Friday afternoon, Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew and Mayor Phillip Jones will address gun violence in the city during a press conference. The conference will focus on the number of gun-related ...

Newport News approves a $400 million Navy investment to build 750 housing units for sailors downtown, with construction ...

Newport News City Council recently approved a $400 million investment from the Navy to expand housing for Navy sailors.

A Newport News man has been taken into custody and charged following a carjacking and shooting at Sunday night that left a ...

Derrick Ellis Jr., 25, arrested in connection with a police shootout this past weekend with police, was on bond for a ...

Newport News City Council approved various ordinances Wednesday designed to address housing issues such as neighborhood blight, unsafe living conditions and community nuisance issues.

The mayor of Newport News, Phillip Jones, announced Thursday that the city would be joining the Bloomberg Philanthropies City Data Alliance.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Newport News man was sentenced Thursday to more than eight years in prison after a 2023 neighborhood shooting, the Department of Justice announced. Jimmy Lee Scott, 33, was ...

It’s back to school time for a majority of students in the Hampton Roads region, including Virginia Beach, Newport News, ...

“There are good things happening here in the city of Newport News,” Mayor Phillip Jones said about the city’s homicide and shooting numbers.

Aided by a commitment from the U.S. Navy to invest as much as $400 million, Newport News plans to begin work next year on two downtown apartment towers that will provide housing for sailors and 10,000 ...