A heartwarming rescue story over at the Norfolk SPCA, as 18 puppies and their mother were rescued, and are now looking for a forever home. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/norfolk/18-puppies-and-mother-rescued-by-norfolk-spca-looking-for-a-forever-home/

An investigation is underway after a body was found in water on Sunday, according to the Chesapeake Police Department. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/chesapeake-police-investigate-body-found-in-water/

Norfolk International Airport has been rated as one of the world’s best domestic airports, and is the top U.S. airport in the category. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/norfolk/norfolk-international-airport-rated-one-of-worlds-best/

Virginia State Police have issued a CODI Alert on behalf of the Roanoke Police Department for a missing 15-year-old girl. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-state-police-issue-codi-alert-for-missing-15-year-old-girl/

Peace week continues in Portsmouth, on Wednesday the Portsmouth police department and a Purpose Driven nonprofit partnered for day 3 of Peace Camp. The Portsmouth United program and officers spent the day with 100 students on spring break. https://www.wavy.com/news/peace-week-to-help-keep-portsmouth-students-engaged-during-spring-break/

Eighteen years ago, on April 16, 2007, a gunman killed 32 people in a mass shooting at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.

Virginia State Police have issued a critically missing adult alert on behalf of the Newport News Police Department for a missing and endangered 26-year-old woman.

The family-owned Walton Funeral Home is in a David versus Goliath fight with Dominion Energy over land in Virginia Beach, as the business is now in court to fight for the future of its Holland Road property. Wednesday was day two of court hearings in the case.

Two adults have been displaced, and a cat has died following a house fire in Suffolk on Wednesday afternoon.

One adult has been displaced after a house fire in the Greenbrier West area of Chesapeake, according to the Chesapeake Fire Department.

Williamsburg police are investigating a shooting that left a man with a gunshot wound to his arm on Wednesday afternoon.

The newly sworn-in Secretary of the Navy was in Hampton Roads Wednesday.  John Phelan made his first visit to the region in his new position, here to oversee the progress of shipbuilding and maintenance.

A Newport News man has been arrested and faces three first-degree murder charges in connection to a 2023 shooting that killed three men inside a home on Stallings Court, Newport News Police said Wednesday.