Police are investigating two separate double shootings that occurred in Portsmouth Saturday.

Junior handler dog-showing dynasty the Towells, a Norfolk-based retired military family of 12, were gearing up for the biggest show in the career of their fourth child, Bevin. Then his dog Target, an incredibly rare löwchen, went missing. The dog was found — but the Towells had less than two weeks to recover before the Orlando junior nationals on Dec. 17.

A police chief was struck by vehicle and killed near South Hill, Virginia, Friday night.

Hanukkah isn't "the Jewish Christmas," but like other winter celebrations that make up the holiday season, it's a time to celebrate light overcoming darkness. A Peninsula Jewish organization invites the community to its menorah lighting and party on Sunday, the first night of Hanukkah.

Michael Paparelli is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the Nov. 24, 2017 shooting death of 34-year-old Corey David Hunter. The defense made their case for acquittal at this week’s trial in Newport News Circuit Court.

Discussions and plans around a potential merger have been going on for several years, with varying results. The new institution would be called The Eastern Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University.

“Possible hazardous materials” are suspected of being inside a home on 12th Street, Newport News police said.

Virginia “Jinks” Rogers Holton, a former first lady of Virginia, died Friday morning at her home, her family said in a statement. She was 97.

Alexis Whitehead was driving 132 mph and with a blood alcohol level that was two times the legal limit when she crashed her car in the Larchmont area of Hampton Boulevard in September 2021. Killed in the crash was Whitehead's close friend and fellow sailor, Nitanjae Terry.

A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy was killed in a hit-and-run crash while investigating a robbery early Friday morning, officials said.

A day full of aviation activities will follow the flyover honoring the brother’s first flight at that very spot. Admission to the memorial is free Saturday.

No injuries have been reported but the fire was causing traffic delays as the Jordan Bridge was closed to traffic.

The investigation into the killing was launched after one person who helped move the concealed body out of a Virginia Beach hotel tipped off hotel management, according to prosecutors.

Virginia State Police are investigating an early morning crash in York County that left three dead and multiple injured on Interstate 64.

Mathew Lee Meek, Erin Lynn Fitzgerald and Johnathan A. Rosekrans are wanted by Portsmouth police following the death of 46-year-old Ronnie Trewren on Dec. 5. Those with information on the trio’s whereabouts are urged to contact the Portsmouth Police Investigations Bureau at 757–393–8536 or submit an anonymous tip to the crime line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.

All six students were transported to a local hospital to be evaluated “as a precaution,” according to a spokesperson for the school division, but Virginia Beach Police Department said the children and three adults sustained injuries in the crash, though none were believed to be life-threatening.

D’Sean Perry and teammates Lavel Davis Jr. and Devin Chandler were killed Nov. 13 on a charter bus that was carrying students back to Charlottesville from a field trip.

For the first phase of the expansion, Carnival Sunshine will offer 6- and 8-day sailings to popular destinations in the Bahamas and Eastern Caribbean from Feb. 18, 2025 through April 2025. The cruise line plans to open additional itineraries in the coming months, a spokesperson said.

On Wednesday night, the City Council unanimously voted to require all new short-term rentals to have a use permit, which require approval from the council.

Convirs-Fowler, a Democrat from Virginia Beach, is opening up about being sexually abused by her stepfather when she was 10 and 11 years old.

Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now extend to a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped at a BMI of 37, with additional categories to track obesity in kids ages 2 to 19.

The Chesapeake City Council authorized the economic development authority to purchase farmland for the an industrial megasite. The site on Route 17 has access to the Port of Norfolk, a major shipping hub.

Gov. Youngkin convened a task force two weeks ago to find ways to reduce wait times for Virginians in custody seeking mental health treatment.

A water main break that occurred on Wednesday on Monticello Avenue in front of Dillard's will shut down a portion of the Tide light rail and affect downtown traffic until early next week.

Two men who went missing in the Atlantic Ocean for 10 days after a storm hit their sailboat off North Carolina's Outer Banks thanked the crew of the tanker that rescued them and said they were lucky to have survived.

North Carolina lawmakers rebuked on Wednesday the state’s disaster recovery director — with one calling for her removal — for the agency’s slow progress amid yearslong delays that have left some low-income homeowners in temporary lodging for up to six years after hurricanes Matthew and Florence displaced them.

Antwann Gore, 40, had been held without bond since being charged in the case in September. A relative of Gore's also has been charged in the case and is due in court in February to determine if there is sufficient evidence in his case to send it on to a grand jury.

Michael Paparelli, 47, is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the Nov. 24., 2017, slaying of Corey David Hunter outside a Denbigh home. The two had never met before the day of the killing.

“I think we are all here because we do care, because we want to do good will and I believe that we will," commission chairman Ryant Washington said.

Police reported that nine mailboxes have been vandalized over the past couple of months.

Cameron Mooty, 18, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Virginia Beach’s General District Court on charges of second-degree murder and aggravated assault in connection to a double shooting that left one dead and another injured. A public defender is being appointed to represent him.

Tuesday night marked the final City Council meeting for Mayor McKinley Price, Vice Mayor Saundra Cherry, and councilmembers Sharon Scott and David Jenkins. The four departing members used their last meeting to reflect on their time on the council and to thank those who worked with them along the way.

Virginia Beach Public School staff can look forward to a $1,000 retention incentive in their January paychecks.

A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree murder and felony intentional child abuse in the 2017 death of his then-girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter.

Hampton Circuit Court Judge Christopher W. Hutton is stepping down after 27 years on the bench and a combined 47 years working in the courts as either a judge or prosecutor.

“I have been incredibly disappointed in the way that the Commission has conducted their investigation and review,” wrote Attorney General Jason Miyares.

Austin Lee Edwards, the now-deceased cop who “catfished” a 15-year-old Riverside girl and killed her grandparents and mother last month, disclosed during his application to become a Virginia state trooper that he had voluntarily checked himself into a mental health facility several years earlier.

Ex-Superintendent Scott Ziegler and spokesman Wayde Byard made initial appearances Tuesday in Loudoun County Circuit Court after indictments against them were unsealed Monday.

Wayne Lynch, Donovon's father, had filed the $50 million lawsuit on behalf of his son's estate.

Virginia has lost a “good man and dedicated public servant, the House of Delegates has lost a sterling voice, and I have lost a good friend,” Speaker Todd Gilbert said in a statement.

Parents at those 12 schools filed a lawsuit in February to challenge an executive order from Gov. Glenn Youngkin as well as a new state law giving parents the right to exempt their children from mask mandates that were in place at schools at the time.

Peak viewing time will be at about 2 a.m., according to NASA.

It happened Monday night and involved 12 military personnel and seven civilians with the USNS Comfort who were returning to the ship after caring for patients on land, said Lewis Preddy, a U.S. Navy spokesman.

Language in the $858 billion National Defense Authorization Act directs around $250 million to construction projects at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Naval Station Norfolk, Dam Neck Naval Base, Naval Air Station Oceana, Langley-Eustis Air Force Base and Naval Support Activity of Hampton Roads.

Scrutiny from conservatives around teaching about race, gender and sexuality has made many teachers reluctant to discuss issues that touch on cultural divides. To fill in gaps, some students are looking to social media.

Longtime Norfolk activist Michael Muhammad was ordered to serve 10 days in jail for an altercation he was involved in outside Norfolk City Council chambers in December 2021. Muhammad also was fined $750, ordered to remain on good behavior for a year and banned from city council meeting during that time.

Virginia Beach's courts were evacuated and closed to the public for the rest of the day following a bomb threat Tuesday morning.

Cameron Mooty, 18, has been charged in connection to the shooting death of Evan Labella, also 18. Virginia Beach police say Labella and a second gunshot victim sought treatment at a local hospital, where Labella later died.

The 30-foot, blue and white Catalina named “Atrevida II” was reported missing Sunday after last being heard from Dec. 3, when it departed Oregon Inlet.

One speaker asked, “Would we allow a club to use Hitler as a symbol?”