3 displaced, 1 hurt after fire in Chesapeake

NORFOLK, Va. — Firefighters in Norfolk are on the scene of an apartment fire Wednesday evening. A spokesperson with Norfolk Fire & Rescue said four apartments are affected in the 800 block of 41st Street. No one was hurt, but seven people are displaced. The cause of the fire...

HAMPTON, Va. — Friends of a pregnant woman killed in a shooting on Monday night say they’re heartbroken. Hampton Police Division detectives say 25-year-old Destiny Layton and 24-year-old Dijonte Nash died after a shooting at an apartment complex off West Mercury Boulevard. Police say Layton was 8 months...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — UPDATE: Virginia Beach police said Kaelani Dotson was found safe Wednesday night. A 3-year-old girl was abducted by her father in Virginia Beach police said Wednesday evening. Kaelani Dotson was "forcefully taken from her mother" by Roberto Dotson. Police said Dotson assaulted Kaelani's mother before...

HAMPTON, Va. — The disappearance of 4-year-old Codi Bigsby is a mystery looming over Hampton Roads and the rest of the country. The boy's father, Cory Bigsby, reported Codi missing on Jan. 31, 2021. Hampton police said Cory claimed he last saw his son around 2 a.m., but the boy had disappeared by 9 a.m.

GRANDY, N.C. — A manhunt for an armed suspect has ended in Currituck County, with the suspect being taken into custody Tuesday morning, the Currituck County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies first alerted residents in the area of Aydlett Road and Macedonia Church Road on Monday afternoon for a suspect...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The man who died after barricading himself inside a Virginia Beach home was Craig Byl, 48. He was likely killed by police gunfire, not from a self-inflicted injury, according to the city's police. The Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD) said all officers involved are on...

HAMPTON, Va. — A man is seriously injured after a drive-by shooting Sunday night. According to Hampton Police, dispatchers received a call around 6:50 p.m., after an injured man checked into a hospital for a gunshot wound. A police spokesperson said the man's injuries are non-life threatening, and he...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A judge downgraded the charges for a man accused of shooting and killing a 2-year-old boy last August. Detectives who testified in a court hearing on Tuesday said Al McNeil told them on the night of the Aug. 10, 2022 shooting, his gun had fallen out of his pocket as he stood up from a chair in the kitchen and discharged, hitting 2-year-old Maize Moon.

NORFOLK, Va. — People who run organizations across Hampton Roads are bracing their budgets for the end of COVID-19 emergency declarations. President Joe Biden announced the national emergency will end in May. This means the extra federal relief funds to help people during the pandemic will either change or get cut completely.

NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia State Police are investigating a vehicle crash that left a man dead Monday morning. According to a spokesperson, the crash happened shortly before 2 a.m. on the westbound lanes of Interstate 264 at the I-64 interchange underpass. An initial investigation revealed that the driver of...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A massive math error is hurting Virginia public schools across the state and here in Hampton Roads. According to the Virginia Department of Education, school divisions will receive approximately $200 million less in school aid because of a calculating error made by an online tool. The tool determines school aid by a variety of factors, including funding from the state, how many students a division has, and how much property taxes an area takes in.

HAMPTON, Va. — A man was found dead in Hampton Sunday afternoon from gunshot wounds. According to a spokesperson, Hampton Police officers were called to a residence on Aberdeen Road near the intersection with Briarfield Road at around 2:40 p.m. for a report of a missing man. When officers...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Beach SPCA announced on Tuesday that they received a $200,000 grant from PetSmart Charities to help provide important services for pets. Shelter officials say that roughly 50 million pets across the country lack access to basic care, which includes essentials like vaccinations and spaying and neutering.

HAMPTON, Va. — A man, a woman, and her unborn child are all dead following a shooting in Hampton on Monday night, Hampton Police Chief Mark Talbot confirmed. The Hampton Police Division said officers were called to Salisbury Way around 9:43 p.m. When officers arrived, they found the pair outside, both suffering from gunshot wounds.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A man was seriously hurt after a shooting in Newport News on Sunday night, police say. According to a spokesperson, the shooting happened around 10:18 p.m. near the intersection of 9th Street and Ivy Avenue. When officers arrived, they found a man who had been...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Three people are hurt after a shooting in Newport News Sunday night. According to Newport News Police, the shooting happened around 8:25 p.m. in the 3000 block of Roanoke Avenue. When officers arrived, they found two injured men. Police said one of the victim's injuries...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Several charges were dropped against Raymond Gore, one of two men arrested in connection to a deadly quadruple shooting in Portsmouth back in June. Charges for Antwann Jacque Gore, a relative of Raymond, were already dropped on December 14. According to online court documents, several charges were also dropped for Raymond Gore on Wednesday.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The principal at Richneck Elementary School has been reassigned, weeks after a 6-year-old student shot his first-grade teacher, a spokesperson for Newport News Public Schools (NNPS) confirmed Wednesday. Michelle Price with NNPS said Briana Foster-Newton is still employed with the school division, but she didn't...

HAMPTON, Va. — It’s a question that still haunts many people in Hampton Roads: Where is 4-year-old Codi Bigsby?. Hampton Police started looking for him one year ago on January 31, 2022, after his father Cory Bigsby reported him missing. Crews from other cities stepped in to help....

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Court records show a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in the aftermath of last year's mass shooting at a Chesapeake Walmart. The suit was filed on behalf of the estate of Randy Blevins, a Walmart employee and one of the people who was killed in the November 22, 2022 shooting.