WAVY.com Articles: February 11, 2020

Virginia burn ban goes into effect Feb. 15 ‘Follow Your Heart to Chesapeake’: CRH to host system-wide hiring event Pollard’s Chicken employee robbed while opening Norfolk store, police say Key’s FT lifts Virginia past Notre Dame, 50-49, in OT Daniels keys second-half surge to lead NC State by Syracuse Virginia’s marijuana decriminalization bills pass with bipartisan support Portsmouth Police find missing 66-year-old man $365k settlement approved in wrongful death case for woman who died at Portsmouth City Jail UNC falls to last place in ACC with 74-57 loss at Wake Forest Internet fraud costing Americans $3.5 billion a year, FBI says Illegal US border crossings drop for 8th straight month Dems say ‘death of corporate taxes’ has cost treasury $2.3 trillion in tax revenue, grown federal deficit Joint Base Langley-Eustis airman killed last month in Afghanistan comes home Grafton students return to school at new merged campuses LIVE: Bernie Sanders projected as winner of New Hampshire primary Chesapeake firefighters respond to fire at vacant home Tuesday 2 dolphins found dead in Florida were stabbed or shot; reward offered Antares rocket launch rescheduled for Valentine’s Day California declares victory in battle to maintain tougher emission standards Busch Gardens holding annual job fair ‘Our decisions are under attack’: Dems push to end Senate stalemate on election security bills President Trump signs bill into law supporting veterans in STEM careers Texas Girl Scouts collecting donations to send cookies to USS Eisenhower Actor Jussie Smollett faces new charges Virginia reports first pediatric flu death of the 2019-20 season Democrats claim Trump’s proposed budget cuts to health care put patients at risk Wildlife experts say they are seeing an increase in animals caught in traps Coronavirus outbreak: Santa Clara County declares local health emergency Pound Puppies are coming back in time for Valentine’s Day! Problem Solvers Caucus urges bipartisan solutions Caught on camera: Driver loses control, skids across lawn and slams into SUV in Chesapeake Remarkable Women Finalist: Kindra Dougherty Novel coronavirus creates uncertainty at the Port of Virginia Illness caused by coronavirus gets official name: COVID-19 Kyle Larson hopes to keep making big moves in Daytona Ohio woman accused of multiple drug charges used sister’s information, officials say Kevin Harvick knows what it feels like to celebrate Daytona 500 in Victory Lane Matt DiBenedetto to prove he’s more than just a cute nickname in NASCAR Va. House passes bill that bans assault weapons, other firearm accessories Jimmie Johnson takes final green flag at Daytona 500 Pressure on for Chase Elliott at Daytona Busch has done it all in NASCAR, except win the Daytona 500 Daytona 500: A rich, storied history on the Fun Coast Rookie racers aim to prove their mettle in NASCAR Cup Series ‘Couldn’t have wrote it up any better’: NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. talks Dayton 500 strategy Man suffering serious injuries following auto-pedestrian crash in Portsmouth Top Stories for February 11 Va. House, Senate pass bills to legalize casino gambling in Portsmouth, Norfolk Man sentenced following fatal shooting of Norfolk man in 2018 Bill giving local Va. governments right to relocate Confederate monuments passes in Va. Senate Car drove by and fired multiple shots near Mid Atlantic Christian University, officials say Audience: The Hurrah Players Reck on the Road: Raptor Rehab In The Kitchen: Say It With Bacon Roses, Valentines Cupcakes Or Both! Celebrity chef Jacoby Ponder teaching healthy cooking classes at Norfolk public library ‘It is a national tragedy’: Warner’s bill aims to reduce high rates of veteran suicides One dead, another injured in crash at Magruder Blvd. and Semple Farm Road in Hampton The latest social media craze: Broom Challenge Cat food package confiscated at Dulles had dead birds NC woman’s body found in landfill after she got into dumpster, but was never seen getting out Blog: Warm and breezy today with lots of rain and some storms VBPD: Driver who ran another vehicle off Ferrell Pkwy. struck arresting officer Raphael Coleman, climate activist and star of ‘Nanny McPhee,’ dies at 25 Virginia Beach, concert producer working out ‘kinks’ for Something in the Water 2020 Hidden History: Olympic gold medalist and WNBA All-Star Nikki McCray coaches at ODU Suffolk intersection causing fear; city says change is coming Pedestrian struck by Cadillac in hit-and-run in Williamsburg Va. Beach police locate man with gunshot wound on 16th Street