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CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A Virginia man is behind bars in Maryland after police say he tried to meet a teenage boy he contacted online. According to the La Plata Police Department, officers got a report on Feb. 25 that a male teen had been contacted online by an adult man. Police said the conversation became...

NORFOLK, Va. — Firefighters responding to a smoke investigation early Friday morning discovered a house fire in Norfolk’s Ocean View neighborhood. A crew was dispatched just after 2 a.m. to the area of Grove Avenue and East Ocean View Avenue. Upon arrival in the 1700 block of East Ocean View Avenue, crews found a...

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Three people are facing federal charges for allegedly trafficking Mexican agricultural workers into forced labor on farms in Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. The federal trafficking charges come just months after a settlement was reached between agricultural workers and a labor...

NORFOLK, Va. — As the solar energy industry continues to expand across Virginia, some homeowners are raising red flags about aggressive sales tactics and confusing claims tied to potential savings. While solar energy itself is not a scam, consumer advocates warn that certain companies and independent contractors may...

AVOCARGO, JUNIPER & JAM, AND MODEL CITIZEN COCKTAIL SUPPLY OFFER YUMMY VARIETY. Seldom is heard a discouraging word at Selden Market, downtown Norfolk’s perpetual spring of new-concept retail, where mentors nurture emerging small businesses, and consumers get “in-on-the-ground-floor” action in a historic arcade. The...

A HOMEOWNER is speaking out after she was faced with a $23,000 water bill from her house that sat empty for ten years. When it was determined there was a leak under the sidewalk, the city dropped her water bill to $18,000. Dana Newsome, a Virginia homeowner, has shared that...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Over the past month, gun violence has hit Newport News in a way Police Chief Steve Drew wishes it hadn’t, with five homicides in the city in February, but he said the department is resolved to solve them while telling criminals “we’re coming after you.” The homicides in February are more […]

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Court documents obtained by 13News Now detail the allegations against Warhill High School teacher Andre Scione. According to charging paperwork, the 34-year-old is facing two counts of sexual abuse of a child between the ages of 13 and 14, along with three counts of assault and battery.

William Harrell, the CEO of Hampton Roads Transit for over a decade, will retire this summer, according to HRT.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Nearly two years after 20-year-old Kamron Thompson was shot and killed outside his home, Newport News Police have yet to make an arrest. The shooting happened in the summer of 2024 inside a small townhome community just off Warwick Boulevard, where neighbors say they know each other by...