As of 11 p.m., traffic is backed up for approximately miles, with police diverting vehicles off the highway on the Norfolk side.

In other region/state news, Varina High defensive tackle JaySean “Bull” Richardson has committed to the University of Virginia for the class of 2026, he announced on social media.

Johnny Thiel Banks was convicted on multiple charges related to sex trafficking, including sex trafficking of a minor, after transporting a 15-year-old girl from North Carolina to Virginia and coercing her into sending him child sexual abuse material.

NORFOLK, Va. — Two pedestrians were hit in the 1700 block of Church Street late Sunday, according to the Norfolk Police Department. The crash happened about 9 p.m., police said. They found two men suffering life-threatening injuries, and both were taken to hospitals. Police originally said one of the men had non-life-threatening injuries.

A special back-to-school celebration at a mobile dental clinic in Norfolk is bringing free treatment to the former residents of Tidewater Gardens.

A jury found Leroy Frank King guilty of 2nd-degree murder at his trial earlier this year. It was the second time King had been found guilty of shooting someone.

A man who has been arrested multiple times for sniffing women’s rear ends while in public was arrested again this week for the same crime. Calese Carron Crowder, 38, was arrested Tuesday by officers from the Burbank Police Department at the Walmart located in the Empire Center shopping center on Victory Place. Police had originally […]

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