Friday, June 22, 2012


Find WGNT and NewsChannel 3 on Pinterest!


NewsChannel 3 and WGNT are now Taking Action and Getting Results – on Pinterest!







Pinterest is a social media website where you create online pinboards, where you can pin your favorite items, interests, or ideas – and organize them.

You then share your boards with others, or re-pin your friends’ posts.

For starters, you must have a Pinterest account to follow our activity and posts.

Create a Pinterest account by visiting Pinterest.com.

You will find WTKR on Pinterest by going to the search box and typing in “wtkr3“.

Then, our page will pop up.

Right now, we have six pinboards – News, Weather, Taking Action, Community News, Military Watch, and Don’t Waste Your Money.

Find your favorite segments and stories here, and re-pin them on your boards, and share them with your friends.

Got a cool idea you want to share with us on Pinterest? Be sure to follow us, and we will follow you back. That way your posts will show up in our feed, and we will re-post your pins from the community.

Do you have a pinboard suggestion for us? We are open to new ideas! Send us a tweet about your idea to @WTKR3.

‘Happy pinning!’

- Web Producer Holly Henry, WTKR and WGNT

Thursday, May 31, 2012


He served at Fort Hays in 1944 in the 5th Service Command, U.S. Army Veterinary Corps.
Doc founded the first veterinary hospital in Virginia Beach – which is now known as Beach Pet Hospital on Great Neck Road.
Doc recently celebrated his 90th birthday!
Congrats, Doc!



Friday, May 25, 2012

Video Link



WTKR Web Producer Holly Henry is taking action to get you free stuff! Deals galore - Holly has all the information on navigating the new Free Stuff page.




Monday, May 14, 2012



Is your dinner time playlist stuck on repeat?

If you find yourself in a food rut, there is a website for you.

It’s called Mor.sl.

To get started, just type www.mor.sl inside your browser.

When you first log on to the site, you are prompted to take a fun quiz. You are asked questions about your favorite flavors, food allergies you have, whether or not you are a vegan or vegetarian, and most importantly, your skill level in the kitchen. How long do you feel like spending to prep the meal?

Users can navigate the site freely at first, but when you make an account – the computer will remember your information. The site even allows you to sign in with your Facebook account.

I find the site most useful by using the search box. For example, type “chicken”. Many different chicken meals pop up – and you can sort them each by prep time, taste, or even at random. You can search core ingredients, type of cuisine, and dish type.

When you click on the meal you want, the program gives you a list of appropriate side dishes to choose from – and sometimes wine lists. You can ‘favorite’ the different meals, and come back to them later. That way, the computer remembers your tastes and has suggestions for you next time you log on.

According to a report on Tech Crunch, Mor.sl was created by a young woman named Mili Mittal, who grew up in a home with a mother who worked long hours. Here is an excerpt from the article:

“My mom worked night shifts when I was growing up. She left the house at 4 p.m., came home at 8 p.m. on her break, whipped up a fresh-from-scratch, healthy Indian meal, fed the family, and left to go back to work at 8:30. I was privileged to eat healthy, fresh food every single day growing up, but somehow, as an adult, I never managed to provide such meals for myself,” she said. “Nearly all my friends – busy professionals – faced the same problem. They wanted to cook at home, but they lacked the mental model required to plan and cook gourmet meals efficiently throughout the week. So, we decided to automate the mental model with mor.sl.”

The result? It’s like Pandora for food.


Editor’s Note: When I told people about this story idea, this was the response I got: “When I was your age we didn’t need a website to help us cook!” But remember, this story is just for fun. Bon appetit!



Monday, April 30, 2012

Web Producer Holly Henry and Laila Muhammad show you how to find your favorite videos and stories on WGNT.com. Holly also has all the info on where to find deals, coupons, and savings for you and your family! It’s on – WGNT.com.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Photo Gallery

Couple dies in Virginia Beach condo fire - click below to view photos.