Hampton Roads residents gathered on Friday (April 22nd) to celebrate Earth Day and help achieve a new world record. About 100 people gathered at the Buckroe Community Garden to break the Guinness World Record for most people watering plants simultaneously. It was one of several sites across the country chosen to appear to participate in…
Air Power Over Hampton Roads to Return in 2023
Air Power Over Hampton Roads is set to return in 2023! Joint Base Langley-Eustis announced the return of the popular show, which is tentatively set for May 5 – 7, 2023. Although JBLE officials are still in the early stages of planning, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, and JBLE’s own F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team are…
Chesapeake Police Warn Residents About Phone Scam
The Chesapeake Police Department is warning residents after receiving several reported calls to the non-emergency number about outstanding warrants and court subpoenas. Callers are informed they have an outstanding warrant or subpoena and are then instructed to call a different number. Police say this is a scam. According to WAVY-TV 10, the police department does…
Virginia Zoo Announces Departure of Tiger Brothers
Get ready to say goodbye to Malayan tigers Stubbley and Osceola. The Virginia Zoo announced that the six-year-old brothers will be leaving the Zoo as part of the AZA’s Species Survival Plan. According to a press release, the Species Survival Plan “aims to maximize the genetic diversity of the species, creating a healthy and sustainable…
Britney Spears Announces Break from Social Media
Britney Spears is taking a social media hiatus. The pop star took to Instagram on Sunday (April 24) telling fans, “I’m going on a social media hiatus for a little while 📱 !!! I send my love and God bless you all 💓💓🌹🌹 !!!” She included a video of an adorable baby wearing sunglasses at…
Harry Styles Brought Out Lizzo as a Surprise Guest for His Headlining Set at Coachella {WATCH}
Harry Styles closed out his Coachella performance this weekend with another surprise guest…Lizzo! At the end of the night on Friday, the pair took the stage together to perform Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” and One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful.” Lizzo teased her appearance at Coachella earlier in the day in a TikTok, writing,…
Service Member Spotlight: Petty Officer 2nd Class Dagnon Vissoh
A Hampton, Virginia, native was one of forty sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) who took the next step in their Navy careers by reenlisting as a group during a mass-reenlistment ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay, Feb. 27. Petty Officer 2nd Class Dagnon Vissoh, an aviation boatswain’s…
Service Member Spotlight: Religious Program Specialist 2nd Class Mya Figueroa
Religious Program Specialist 2nd Class Mya Figueroa, from Newport News, Virginia, prepares for a Catholic service in the chapel aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Mar. 9, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support…
Service Member Spotlight: Petty Officer 1st Class Djuanta Bailey
A Hampton, Virginia, native serves in the U.S. Navy at a helicopter squadron who flies the newest and most technologically-advanced helicopters. Petty Officer 1st Class Djuanta Bailey joined the Navy 10 years ago. Today, Bailey serves as an aircrew survival equipmentman. “I joined the Navy for the economic opportunities that it has afforded my family,” said Bailey.…
Service Member Spotlight: Lt. Bryan “Twilight” O’Loughlin, From Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk native exchanges flight suit patches with sailor from French Navy. Lt. Bryan “Twilight” O’Loughlin, from Norfolk, Virginia, assigned to the “Blackjacks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, attached to the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), exchanges flight suit patches with a sailor from the French Navy Floréal-class frigate FS Vendémiaire (F…