Chesapeake VA

From 1907 to the early 1950s, three Black-owned and operated hotels existed in the Church Street Business Corridor. These three prime outlets were among the businesses which made up Norfolk’s “Black Wall Street,” like the historic enclave in Tulsa, Oklahoma destroyed by White rage in 1929. But...

A 25-year-old draft horse was unable to stand for several hours, so crews from Chesapeake and Suffolk stepped in to help, according to the Chesapeake Fire Department.

Two Bertie County men were arrested Monday after a stolen vehicle pursuit that ended on I-64 E after a crash on the exit ramp to Exit 291B at I-464, according to Virginia Beach Police.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A new trial date has been set for two of the three former Virginia Beach sheriff’s deputies charged in the death of Rolin Hill, who died after an alleged medical emergency at the city jail in June 2024. During a hearing Thursday, a judge...

A former Jeopardy! winner has been arrested on two counts of felony secret peeping in North Carolina. Philip Joseph “Joey” DeSena, 42, is accused of placing a hidden camera in a victim’s bedroom and bathroom, according to an arrest warrant filed by the Currituck County Sheriff’s Office. The Nov. 26 warrant alleges...

NORFOLK, Va. — A Norfolk man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting and killing 44-year-old Bradley Kristoffer Kortbawi outside a Ghent apartment building in the summer of 2024. According to the Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, 57-year-old Vandes Jackson was sentenced Friday after a jury...

A 36-year-old Norfolk man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Northampton Circuit Court to two counts of felony maiming while driving intoxicated, and a first offense of misdemeanor DUI that occurred in May 2023. In a proffer to the court, Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Vincent deLalla said Ryan Douglas Halterman was a...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Two 18-year-olds were arrested on Dec. 4 from Cox High, according to Virginia Beach Police. Hunter Faison was arrested on charges of simple assault by mob and malicious wounding, while Cash Osler was charged with simple assault. 10 On Your Side has reached out to police for additional...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — It was the good news many had hoped for, but few honestly expected. A missing woman, 61, with early-onset dementia, was found safe after wandering off in harsh winter weather Monday night. According to the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office, Shimell Woodard was found about 11:30 a.m....

NORFOLK, Va. — A man has received two life sentences for a 2023 shooting that killed a woman and seriously injured a man, leaving him paralyzed. Curtis Gerald Smith, 44, was sentenced to two life terms plus 13 years after he was found guilty at trial of first-degree murder, aggravated malicious wounding, two counts...