23+ hour, 2+ min ago   (227+ words) Three people were found dead Sunday after a fire destroyed a detached garage with an apartment in Gloucester County, authorities said. Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Gloucester Volunteer Fire & Rescue crews responded to the fire at about 2:42 a.m. in…...

1+ day, 2+ min ago   (1552+ words) During the summer of Johnny Morrison’s junior year at Washington and Lee University while working at a Norfolk shipyard, he was arrested alongside two friends when leaving a Norfolk nightclub. One of them had fought with a white man on…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (511+ words) Portsmouth Police Chief Stephen Jenkins recently challenged all of us to think differently about public safety, saying, “We can’t arrest our way to safer communities.” Law enforcement plays a critical role in keeping our communities safe, but police officers cannot…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (413+ words) Three of the six teenagers accused of participating in the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old in Portsmouth appeared in court Wednesday, facing robbery and shooting charges for the second time since December. The teens’ original charges — including aggravated murder, several…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (164+ words) NEWPORT NEWS — A man died and a woman was wounded in what police said is a domestic-related shooting early Thursday morning. At 1:55 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 1000 block of 30th Street for a shooting, according to a release. That’s a…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (361+ words) A man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty in July to shooting and killing two men. About 1 a.m. on April 20, 2024, Jamal Parham and one other man drove up to meet Russell Barnes and Eric Jones Jr. in…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (450+ words) The former event coordinator for the Dukes Touchdown Club, a nonprofit that supports the Gloucester High School football team and cheerleaders, was indicted for embezzling from the club and arrested Tuesday afternoon. Shannon Roane, 57, is charged with six felony counts…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (361+ words) A man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty in July to shooting and killing two men. About 1 a.m. on April 20, 2024, Jamal Parham and one other man drove up to meet Russell Barnes and Eric Jones Jr. in…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (596+ words) Norfolk residents, like everyone who lives in Hampton Roads, deserve to live in a city that is safe. They should be able to walk the streets at night without fear of violence, and let their children play in the front…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (116+ words) The Virginian-Pilot NEWPORT NEWS — A man died from a shooting Sunday on Jefferson Avenue, police said. At about 8:28 p.m., Newport News police went to the 10400 block of Jefferson Avenue, after getting reports of a shooting. The shooting happened outside one…...