Early End to HRT Services in Norfolk on Monday, Dec. 8 Due to Wintry...
Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) in Norfolk, Virginia, will end all bus, light rail, ferry, paratransit, and OnDemand ridesharing services earlier than usual on Monday, December 8, 2025, due to wintry weather. The last Tide Light Rail trains will leave between 7:20 p.m. and 7:26 p.m. The final Elizabeth River Ferry trip...
After a man vandalized a Norfolk mosque, neighbors banded together to clean up
People stood outside Masjid Ash Shura in Norfolk with paint brushes and rollers in hand. Volunteers and members of the mosque worked together to cover the outline of Christian crosses that spanned the building’s walls. Security footage shows a white man appearing in his 30s vandalizing the building on...
Dedicated Salvation Army bell ringer surprised with Everyday Hero award
News 3 presented Roby Blanenship with an Everyday Hero award along with a $300 Visa gift card from our community partner Southern Bank.
USS Forrest Sherman set to return to Naval Station Norfolk
Just in time for the holidays, the USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) is scheduled to return to Naval Station Norfolk on Friday.
Virginia Beach introduces $50 free parking vouchers for residents
Virginia Beach residents will soon have a more affordable way to park at the Oceanfront, beginning in 2026, with the option to buy $50 annual vouchers.
An NJG Series: Our History, Our Journey – Part III: Black-Owned Hotels In Norfolk
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...
New trial dates set for two former Virginia Beach deputies charged in Rolin Hill’s...
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...
Norfolk man gets one year to serve on felony maiming charge
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...
Suffolk Fire & Rescue rescues horse stuck in mud
A 33-year-old horse was rescued after being stuck in mud Monday afternoon in Suffolk, according to Suffolk Fire & Rescue.
Man receives 2 life sentences for 2023 shooting in Norfolk
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...

















