John Buzbee

1 week ago | pilotonline.com | John Buzbee

VIRGINIA BEACH — Four people and an estimated 50 dogs were displaced after a Princess Anne residence went up in flames Wednesday night, fire officials said. Units were dispatched to a home off North Landing Road at the 3800 block at around 7:35 p.m. Upon arrival about eight minutes later, firefighters found a heavy smoke around a single-story home. By 8:06, crews had extinguished the blaze, firefighters said.

1 week ago | pilotonline.com | John Buzbee

PORTSMOUTH — A person was killed and another was hospitalized following a Wednesday afternoon shooting in south Portsmouth, police said. Officers responded to the call of a shooting at the 2100 block of Elm Avenue, near where the road intersects with Palmer Street at about 5:18 p.m.First responders found two people with gunshot wounds. One died from their injuries at the scene, a Portsmouth Police Department statement said. The other was taken to a local hospital for treatment, police said.

1 week ago | pilotonline.com | John Buzbee

Health officials on Wednesday issued swimming advisories for beaches in Newport News and Hampton. The waters around Hilton Beach, Huntington Beach, King-Lincoln Beach and Anderson Beach in Newport News and Buckroe Beach south, near the James T. Wilson Fishing Pier, in Hampton were flagged after water samples tested by the Hampton and Peninsula Health Districts showed bacteria levels that exceeded the state water quality standard. Signs have been posted at the respective beaches.

1 week ago | pilotonline.com | John Buzbee

Hampton Roads will get its first extended exposure of the year to summer heat over the next week. Forecasters with the National Weather Service in Wakefield expect Hampton Roads and much of the Mid-Atlantic will be blanketed in heat indices reaching triple digits into the coming week. Forecasters are looking at a period of “prolonged heat” reaching to the end of June. There’s a good chance for the heat index to reach 110 degrees after a brief lull this weekend.

1 week ago | pilotonline.com | John Buzbee

A 4-year-old boy believed by authorities to have been abducted and in extreme danger has been found safe. An Amber Alert for the child, Kai Foreman, was cancelled early Tuesday morning, according to a release from the Norfolk Police Department. He was found at around 1 a.m. in a Virginia Beach home. On Monday, authorities believed Kai’s disappearance was in connection to a woman’s shooting death in Norfolk’s Berkley neighborhood. The Amber Alert for Kai was issued Monday afternoon.