Virginia Beach VA

Three adults, one kid, two dogs and a cat were displaced after a house fire on Sharon Drive in Virginia Beach Saturday morning, according to the Virginia Beach Fire Department.

SMITHFIELD, Va. — Investigators are working to determine how the gunman in the deadly shooting at Old Dominion University obtained the weapon used in the attack. Police say Mohamed Jalloh shot three people during an ROTC class on campus, killing Lt. Col. Brandon Shah. Two others were injured. Authorities have said...

NORFOLK, Va. — A fire broke out aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford on Thursday while the ship was operating in the Red Sea, according to U.S. Central Command. Officials said the fire started in the ship’s main laundry spaces. The incident was not related to combat operations and has since been contained.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A man was injured after a stabbing on Mt Vernon Avenue Friday evening, according to the Portsmouth Police Department. On March 13 at around 9:20 p.m., officers responded to a call in the 300 block of Mt Vernon Avenue in Portsmouth. When officers arrived, they found a man with a...

An Old Dominion University graduate has created a Change.org petition calling for the university to waive tuition fees for the ROTC cadets who stopped a campus shooter. Helen Sharpe launched the petition, which has already gained hundreds of signatures online. Sharpe says she wants to create awareness about the...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Richmond, Virginia – Commuters across Virginia could face rapidly changing conditions Monday as a powerful storm system pushes east, bringing the risk of tornadoes, damaging winds near 70 mph, and large...

Soufan Center Executive Director Colin Clarke discusses a shooting at Old Dominion University and Thursday’s synagogue attack in Michigan.

The Virginia State Corporation Commission approved the Chesapeake Compressor Station on March 3 despite environmental justice concerns expressed over the past year. Virginia Natural Gas plans on building the Chesapeake Compressor Station, which will ensure the company’s northern customers will receive service in case...

As of 6:30 p.m. Friday, at least five colleges in Virginia have investigated bomb threats at on-campus libraries — while a sixth warned people away from its library for an unnamed “active threat.”. Evacuations have occurred at University of Virginia, Bridgewater College, George Mason University, Randolph–Macon...

NORFOLK, Va. — A Suffolk man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting a bystander who tried to intervene in a domestic dispute last year in Norfolk. Prosecutors said 25-year-old Lamont Charles Whitaker shot and killed 23-year-old Miyett Antwione Little Jr. on the...