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Cianna Morales
Cianna Morales reports on public safety, focusing on breaking news and general assignments. Previously, she worked as a journalist in Columbia, Missouri, and graduated from the University of Missouri with an MA in journalism.
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See what downtown Norfolk’s waterfront will look like with new floodwall design
Design concepts for a new "north alignment" of Norfolk's downtown floodwall show the wall hugging closer to buildings. The original plan for the wall placed it between Waterside Drive and...
Virginians have 1 year to upgrade their driver’s license to REAL ID
After May 7, 2025, a REAL ID star on a driver's license or another form of federally accepted ID will be required to board domestic flights.
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Employee at Coasters Beach Grill in Hampton shot, injured
The man had life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital.
Two people killed in Suffolk vehicle crash
The two occupants of a single vehicle involved in a crash were killed early Sunday morning.
State funding for Norfolk’s flood wall could fall short
Virginia could allocate less money than expected for Norfolk's Coastal Storm Risk Management project. That would not affect the immediate next phase of the project, city officials said, but it...
Virginia Beach Fishing Pier reopens after crash closed pier since January
Pedestrians walked up and down the pier Sunday afternoon.
Portsmouth police arrest 1, pursue person of interest in connection to shooting of 10-year-old boy
After a 10-year-old was shot and killed in Portsmouth, police named one person of interest and made one misdemeanor arrest.
Norfolk approves big box store development at Wards Corner site where Target sought
Norfolk City Council gave the go ahead to development of a large-scale retail and grocery store off East Little Creek Road in Wards Corner, a site where developers have sought...
Norfolk cruise center getting multiple upgrades ahead of year-round traffic
Construction on the Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Center is due to begin in June. But additional cruise traffic from ships diverted by the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse in...
Pedestrian killed in vehicle crash in Portsmouth
A 60-year-old man was struck by a vehicle on the 5000 block of Portsmouth Boulevard.