Hampton Roads, Virginia

City council has selected Portsmouth’s next city manager, the city’s fourth since 2020.

In a 4-3 vote Monday, council moved to appoint Steven Carter to the position. The Air Force veteran is currently the city manager in Albany, Georgia.

A 19-year-old man has died after a shooting in Portsmouth on Monday night, police said

The Portsmouth Police Department (PPD) said officers responded to a shooting near the 4700 block of Haywood Drive, not far from High St W on Route 17, around 10:30 p.m. When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound injury.

Law enforcement in three Hampton Roads cities said road rage led to violence in the past week. In Chesapeake, one man died following a shooting on South Military Highway and Canal Drive Friday morning. The suspect is due in court Monday morning.

That was the first of at least three violent road rage incidents that have happened in the past week in Hampton Roads.

NORFOLK, Va. — The struggle for affordable housing is one many can relate to. After the death of her husband, Jennifer Branham went looking for a new place to live.

“Not only did they want a deposit, a security deposit, they wanted a $250 administration fee. I wasn't gonna get that back. What was that for? To pay staff to process paperwork. A lot of these families can't pay that.” Branham said.

Sunday's symposium was hosted by Virginia Organizing. The grassroots movement met at the New Macedonia Christian Church in Norfolk Sunday. Local activists and speakers from the faith community spoke about the current state of affordable housing in Hampton Roads.

“Let us stand with those who are homeless and facing eviction.” Dr. Anthony Fudd, one of the speakers at the symposium said.

"The top evicting cities in the US is Charleston, South Carolina. 2 is Richmond, Virginia. 3 is Hampton, Virginia, 4 is Newport News, Virginia. 5 is Jackson, Mississippi.” Monet Johnson said.

Virginia Organizing hopes for an increase in tenants' rights through legislation. That legislation is sitting on Gov. Youngkin's desk.

Branham believes these laws will better help all Virginians who are struggling to find housing and stay in it when they get there.

“Give people the opportunity to make it right. I mean we all struggle, I mean there are people who make it paycheck to paycheck but because someone is maybe 30 days behind you take them to court and want to put them out, that’s not right. " Branham said.

Organizers here say this won’t be the only time they plan to meet like this. They are going to continue to address the housing crisis.

William & Mary women’s tennis rolled to a 7-0 win over George Washington on Saturday afternoon at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.

The Tribe (6-5) won its second straight by capturing the doubles point and did not drop a set in sweeping the singles spots.

VDOT’s list of full closures of interstates, ramps, bridges and primary roads, and single-lane closures at the bridge-tunnels the week of March 10-16.

Scheduled closures are subject to change based on weather conditions and other factors.

Is anyone else sick of all the rain we've had lately the past month or so? It seems like it's been raining multiple days almost every week. Enough already, jeez.