Crime and Public Safety

Newport News woman found inside home was bludgeoned to death, court documents reveal

July 11, 2025 at 7:45 p.m.

On March 29, Jerrice Wilkerson's sister found her body on the kitchen floor of her...

July 11, 2025 at 5:34 p.m.

Through interviews and emails obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request between the City...

July 11, 2025 at 4:31 p.m.

It wasn't clear how many people were in the cab, which was found in about...

July 11, 2025 at 3:07 p.m.

None of the 27 people who overdosed on a suspected bad batch of drugs Thursday...

July 11, 2025 at 1:46 p.m.

A 23-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a 22-year old Pennsylvania woman...

July 11, 2025 at 8:00 a.m.

Businesses at a Colonial Heights strip mall were impacted by an early morning fire, fire...

July 10, 2025 at 11:16 a.m.

Seen with a portable oxygen tank throughout the footage, Retton got testy after refusing to...

July 10, 2025 at 10:29 a.m.

The seven Newport News City Jail inmates who escaped from their cells last week did...

July 9, 2025 at 2:22 p.m.

David Wade, 56, died from his injuries after being hit by a vehicle in a...

July 10, 2025 at 12:27 p.m.

The body was found last week after the Portsmouth Fire Department extinguished a fire on...