Norfolk VA

VBPD coordinated with the Crime Suppression Squad (CSS) and the SWAT team to execute multiple warrants which led to this arrest.

Michael Smith, 68, of Portsmouth, Virginia, died in a crash at the intersection of Johnson Road and Dupont Highway, Delaware State Police announced. The crash involved three vehicles on Friday, October 17. At approximately 2 PM, Smith was driving a Hyundai Sonata northbound on Dupont Boulevard, approaching Johnson...

Virginia’s soul food scene runs deeper than most people realize. Tucked away in neighborhoods from Richmond to Norfolk, family-run kitchens serve up recipes passed down through generations – fried chicken that crackles just right, greens simmered for hours, and cornbread so good it doesn’t need butter. These aren’t...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A fugitive was recently arrested in connection with drug charges out of Newport News, police said. According to officials, on Friday, Oct. 17 just after 9:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 6000 block of Jefferson Avenue in an attempt to apprehend a known fugitive. Upon arrival to the...

After a viewer shared photos of an $18.15 express lane charge on I-64 in Norfolk Monday morning, WTKR News 3 reached out to the Virginia Department of Transportation for more information.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Earlier this month, on Oct. 8, Portsmouth Police were called to the 300 block of Choate Street around 12:30 a.m., and as soon as they got there, officers found a woman who had been shot and was seriously injured. Court documents identified the victim as Talesha Nicole Pugh, 50, and noted […]

The Boxwood Inn Bed and Breakfast, formerly known as the Simon Reid Curtis House, and now known as The Historic Boxwood Inn, was originally built in 1897. The building is located at 10 Elmhurst Street in the Lee Hall neighborhood in Newport News, Virginia. It was last sold in late 2022. Today, its main function is an...

The video above is coverage of last week’s ‘Shutdown Relief Mobile Distribution’ event in Norfolk. HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) – The Virginia Peninsula Foodbank is hosting a mobile food distribution event on Wednesday, Oct. 22, outside the Hampton Coliseum. The timing of this event comes as the government shutdown continues....

A playground at Broad Creek Legacy Park in Norfolk was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon, leaving a community without a recreational space that was built only a couple of years ago.

At Kempsville High School, Alex Dickerson-Watson was the video guy who stole his mother’s point-and-shoot camera to record his friends making music. Now, with a sophisticated camera and perspective, Dickerson, 35, is a filmmaker whose documentary-in-the-making, “The Video Guy,” traces the lives of five local African...