in two homicides in Norfolk, was shot and killed by the officers. Commonwealth's Attorney Colin Stolle determined the officers fired in self-defense after Baum fired at them first.
Whatever it takes. Wherever we are. Telling stories that connect us. The Virginian-Pilot 2020-06-04 | Times have changed, but our mission hasn't.
Dogs deter seabirds on south island of Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel The Virginian-Pilot 2020-04-24 | Border collies deter birds off Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel’s South Island. The dogs have been there since late February as Virginia works to expand the HRBT and create new habitat for the birds on nearby Fort Wool. Video courtesy of Rebecca Gibson
Memorial service celebrates legacy of Katherine Johnson The Virginian-Pilot 2020-03-07 | People gather for a memorial service to celebrate the life of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson on Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Hampton, Va.
Artist creates mural at Chrysler Museum of Art The Virginian-Pilot 2020-02-24 | Artist Dan Dailey uses tape to create a mural as a part of his exhibition, "Dan Dailey: Character Sketch," at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk.
Experimental drone boat tested at Naval Station Norfolk The Virginian-Pilot 2020-02-12 | The fourth-generation Common Unmanned Surface Vessel (CUSV) patrols during an exercise at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Va., on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. The vessel can handle up to 20-foot waves, has a 4,000 pound towing capacity and has a 20+ hour endurance.
Rescuers recall pulling boy from rubble seven days after Haiti earthquake The Virginian-Pilot 2020-01-17 | 10 years after a harrowing mission and three miraculous rescues, Virginia Task Force 2 members VBFD District Chief Dennis Keane, VBFD battalion chief Mike Hopkins and VBFD Captain Edward “Woody” Landgrover reflect on their time in Haiti.
Pianist serenades guests at historic Whalehead house The Virginian-Pilot 2019-12-14 | Robert Smith plays holiday music on a Steinway piano as guests take a candlelight tour of the historic Whalehead house on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, in Corolla, NC.
Bay Queen: One womans perspective working on the water The Virginian-Pilot 2019-12-13 | Jennifer Withrow is a commercial waterwoman. Year round, she works from the boat, "Bay Queen," to collect oysters from the James River. Through bitter cold mornings or blazing hot summer days, she must endure whatever mother nature has in store if she wants to go to work and get paid. Despite the odd hours, unpredictable weather conditions, and strenuous labor, Jennifer loves her job. She gets to see beautiful sunrises each morning. She gets to be her own boss. Each day provides an opportunity to see something different, catch something unusual, or learn something new. Watch this video to get a glimpse into life working on the water.
Healing Ink The Virginian-Pilot 2019-12-08 | Healing Ink hosted an event to give free tattoos to the survivors and first responders of the mass shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center that happened May 31, 2019. Each person was able to work with an artist to customize a tattoo that was significant to them. Over 30 people will receive tattoos over the span of two days.
Crowds mark christening of aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy The Virginian-Pilot 2019-12-07 | The aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy is christened on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va.
Supporters of Second Amendment sanctuary resolution speak in Suffolk The Virginian-Pilot 2019-12-05 | Supporters of a resolution designating Suffolk as a Second Amendment sanctuary speak before the Suffolk City Council on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019.
Bobby Wilder Resigns The Virginian-Pilot 2019-12-02 | Former ODU Football Head Coach Bobby Wilder talks about building the football program at Old Dominion University and explains why he resigned.
Former commanding officer of USS John F. Kennedy describes career The Virginian-Pilot 2019-11-27 | Dennis FitzPatrick, who took command of the USS John F. Kennedy in 2004, describes the experience of leading the aircraft carrier's crew.
Berkley community Thanksgiving The Virginian-Pilot 2019-11-22 | Berkley community members gather together to celebrate Thanksgiving a week early by having a festive program and dinner at Berkley Community Center, in Norfolk, on Thursday, November 21, 2019. The community has been gathering to celebrate Thanksgiving together for the past 45 years.
