Norfolk

Fire crews responding to an accident in Norfolk said good samaritans are to thank for helping a woman out of her car seconds before it caught fire. The accident happened at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Route 44 in the area of Tim O’Connor Road. Firefighters said when they arrived at the scene, they saw a car fully involved with fire….

The first snowfall of the season came on Oct. 30, 2020 and Snow Monster was in Norfolk when the snow started falling.

Westside Road is closed due to a crash in Norfolk Thursday morning. Officials were dispatched to the area of Westside rd between Sunset Ridge and Mountain Road for a reports of a crash that damaged a utility pole. According to fire officials, the operator of the van was not found when they arrived on the scene. It is unknown if…

Troopers are investigating after an accident in Norfolk on Saturday. The accident happened on Route 44 in the area of Laurel Way, police said. Injuries have been reported in the accident, but the extent is unknown at this time, according to police. Police are asking drivers to avoid the area and take alternate routes.

Residents in Norfolk are cleaning up after wild weather moved through.

A large tree came down on the Village Green in Norfolk Monday, narrowly missing a soliders’ memorial.

Stormy conditions sent part of a tree crashing down in Norfolk Monday, causing damage to a fire department vehicle that was already responding to another call. “We did not see it coming down.  It came out of nowhere,” explained Lt. Michael Fox of the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department. Fox was headed to a call for wires across the road,...

Stormy conditions sent part of a tree crashing down in Norfolk Monday, causing damage to a fire department vehicle that was already responding to another call.

People in Norfolk were preparing for an icy storm Sunday night.

One of the busiest days on the Virginia legislature’s calendar began under a cloud of suspense Tuesday as Gov. Ralph Northam weighed whether he can continue in the job amid the fallout over a racist photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page.

Former ‘American Idol’ contestant Antonella Barba has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for carrying nearly 2 pounds (0.9 kilograms) of fentanyl. Federal authorities in Virginia said Thursday that the 32-year-old New Jersey woman got three years and nine months in federal prison. She pleaded guilty in July to possessing with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl.

Hurricane Dorian sideswiped the Carolinas with shrieking winds, tornadoes and sideways rain Thursday as it closed in for a possible direct hit on the dangerously exposed Outer Banks. At least four deaths in the Southeast were blamed on the storm. Twisters spun off by Dorian peeled away roofs and flipped trailers, and more than 250,000 homes and businesses were left...

The federal government is warning Americans to brace for a “floodier” future. Government scientists predict 40 places in the U.S. will experience higher than normal rates of so-called sunny day flooding this year because of rising sea levels and an abnormal El Nino weather system. A report released Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that sunny day...

A U.S. Navy SEAL was sentenced to one year in military prison on Thursday for his role in the 2017 hazing-related death of a U.S. Army Green Beret in Africa. Adam Matthews is the first of four U.S. service members to face military court proceedings as well as punishment for the strangulation death of Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, a...

Residents in parts of southwestern Iowa were forced out of their homes Sunday as a torrent of Missouri River water flowed over and through levees. Heavy rainfall and snowmelt have led to dangerously high water in creeks and rivers across several Midwestern states, with the Missouri River hitting record-high levels in many areas. At least two deaths were blamed on...

Flooding caused by heavy rain and snowmelt is blamed for two deaths in the Midwest, and two others are missing. Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in Nebraska and Iowa as levees succumbed to the rush of water. Flooding has also been reported in Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Authorities were using boats and large vehicles on...

Will Evans is performing tonight, February 22nd, in Norfolk, CT.

Embattled Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam met with some of his top administration officials Monday amid calls for him to resign over a racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook. The image shows one person in blackface and another in a KKK hood and robe. On Friday, Northam said he was in the image but then denied it a day later.

A former contestant on “American Idol” and “Fear Factor” is accused of distributing heroin.