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NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — In late December 2024, an abused woman escaped her abuser’s home with the help of her family. She then reported the abuse she endured to the Norfolk Police Department, who started their investigation. According to the Commonwealth, Norfolk law enforcement had already been looking for the woman...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A Portsmouth man pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter in connection to the shooting death last year of a 46-year-old man and will serve 13 years in jail, according to court records. Keonte Jamal Whitfield, after he was initially charged with first-degree murder,...

It takes only a few minutes for a house to fall apart — and only a few hours for a community to pull one back together. Norfolk Fire-Rescue said the call came in around 10:20 a.m. for a residential fire. When crews got to Buckingham Avenue, they found heavy...

A 10-year-old girl in Chesapeake had a violent, allergic reaction, but when her father called 911, he was placed on hold, highlighting dispatcher shortages.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Carlos Manuel Vaughn, 20, was sentenced to one year and 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and misdemeanor shoplifting. The November sentencing follows a shoplifting incident on May 10, 2025, at a Family Dollar store on East Berkley Avenue,...

Norfolk Police have a man in custody who's been accused in a shooting on Waterside Drive a few hours after Norfolk's Grand Illumination festivities, police said in a release on Nov. 26.

The suspect involved in the Patrick Henry Mall shooting claims self-defense after firing multiple rounds into the victim Nov. 29, according to court documents.

UPDATE: Ms. Woodard has been found. YORK POQUOSON, Va. (WAVY) — Ms. Woodard was last seen on Nov. 30 around 6 p.m. at her residence in the 6300 Block of Old Mooretown Road. She is 61 years old, is 5’2″, and approximately 170 lbs. Ms. Woodard was last seen wearing a purple and yellow shirt […]

NORFOLK, Va. — A man has died, and another has been charged after a shooting last week in Ocean View, Norfolk police said. Officers were called around 8 p.m. on November 25 to the Tinee Giant parking lot on the 100 block of West Ocean View Avenue, where they found Tyrone Walker, 27, of Norfolk, with a...

Suffolk Fire & Rescue responded to the Chorey Park apartments located on the 800 block of West Constance Road Monday morning for reports of a commercial structure fire.