PPD: Residents urged to avoid Washington St. due to police activity
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Officers with the Portsmouth Police Department are asking residents to avoid an area of Washington Street Monday afternoon. According to officials, the 300 block of Washington Street is closed in both directions due to ongoing police activity. No additional information has been released at...
Meet Norfolk’s 21-Year-Old Burger Boss
Where: 1551 Premium Outlets Blvd ste 270, Norfolk, VA 23502. At 21, most people are polishing up résumés and sitting through campus recruiting fairs. Henry Smith is running a restaurant. He opened Smashers Burgers in September 2024, near Norfolk Premium Outlets, just three years after launching a food truck in Cape...
Holiday Lights at the Beach returns to Virginia Beach Boardwalk for 31st year
Holiday Lights at the Beach returns to the Virginia Beach Boardwalk this November and December, featuring new events such as "Santa's Seaside Cinema" and "Santa Paws Tuesdays", as well as the longest curved LED tunnel in the world.
At ‘Blessing of the Animals,’ creatures great and small seek protection from above
On a bright weekend morning in the courtyard outside of Corpus Christi Parish in Portsmouth, pets were under foot. “It's like you got everything here,” said Shane Buzzell, his 160 lb. Great Dane, named Louis, at his side. “It's like Noah's ark.”. The animals weren’t in pairs, though....
Clinic Launches Suicide Prevention Campaign for Women Veterans: ‘We Are Here for You’
NORFOLK, Va. — This September, the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at the Up Center in Virginia Beach launched a campaign to raise awareness for what it calls an overlooked mental health crisis: the high rate of suicide among women veterans. Women veterans are dying by suicide at...
Woman in critical condition after accident near Town Center
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Beach police are investigating after a woman was hit by a car in the early hours of Monday morning by Virginia Beach Town Center. Police said they were called to the 200 block of Independence Boulevard at approximately 12:30 a.m. Monday after receiving a call about a crash involving a...
SPD: Vehicle crash causes closure to Nansemond Pkwy
SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A vehicle crash is causing delays on Nansemond Parkway Monday afternoon, police said. According to a release, the 3700 block of Nansemond Parkway is closed in both directions as a result of the crash. Police said the crash involved a electrical pole with power lines down. During the closure, a...
Body found at church in Poquoson: Police
A body has been found at a church in Poquoson, according to the city's police. The body was found at Trinity United Methodist Church, police say, and it appears no one else was involved.
Trial in Resendiz case set to move forward
NORFOLK, Va. — The attorney for Seaman Angelina Resendiz’s family tells 13News Now a trial will be moving forward in the case. Seaman Jermiah Copeland is accused of killing Resendiz in May of this year. She was reported missing from Naval Station Norfolk on May 29, and her body was found in a wooded area off-base in...
Norfolk Fire- Rescue investigate car crash that sends 5 to the hospital
When crews arrived, they saw a single vehicle accident in which the vehicle hit a a 6’ x 6’ Dominion Energy transformer located in the brush on the North Side of Ocean View Avenue.
