Norfolk News

Loading... Martha Luz Ortega is shown in this photo. Norfolk police say her ex-boyfriend, Martin Avalos, abducted her on Friday night .

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine requested federal disaster assistance Friday for localities in Virginia that suffered damage from the Nora easter that occurred November 11 through 15.

NORFOLK The man accused in a double-shooting inside a Norfolk parking garage has been arrested, police said Thursday afternoon.' Police were called to Freemason Parking Garage just before 2:00 a.m. Investigators say the victims had been on Granby Street earlier and went to their vehicle in the garage when they got into an argument with Brandon ...

MELTING ice from Greenland and Antarctica will lead to a much sharper rise in sea levels than previously estimated, touching off flooding that will radically alter US East Coast cities from Miami to Baltimore, according to a new study.

Prosecutors can retry an ex-sailor who received a conditional pardon from Virginia's governor after spending 11 years in prison for the rape and murder of a fellow sailor's wife, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of two men Thursday morning in the Freemason Street parking deck.

The American sea captain who was held by pirates off of Africa and the crew of a Navy ship involved his rescue are reuniting in Virginia.

More than 60 volunteers will participate in a "Nor'easter Community Cleanup" Saturday, removing trash and debris in neighborhoods most affected by last week's storm.

It was a different outcome after Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months today.

Officials in one Ohio city want a railroad company to tear down an unused train trestle bridge where homeless people live in tents.

Gate 2 at Norfolk Naval Station will close until Jan. 31 to correct minor structural deficiencies in the canopy, the Navy announced Saturday.

Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly, two heavy hitters on talk radio and on the Fox News cable TV network, will come to Norfolk as one of just four cities on their "Bold & Fresh Tour" in January.

This is not where Chris Petty thought he would be just two weeks after buying his first car.

Power outages for some Dominion Virginia Power customers could stretch into late Sunday, and even early Monday, Dominion officials said.

Norfolk police have arrested Landaidrius Markeese Batton, 21, and charged him with the murder of his 2-month-old son.

Gov. Tim Kaine is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to send damage assessment teams to Virginia following last week's wind-driven rain storm.

They're antsy and edgy, tired of waiting for promotions at work as their elders put off retirement.

The Missile Defense Agency announced Thursday the names of the next six ships that will join the Navy's ballistic missile defense fleet, all of which are stationed on the East Coast.

Loading... Click for full view Dominion Virginia Power crews fix power lines along Hampton Boulevard in Norfolk near Little Creek Road on Saturday, Nov.

Virginia Department of Transportation officials expect the Midtown Tunnel, James River Bridge and Jamestown-Scotland Ferry to remain closed at least through the evening rush hour due to high tides, wind and rain.