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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – A Portsmouth family is lucky to be alive after the driver of a stolen car slammed into their house while they were sleeping. The crash left thousands of dollars in damage. It was the Saturday before Memorial Day and Kenneth Twine had just fallen asleep....

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A shooting near a Portsmouth daycare is now a homicide investigation. The Portsmouth Police Department said just before 8 a.m. Thursday, officers were called to the 3500 block of King Street, not far from Airline and Frederick Boulevards. When they arrived police found 34-year-old Rocco Nixon...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – A man was found shot with a non-life-threatening injury on South Street in Portsmouth, Portsmouth Police said early Friday morning. Portsmouth Police are investigating a gunshot wound incident near the 1600 block of South Street, where they found an injured man, who was taken to the hospital.

According to dispatch, the call for the shooting came in around 7:55 a.m. in the 3500 block of King St.

Portsmouth fire crews were called to the 3100 block of Frederick Boulevard for a residential fire, officials said. They ended up finding an abandoned building on fire at 1601 Marshall Avenue.

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) – Let’s take a look at the events happening around the area this weekend. Check out the complete Living Local Events Calendar at this link. If you don’t see your event listed, please add it to the calendar. Farmer’s Markets. Ghent Farmer’s...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – A troubling trend is making its way to Hampton Roads, as robberies of mail carriers across the U.S. are up more than 75%. U.S. Postal Inspectors say tips are coming in about two recent mail carrier robberies in Portsmouth. They say two mail carriers were...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Police in Portsmouth say a suspect is in custody for a shooting that happened early Sunday morning. The Portsmouth Police Department said officers were called to the 2100 block of Victory Boulevard around 3:21 a.m. on May 28. A 32-year-old man was found there suffering from a gunshot wound. Investigators believe the shooting actually happened nearby on Pawnee Drive.

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Prince Dwumfour, the father of slain New Jersey Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, said his family was “excited” and “happy” to hear that authorities finally arrested his daughter’s alleged killer nearly four months after her death. The family had previously said they’d received little information about where the investigation stood. But on Tuesday, they sat next to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone as she announced the arrest of alleged triggerman Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, of Portsmouth, Virginia. Dwumfour said he didn’t know the alleged killer — but he was “very excited and very happy” that police had tracked him down. “We...

Portsmouth Police are looking for the man who robbed a 7-Eleven near the 700 block of Mt. Vernon Avenue on May 18.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Portsmouth police are looking for a woman who they say hasn't been seen since last year. 38-year-old Sara Jane Syfrett was last seen in October 2022 on Clifford Street, near Airline and Frederick Boulevards. She has not been in contact with her family since then. Police...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – A man is dead after a reported shooting Thursday afternoon in the area of 41st Street and Roanoke Avenue, Newport News Police said. Officers responded to the 41st Street and Roanoke Avenue area around 2:11 p.m. for reports of a shooting and when they arrived, they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, police said.

Ann Marie McQuade, a 31-year-old Hampton woman, is in custody. She has been charged with manufacturing methamphetamine

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A man is dead after being shot several times in Newport News Thursday afternoon. According to the Newport News Police Department, officers responded to 41st Street near Roanoke Avenue just before 2:15 p.m. That's where they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. The man...

A 36-year-old man accused of distributing illegal drugs in Portsmouth has a preliminary hearing at the federal courthouse on Granby Street

A Suffolk man was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for his role in a string of 7-Eleven robberies that ended with him and an accomplice getting shot by a customer. The accomplice died at the scene. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith issued the sentence to Ronald Lee Brookins Jr. during a hearing in Norfolk federal court. Brookins, 22, pleaded guilty earlier this year to multiple ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Portsmouth’s Dickie Harrell, whose early rock ‘n’ roll music with fellow Tidewater natives Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps helped influence everyone from the Beatles to Led Zeppelin, died this week at the age of 82. “We’ve lost a real humble treasure...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Celebrating the Class of 2023 on June 1! Congratulations to Peyton Bosley, Reina Goodman, Rachel Holland, Jacob Lufholm, Laila Carter, DavRon Munford, Jase Montague and Sakiah West. This segment of The Hampton Roads Show is sponsored by Apex Entertainment and Virginia Peninsula Community College.

Now, a former Chesapeake deputy, Larry Ronald Wall resigned from the force after being arrested over Memorial Day weekend. The 66-year-old’s arrest came after police were called to a residence on Kentucky Trail in Chesapeake on Saturday, May 27, for a DUI.