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Suffolk police searching for missing 15-year-old-girl
SUFFOLK, Va. — Suffolk police are searching for a teenage girl who has been missing since Friday. 15-year-old Kimora Bernice Shannon was last seen at her home in the 1200 block of Pitchkettle Road on October 18. Police said Kimora has brown eyes and black hair. She is 5'1"...
Norfolk dog attack caught on camera
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A woman was attacked by two dogs recently in the Colonial Place/Riverview neighborhood in Norfolk, with a neighbor capturing it on her doorbell camera and saying it appeared unprovoked. Stephanie Clark wasn’t home when the attack happened around 10 a.m. Thursday morning, but she caught it on her doorbell camera. You […]
‘Dying on the hallway floor’: Teen suffered cardiac event for 16 minutes as school officials ‘milled around’ and did nothing, lawsuit says
A Virginia mom says that a lack of action taken by school officials who stood by as her daughter had a medical emergency is responsible for the girl’s death. Kaleiah Jones was 16 years old when she went to school on Feb. 20. According to a lawsuit filed by Kaleiah’s mother, Keyonna Stewart, Kaleiah suffered a cardiac issue and collapsed in a hallway at Menchville High School that day in Newport News, but despite having medical training — and access to potentially lifesaving machines — school officials did next to nothing for more than 16 minutes.
Sedley resident dies amid Storys Station Road crash
A single-vehicle crash Saturday, Oct. 19, in Courtland on Storys Station Road involved the death of a Sedley resident. A Tuesday, Oct. 22, Southampton County Sheriff’s Office news release stated that on Oct. 19 at about 11:18 a.m., the office received a call for a single-vehicle crash on Storys Station Road near Flaggy Run Road. […] The post Sedley resident dies amid Storys Station Road crash appeared first on The Tidewater News.
Federal lawsuit filed against use of Flock cameras in Norfolk
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A federal lawsuit has been filed on behalf of two area residents who are challenging the legality of using Flock cameras in the city of Norfolk. The lawsuit was filed Monday by the Institute for Justice on behalf of Norfolk resident Lee Schmidt and Portsmouth resident Crystal Arrington. “I don’t like […]
Neighborhood shaken after Hampton drive-by shooting leaves man seriously injured
HAMPTON, Va. — Some Hampton residents are expressing their concerns after a shooting left a man fighting for his life on Monday night. Residents living near where the shooting happened say they watched their quiet neighborhood turn into a crime scene. They told us they didn’t know the man living at this home and said this wasn’t the first time trouble had come to Harlow Court.
Downtown Portsmouth business owners, residents seek end to violence
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Businesses and residents in the Olde Towne area of Portsmouth want an end to the violence that’s fostering concerns that the area is unsafe. It’s scenes like the shooting that took place early Sunday morning on High Street that has caused just the latest concern. By dawn’s early light, the violence could […]
Phone Of Driver, 20, Killed In Wreck Notified Officials After Holland Twp Car Crash: Prosecutor
Scott Segreaves Jr. of Zuni, VA, was involved in a single-vehicle wreck on Stamets Road in Holland Township on Friday, Oct. 18 around 10:25 p.m., the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said. Hunterdon County Communications was notified of the crash by the driver's cell phone carrier crash notification system. Members of...
Human trafficking occurring in every Hampton Roads city, advocate says
HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — Freekind has been spreading human trafficking awareness since 2012, and the Hampton-based nonprofit now works directly with adult survivors and trafficking victims who become criminalized. “It is victims, more so than their traffickers, and certainly more than buyers, who are the ones who end up in jail, being convicted for crimes […]
11 shootings in past month in Portsmouth, including 3 Sunday
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Eleven shootings. Over the past month in Portsmouth, the city has seen 11 shootings — three that happened on Sunday alone, and multiple videos show an apparent victim and others ducking for cover in the first of the weekend shootings, around 2:40 a.m. Sunday on High Street. Later in the afternoon, […]
Police: 1 shot on Chesapeake Blvd. in Norfolk
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — One person has been shot on Chesapeake Boulevard in Norfolk Monday night, police said. Norfolk Police said units are on scene in the 6100 block of Chesapeake Boulevard, near a BP gas station in the Five Points area of the city, for a gunshot victim. There is no immediate word on […]
Review: Young entrepreneur opens Smashers in Norfolk — and the burgers don’t disappoint
Two years ago, I went to Cape Charles to meet 18-year-old Henry Smith, owner of Smashers, and grab some treats from the shops on Mason Avenue. He was operating a food trailer during the summers and I caught him on the closing day before he was heading to Roanoke College. He planned on continuing the seasonal business. His smashburgers were excellent and I wrote, “It was one of my top three ...
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