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10-year-old's murder prompts additional support at Portsmouth elementary school
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Students and staff at Cradock Elementary School in Portsmouth likely saw additional counselors and police on campus and nearby this week after a stray bullet killed 10-year-old Keontre Thornhill. Keontre, who was a student at Cradock, was sitting inside his home on Farragut Street when he...
3 taken to hospital after multi-vehicle crash on Route 58 in Suffolk
SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Three people were hurt in a multi-vehicle crash Thursday morning on eastbound Route 58 in Suffolk. Four vehicles were involved in total and sustained heavy damage, per Suffolk Fire & Rescue, who posted about the crash on social media at 7:46 a.m. The three patients...
2 Portsmouth leaders fired before first day for new city manager
Two Portsmouth leaders were fired before the new Portsmouth City Manager Steven Carter's first day on the job. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/portsmouth/2-portsmouth-leaders-fired-before-first-day-for-new-city-manager/
Man receives 3 life sentences for killing woman at gas station
A man convicted of killing a 65-year-old woman at a Harris Teeter gas station received three life sentences. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-beach/man-receives-3-life-sentences-for-killing-woman-at-gas-station/
SFD responds to Kroger deli fire
Suffolk Fire and Rescue responded Thursday morning, May 2, 2024, to a reported commercial structure fire at Kroger in the 1400 block of North Main Street. Emergency Communications was contacted at 8:22 a.m., and fire crews arrived on the scene at 8:27 a.m. When crews arrived, they discovered a fire in the oven in the […] The post SFD responds to Kroger deli fire appeared first on The Suffolk News-Herald.
Virginia man pleads guilty to producing and distributing disturbing monkey torture videos
CHESAPEAKE, Va. - A Virginia man who went by the alias "Torture King" pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in a depraved conspiracy aimed at creating and distributing videos depicting the torture and murder of animals. Court documents reveal the extent of 51-year-old Michael Macartney's crimes, exposing the disturbing operations...
WAVY Virtual Tour: Weather Center
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Catch up with Chief Meteorologist Jeff Edmondson for a virtual tour of the Super Doppler 10 Weather Center. See where you get your latest weather updates from, where we create our forecasts, and track severe weather!. View all of WAVY’s Behind-the-Scenes Virtual Tour videos at...
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