WAVY.com Articles: January 3, 2021

New Portsmouth City Council to hold reorganization meeting Monday, 30 candidates up to temporarily fill Glover’s seat Good News with Gaskins: January 3 Biden inauguration to feature virtual, nationwide parade Local schools return with virtual learning following winter break, evaluate possible switch to in-person VA to resume benefit overpayment notifications Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society finishes 2020 with high number of adoptions Elected officials, local leaders comment on Trump’s debunked election fraud claims, call with Ga. official Owner located safely after kayak found adrift on James River near Williamsburg BLOG: More clouds to start the week, looking ‘mostly’ dry One dead, three hospitalized after Culpeper County crash 117th Congress sworn in during pandemic, economic crisis; Virginia and NC elected officials comment after ceremony Missing 10-year-old girl out of Newport News found safe, police say VB School Board to hold live broadcast of workshop with updated proposal on bringing students back to in-person learning UPDATE: Suspect in ‘suspicious incident’ in Blacksburg in custody as investigation continues VBPD: Officers respond to shots fired call, apartment fire at same location Pres. Trump presses Georgia official to ‘find’ enough votes to overturn election results in phone call Virginia Aquarium advises residents to not approach harbor seal spotted in Virginia Beach Graham criticizes Cruz’s bid to dispute election Sheriff identifies pastor killed in East Texas church shooting Inflatable costume named as possible source of COVID-19 outbreak at Calif. hospital Fauci: Vaccinations are ramping up in a ‘glimmer of hope’ California unemployment benefit accounts suspended over suspected fraud Gerry Marsden, singer of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone,’ dead at 78 Sen. Mark Warner sworn in for 3rd term Williamsburg seeking public input for fire station’s new design Fetal human remains found in wall of South Carolina residence, coroner says Chicho’s Pizza begins collecting Christmas trees to fight erosion in the Outer Banks NC COVID-19 Jan. 3 update: Record hospitalizations surge past 3,500; nearly 6,500 new cases reported Congress opens new session as COVID-19, Biden’s win dominate Hawley defends rationale for contesting election US virus death toll hits 350,000; surge feared Virginia COVID-19 Jan. 3 update: Over 5K cases reported, nearly 1,400 in Hampton Roads; percent positivity rate rises to 15.3% “My talent is keeping me afloat during the pandemic”: Local entrepreneur bet on himself during the pandemic ‘It is now my mission’: Hanover family looks to create non-profit honoring late 10 year old Man shot during fight over parking spot, shooter still on the run 32-year-old man killed in Portsmouth shooting