Norfolk State University students were victims of multiple armed robberies on campus and in surrounding neighborhoods this month, an NSU campus alert said Thursday. The campus police department issued the alert to students, faculty and staff. It did not say how many robberies had taken place, exactly where they happened, or what day they occurred.

NORFOLK Norfolk State students were victims of multiple armed robberies on campus and in surrounding neighborhoods this month, an NSU campus alert said Thursday. The campus police department issued the alert to students, faculty and staff. It did not say how many robberies had taken place, exactly where they happened, or what day they happened.

RICHMOND Thousands of school bus drivers in Virginia may no longer be required to crawl around under their vehicles by next fall. The state Board of Education agreed Thursday on a proposal to eliminate the requirement that drivers get under the buses and shake the shock absorbers.

RICHMOND Thousands of school bus drivers in Virginia might stop crawling around under their vehicles by next fall. The state Board of Education agreed today on a proposal to eliminate the requirement that drivers get under the bus and shake the shock absorbers.

SUFFOLK Fewer than a quarter of the Advanced Placement exams taken this spring by students in city schools received a score that was considered passing - a figure Suffolk school officials say they're committed to improving.

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HAMPTON Emmanuel Bridgeforth figured he'd get a job with nearly an $80,000 salary after he graduates from Hampton University with a master's in business administration next spring. Now he'll be content if it reaches $50,000.

Broadwater Academy will open two hours late because of weather conditions, according to a recorded message on the school's phone system. Northampton County Public Schools also will open two hours late today because of the weather, WVEC-TV was reporting. The National Weather Service was urging drivers to use caution because of snow flurries and blustery conditions.

She may not be running for office, but Bianca Hizon knows it’s time for a change. A Granby High freshman, Bianca is one of thousands of high school students across Hampton Roads who are part a four-week food drive that could be the largest in Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia’s history.

Let Western Branch High School entertain you. Chesapeake's answer to Broadway has an upcoming musical with memorable songs, great characters, a game cast of students, plenty of laughs and the mother of all stage mothers.

NORFOLK The search for the next president of Old Dominion University possibly won’t begin before February or March, the rector of the Board of Visitors said Tuesday.

BLACKSBURG A handful of Virginia Tech students have posted about 6,000 pages of documents online that chronicle the mass shootings on campus. Computer engineering student Justin Harrison led the effort to post the documents released by the university through a Freedom of Information Act request. He says he wanted everyone to be able to read for themselves what happened on April 16, 2007.

College Night in Virginia, which will cover choosing colleges, navigating financial aid and scholarships, will be held at several locations Monday in Hampton Roads.

Dense fog on the Eastern Shore is causing school officials there to delay the start of school. Northampton County Public Schools will open two hours late, WVEC-TV was reporting this morning. A recording on the Broadwater Academy's office phone says that school also will open two hours late. Accomack County Public Schools also reported a two-hour delay.

SUFFOLK A proposed distribution and warehouse center near Lakeland High School would aggravate an already frustrating traffic situation on workday mornings, the school division superintendent said Thursday.

NORFOLK John C. Mather, a 2006 Nobel laureate in physics, will talk at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. Mather’s visit is part of Old Dominion University’s Nobel Laureate Public Lecture Series. He will also participate in a question-and-answer session at 2:30 p.m. in the River Rooms of Webb Center. Both sessions are free and open to the public.

NORFOLK Billy Cook’s cell phone rang around 7 p.m. on June 6, a Friday . He and his wife were resting in their Chesterfield Heights home after taking their 14-year-old son, Calvert, to a tuxedo-fitting for an eighth-grade dance. Cal had gone off to play basketball with a friend, but the caller ID showed that he was calling now. Sharon Cook groaned and hit the mute.

CHESAPEAKE Following a dispute this summer over the Great Bridge High School marching band's planned trip to Disney World, the Chesapeake School Board got its first look Monday night at a proposed new policy on field trips.

CHESAPEAKE Following a dispute this summer over the Great Bridge High School marching band's planned trip to Disney World, the Chesapeake School Board got its first look Monday night at a proposed new policy on field trips.

By Nora Firestone Correspondent Cox High School will hold its annual book fair Friday and Saturday, to raise money for the senior class's All Night Grad Night at year's end. The community has donated a record number of gently used books, CDs, audio books, tapes and DVDs, said sale co-chair Tracy Kunzler. Though she hopes to sell them all, it's not likely. Where to funnel the overflow?