One person is dead and another was hospitalized after a multi-unit fire.
One person is dead and another was hospitalized after a fire at multiple duplex homes early Sunday, according to Newport News Fire officials.
Major furniture chain announces it is going out of business
The Ohio-based company, which filed for bankruptcy in November, has been selling furniture for nearly 80 years.
Eastern Virginia–North Carolina Weather Alert: Cold Rain and Icy Conditions Build Late This Week
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Norfolk, Virginia – A prolonged stretch of wet and increasingly cold winter weather is expected to impact eastern Virginia and much of North Carolina beginning Thursday, bringing periods of rain and a...
Minor injuries reported in DUI-related crash in York County
YORK COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) – A crash that shut down part of George Washington Memorial Highway Thursday evening was DUI-related, according to a county official. A WAVY viewer provided these images of the scene. Despite the extensive damage, officials say there were only minor injuries reported from this crash. George...
This Virginia BBQ Stop Smokes Meat So Slowly, People Plan Their Day Around It
There is slow, then there is Pierce’s slow, the kind that perfumes your whole day with hickory and anticipation. You can practically set your watch by the smoke rolling over Williamsburg from 11 AM to 8 PM, seven days a week. People call ahead, plan errands, even rearrange road trips just to catch those pulled pork...
Norfolk man needed sudden brain surgery after seizure on NYE
NORFOLK, Va. — Family and friends are rallying around a Norfolk man after he needed emergency brain surgery to remove a tumor on New Year’s Day. Chayse Manugo planned to celebrate the new year at a party with friends, but instead, he was rushed to the hospital after experiencing a seizure. Lifelong friend Jefferson...
Rockbridge County Sheriff’s Office uses drone to find runaway teen
ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Rockbridge County Sheriff’s Office found a runaway 14-year-old girl using a drone Tuesday, January 6. Two social workers were transporting the girl from West Virginia to a behavioral health facility in Newport News, Virginia, in compliance with a court order, according to deputies....
Not guilty plea entered, trial date set in Suffolk horse cruelty case
SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A trial date has been set for one of two people facing nearly 100 counts of animal cruelty-related charges, stemming from what investigators say were dead and neglected horses found in their possession. Janet Aston, 73, pleaded not guilty Friday morning to all 96 counts in an indictment that...
Hundreds gather in Newport News to protest Minnesota woman’s death
Hundreds protested in Newport News Saturday demanding justice for Renee Good, killed during a federal immigration operation in Minnesota.
Norfolk Fire and Rescue safely extricates three from stalled elevators
Norfolk Fire and Rescue successfully extricated three people from different elevators in a multistory building on Diven Arch due to a power outage, with no injuries reported.
