A two-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car in Hopewell. The Hopewell Police Department says the boy died yesterday evening in the 400 block of South 19th Avenue. Police are still investigating how the boy was hit and have not released any information. The boy was taken to the hospital and died of his injuries there.
A former Virginia teacher accepted a plea deal Monday after investigators say she falsely claimed she was raped. Thomas Cage with the story.Preview: A local Norfolk stage company says it may not survive after recent cuts to their funding. Norfolk's Virginia Stage Company says a 15-thousand dollar grant from the National Endowment for the Arts that was previously approved has been rescinded. This funding cut is one of many affecting several arts groups across the nation. The stage company says the grant was going to help support a production called Every Brilliant Thing, which subject matter deals with mental health and suicide prevention. The company says this marks the first time funding has been cut due to a political agenda and warn that future productions are at jeopardy. The company has been around since 1978.