Category Archives: What’s Happening

National Volunteer Week: Local Organizations Seek Help in Hampton Roads

It’s National Volunteer Week, (April 17 through April 23), and organizations across the country are celebrating the community members that volunteer their time and give back. Looking to give back in Hampton Roads?  Here are some local organizations that are seeking more volunteers. The Norfolk Animal Care & Adoption Center (NACC) is actively recruiting volunteers…Read More

Taco Bell Is Bringing Back This Fan Favorite For Good

Rejoice Mexican pizza fans, Taco Bell is bringing back the fan-favorite 18  months after removing it from the menu. “Our menu is full of fan-favorites, but the Mexican Pizza is at the top of that list,” said Mark King, CEO of Taco Bell. “From its flashy introduction to menus in 1985 as ‘Pizzazz Pizza’ to…Read More

Ohio Therapy Dog Wins 2022 Cadbury Bunny Tryouts and Gets Her Own Commercial 

The new face of Cadbury is a therapy dog from Ohio! Hershey revealed the news saying, “After receiving thousands of votes, Annie Rose is set to star in the iconic Cadbury Clucking Bunny commercial this spring.” The English Doodle works as a therapy dog visiting local nursing homes in her home state of Ohio, English Doodle.  According…Read More

Ukrainian Refugee Response

Mercy Chefs, a local non-profit based out of Portsmouth, has mobilized an emergency relief mission to the Ukrainian border to assist refugees. The team is delivering basic necessities (shelf stable food, infant formula, diapers, hygiene products) to church locations inside Ukraine. The churches will then create family grocery and support packs and deliver them in…Read More

Portsmouth Humane Society Receives Grant from PetcoLove

Portsmouth Humane Society Receives Grant from PetcoLove

Portsmouth Humane Society’s (PHS) Community Cat Program has received a $10,000 grant from Petco Love. Last year, PHS took in 631 free roaming, found cats, over a hundred of which were found to be too unsocial for indoor homes. Just 21 of these were reclaimed by their owner. “Not all cats you see outside are…Read More

Waze Introduces New Feature To Help Norfolk Drivers Avoid Flooded Roads

Norfolk drivers using the Waze navigation app will be the first in the world to test a new feature helping drivers avoid flooded roads in real-time. According to a press release, “current flood warnings and data are very broad, with no personalized or actionable insights on what roads may be closed due to flooding, or…Read More

Dwayne Johnson Responds to Vin Diesel’s Offer to Return to “Fast 10”

Dwayne Johnson Responds to Vin Diesel’s Offer to Return to “Fast 10”

Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel have a long, and not so great, history together.  Back in November, Diesel issued an olive branch on Instagram inviting his “younger brother” to return to the  Fast & Furious movie franchise. In the post he wrote, ‘As you know, my children refer to you as Uncle Dwayne in my…Read More