City Council actions on the March 28, 2023 formal agenda.

The current City Council Agendas are available here

It’s Back! The Second Annual Eggs-treme Egg Drop at Tarrallton Park

NORFOLK, VA – Bring the family out to Tarrallton Park on April 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a one-of-a-kind Easter egg hunt sponsored by Norfolk’s Department of Parks & Recreation. A helicopter will drop thousands of plastic, candy...

The City Council agenda for March 28 City Council meeting is now available.

The current City Council Agendas are available here

Kicking Off the Great American Cleanup

The Great American Cleanup is underway in Norfolk

NORFOLK, VA – Keep Norfolk Beautiful (KNB) and Norfolk’s Department of Parks & Recreation are leading a large-scale litter cleanup of Lafayette Park on March 24 as part of the Great American Cleanup.

Starting at 10 a.m., City teams along with Norfolk S...

HRT to host Community Open Houses and Pop-Up Events on Extending Light Rail in Norfolk

The public is invited to view the proposed alignment and project features

NORFOLK, VA - Hampton Roads Transit (HRT), in partnership with transit consultants Michael Baker International and STV Inc., is hosting a series of open houses and pop-up events for the community to learn about the study to extend The Tide light ...

City Council actions on the March 14, 2023 formal agenda.

The current City Council Agendas are available here

The City Council agenda for March 14 City Council meeting is now available.

The current City Council Agendas are available here

Norfolk City Council Briefed Ahead of Vote on Project Partnership with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

NORFOLK, VA – This week, Norfolk City Council was briefed ahead of their upcoming vote to authorize the City Manager to move forward with a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) between the City and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk...

The City Council agenda for February 28 City Council meeting is now available.

The current City Council Agendas are available here

City Council actions on the February 14, 2023 formal agenda.

The current City Council Agendas are available here

The City Council agenda for February 14 City Council meeting is now available.

The current City Council Agendas are available here

Expanded Resident Survey Responses Now Available for Review

Browse results question-by-question, ward-by-ward

NORFOLK, VA – Want to know what City services matter most in a specific area of Norfolk? Expanded results of the 2022 Resident Survey are now available for review on the Open Data portal. Responses can be researched by question, ward or...

City Council actions on the January 10, 2023 formal agenda.

The current City Council Agendas are available here

Commonwealth v. Gary D. Toone Jr.

NORFOLK, Va. – A Norfolk judge sentenced 23-year-old Gary Dewayne Toone Jr. on Friday to seven active years in prison for voluntary manslaughter following the shooting death of 33-year-old Matthew Scott Philbrick.

The morning of Oct. 14, 2021, No...

Commonwealth v. Charles E. Cunningham Jr.

Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault

NORFOLK, Va. – Charles Edward Cunningham Jr., a 71-year-old Norfolk man with a lengthy and violent criminal history, was sentenced Friday to 27 active years in prison for raping a Norfolk woman, whom he had previou...

Commonwealth v. Jessica A. Cherry

Trigger Warning: Child Abuse

NORFOLK, Va. – A Norfolk judge sentenced 39-year-old Jessica Anne Cherry on Friday to serve an active 10 years in prison for the neglect of one child in 2018 and the death of another in 2020 at her home daycare.

On Jun...

Commonwealth v. Rashad D. Dooley

NORFOLK, Va. – On Wednesday, a Norfolk Circuit Court judge sentenced 30-year-old Rashad Detwan Dooley to five suspended years in prison for his failure to appear in court during his trial regarding the 2011 shooting death of Christopher Cummings...

Commonwealth v. Lamont S. Smallwood

NORFOLK, Va. – A Norfolk jury convicted 33-year-old Lamont S. Smallwood on Thursday of second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the May 29, 2022, shooting death of 26-year-old Paul L. Robinson.

On the night of May 29, Mr. Smallwood encoun...

Commonwealth v. Dearon E. Mosley

NORFOLK, Va. – On Friday, a Norfolk Circuit Court judge sentenced 22-year-old Dearon Earnest Mosley to 12 years and 8 months in prison for shooting and paralyzing a teenager in a convenience store parking lot over what is believed to have been a...

Commonwealth v. Rashad D. Dooley

NORFOLK, Va. – On Friday, a Norfolk Circuit Court judge sentenced 30-year-old Rashad Detwan Dooley to 25 active years in prison for his role in the murder plot against ODU student Christopher Cummings.

A Norfolk jury convicted Mr. Dooley on Sept....

Commonwealth v. Larry L. Taylor Jr.

NORFOLK, Va. – On Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, a Norfolk jury convicted Larry Lorenzo Taylor Jr., 35, of felony hit and run for running down an ODU tennis player and pinning him to a wall.

On Oct. 25, 2021, Nicola Vidal and some teammates went to the 7-Eleven on ...

Commonwealth v. Michael D. Tinsley

NORFOLK, Va. – Michael D. Tinsley, 36, was sentenced Tuesday to 13 active years in prison for savagely beating a 20-year U.S. Army veteran who was visiting Mr. Tinsley. The victim had been helping Mr. Tinsley transition to a new residence after ...

Commonwealth v. Juan F. Ramirez-Urrea Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Juan Franklin Ramirez-Urrea, 20, was sentenced Friday to seven active years in prison for driving drunk and fatally striking 23-year-old Dontae Barlow, who was changing a tire on the shoulder of Interstate 64.

In the early morning hours of F...

Commonwealth v. George A. Boyd Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – George Antonio Boyd, 59, was sentenced on Friday to 38 active years in prison for shooting a mother and son during a domestic dispute in 2019. Mr. Boyd murdered Rasaun Nyje Davidson, 18, in front of Mr. Davidson’s mother...

Commonwealth v. Alexis Whitehead Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Alexis Whitehead, a 25-year-old Navy Sailor stationed in Norfolk, was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for racing under the influence with another vehicle at more than 130 miles per hour and crashing in a residential area of...

Commonwealth v. Shawna L. Edwards Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Shawna Linell Edwards, 51, was sentenced Friday to one active year in prison for embezzling over $35,000 in copays and cash belonging to the medical practice that employed her.

From January 2016 through August 2018, Ms. Edwards wor...

Commonwealth v. Dashawan K. Medley Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Dashawan Kalvin Medley, 29, was sentenced Friday to 15 active years in prison for robbing a Pollard’s Chicken employee and shooting at a good Samaritan who came to her rescue.

Early in the morning of Feb. 7, 2020, Mr. Med...

Commonwealth v. Rahquan L. Matthews Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Rahquan Lavon Matthews, 20, was sentenced Friday to 15 active years in prison for robbing a Dollar Tree cashier at gunpoint earlier this year.

On the afternoon of March 29, 2022, Mr. Matthews visited the Dollar Tree near the inters...

Commonwealth v. Linwood Scott Jr. Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Nearly 30 years ago, Linwood Scott Jr. burglarized a sleeping woman’s home and raped her, but DNA evidence at the time could not assist Norfolk Police in finding a suspect. After watching a television special about retes...

Commonwealth v. Catherine L. Seals, Hank L. Smith Jr., and Robert T. Bolsinger-Hartshorn

NORFOLK, Va. – In 2018, 4-year-old Larkin Carr died in the care of his father, Hank Larkin Smith Jr., and his father’s fiancée, Catherine Louise Seals, because Ms. Seals’ teen son beat him repeatedly while the adul...

Commonwealth v. Raphael J. Cuffee Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Raphael Jamal Cuffee, a 30-year-old Norfolk man, was sentenced in Norfolk Circuit Court on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, to 18 active years in prison for shooting and killing 35-year-old Michael Carnell Perry in 2020.

On Oct. 10, 2020, Mr....

Statement of Commonwealth's Attorney Ramin Fatehi Regarding "Operation Bold Blue Line"

Statement of Commonwealth's Attorney Ramin Fatehi Regarding "Operation Bold Blue Line"

Earlier today Governor Youngkin, Lieutenant Governor Sears, and Attorney General Miyares came to Norfolk to make a series of announcements that they c...

Legal Conclusion Following Officer-Involved Shooting of Barry D. Carrington

The following is contents of a letter dated Oct. 11, 2022, from the Norfolk Commonwealth's Attorney to Virginia State Police Captain Timothy A. Reibel detailing Mr. Fatehi's legal conclusion following the officer-involved shooting of Bar...

Norfolk Commonwealth's Attorney Announces Oct. 11 Press Conference

NORFOLK — On Tuesday, October 11, Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramin Fatehi will announce his legal conclusions from his review of the February officer-involved shooting of Barry D. Carrington on Granby Street. Mr. Fatehi invites me...

Commonwealth v. Andre Brinkley Jr. Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Andre Brinkley Jr., a 23-year-old Norfolk man, was sentenced in Norfolk Circuit Court on Friday, October 7, 2022, to 29 active years in prison for his role in a 2019 shooting and robbery spree that resulted in injuries to two indi...

Commonwealth v. Robert L. Vick Jr. Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Robert Lee Vick Jr., a 24-year-old Norfolk man, was sentenced in Norfolk Circuit Court on Friday, September 23, 2022, to more than 12 years in prison for gunning down two men and wounding a third man following an August 2020 alter...

Commonwealth v. Avion L. Northan Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Avion Lamar Northan, a 33-year-old Norfolk man, was sentenced in Norfolk Circuit Court on Friday, September 23, 2022, to 20 active years in prison for ramming his SUV into the mother of his children in the MacArthur Center parking...

Commonwealth v. Daniel L. Horne Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Daniel Lee Horne, a 27-year-old Norfolk man, was sentenced in Norfolk Circuit Court on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, to 20 active years in prison for shooting and paralyzing then-28-year-old Tyquane L. Perry in 2020.

In the early morning ...

Commonwealth v. Joseph J. Giles

NORFOLK, Va. – Joseph John Giles, a 66-year-old Norfolk man, was sentenced in Norfolk Circuit Court on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, to 16 active years in prison for murdering 63-year-old Douglas Warf.

Mr. Giles was captured on surveillance video from ...

Commonwealth v. Nicholas P. Bond Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Nicholas Patrick Bond, a 36-year-old Norfolk man, was sentenced in Norfolk Circuit Court on Friday, July 22, 2022, to five active years in prison for a burglary at a Ghent home, during which he was caught on camera by the homeowne...

U.S. v. Kevin Andrew Staton Jr.

NORFOLK, Va. – Kevin Andrew Staton Jr., 24, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 18 months’ imprisonment with two years of supervised release to follow for firearm trafficking. Mr. Staton, of Chesapeake, engaged in the buying and selling...

Commonwealth v. Duwayne Warren Sentencing

Trigger Warning: Child Abuse Descriptions Herein

NORFOLK, Va. – Duwayne Warren, a 27-year-old Norfolk man, was sentenced in Norfolk Circuit Court on Friday, May 27, 2022, to 50 years in prison for murdering his infant daughter in December 2019 an...

Commonwealth v. Laurence L. Clark Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Laurence Latif Clark, a 22-year-old Norfolk man, was sentenced in Norfolk Circuit Court on Friday, May 20, 2022, to 18 years in prison for gunning down 38-year-old Norman Elijah James in a 7-Eleven parking lot.

On the night of July...

Commonwealth v. Jermaine Tucker Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Jermaine Antoine Tucker, a 36-year-old Virginia Beach man, was sentenced in Norfolk Circuit Court on Friday, April 29, 2022, to serve 26 years in prison for murdering 46-year-old Thomas Lyn Christian Jr. by shooting into Mr. Chris...

Commonwealth v. Shana C. Winborne Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Shana Christine Winborne, a 34-year-old Norfolk woman, was sentenced in Norfolk Circuit Court on Friday, April 22, 2022, to 17 years in prison for stabbing and killing her husband, then-39-year-old Dwan Winborne, while she was out...

Commonwealth v. Demarcus M. Mackey Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Demarcus Malik Mackey, a 23-year-old Norfolk man, was sentenced in Norfolk Circuit Court on Thursday, April 14, 2022, to 40 years in prison for murdering 23-year-old Stefon T. Grimes and maliciously shooting his girlfriend, then-2...

Commonwealth v. Tahlia C. Ricks Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Tahlia Courtney Ricks, a 22-year-old Norfolk woman, was sentenced in Norfolk Circuit Court on Friday, April 1, 2022, to eight years in prison for killing Jendaya Hunter, 25, and Sateya Baker, 20, in a drunk driving crash just sout...

Commonwealth v. Ferrari A. Ferdinand Sentencing

NORFOLK, Va. – Ferrari Aramis Ferdinand, a 30-year-old Virginia Beach man, was sentenced in Norfolk Circuit Court on Friday, April 1, 2022, to 17 years in prison for the 2019 murder of Quontrell Deon Snowden, a 31-year-old Norfolk man, at the Do...

Ignite 2023! Speaker Series - Dr. Woods-Warrior

NBN's Ignite 2023 Speaker Series: "Facilitating Neighborhood Conversations" with Dr. Erica Woods-Warrior. Click for more information!

Proposed FY 2024 Budget

View the City Manager's budget proposal. 

When It Comes to Crime Prevention, All the Pieces Matter

As the City of Norfolk moves beyond the immediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have proactively and progressively adapted our means and methods for reducing crime within neighborhoods and communities.

Ignite 2023 Speaker Series: "Facilitating Neighborhood Conversations"

NBN's Ignite 2023 Speaker Series: "Facilitating Neighborhood Conversations" with Dr. Erica Woods-Warrior. Click for more information!

2023 Guns & Hoses

This year’s battle on ice between Team Fire and Team Police returns on April 1 at Scope! Team Fire took home the trophy last year in a thrilling overtime game so expect a great rematch. Event benefits the Hero Kids Foundation. Get tickets.

Small Business Non-Profit Town Hall Meeting Series

• Commercial Corridor Program
• Hampton Roads Workforce Council & Norfolk Works
• Program for Improving Capacity and Capability (PICC)
• Food Business Capacity Building Program
• Business Success and Believe in Learning

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

No RSVP Required

Feb. 22 - Ric...

Eggs-treme Egg Drop

Norfolk Parks and Recreation is hosting our Second Annual EGGS-Treme Egg Drop. This year will be bigger and better with more games, more prizes, more fun, and more EGGS! Registration begins on March 1^st at eggs-tremedrop.eventbrite.com Registrati...

Youth Council

The Norfolk Youth Council (NYC) was established by Parks & Recreation to provide students with a platform to elevate the youth voice on issues directly affecting young people in the community.

The Youth Council is comprised of high school students who ...

Navigators Summer Camp registration Ages 13-16

A valid Facility Use I.D. card is required at registration.

Norfolk Navigators:

Dates: July 3—August 18 (Closed July 4^th Holiday)

8:00am—6:00pm 

Teens Ages: 13-16 

Cost per teen: $50.00

50% discount for all Power up eligibl...

Explorers Summer Camp Registration Ages 5-12

A valid Facility Use I.D. card is required at registration.

Norfolk Explorers:

June 26—August 18 (Closed July 4^th Holiday)

8:00am—6:00pm 

Youth Ages: 5-12 

Cost per child: $150

50% discount for all Power up eligible participants.

Payment plan a...

Norfolk Police arrest abduction suspect following vehicle pursuit

NORFOLK, Va. (NPD) – Officers have arrested a man wanted in connection with a domestic assault and abduction.

On Friday, March 24^th, around 12:30 a.m., Norfolk police responded to the report of an abduction in the 3900 block of Cape Henry Avenue....

Woman dies following shooting on E Princess Anne Road

NORFOLK, Va. (NPD) – Detectives are continuing to investigate a shooting on E. Princess Anne Road that left a woman dead, and a man injured.  

On March 13, 2023, around 9:15 p.m., Officers responded to the 1100 block of E. Princess Anne Road for t...

Suspect arrested; Officer sustains minor injuries after being hit by a car Monday morning

NORFOLK, Va. (NPD) – Norfolk Police have arrested and charged a woman who hit an Officer with her car, and then led police on a pursuit on Monday.

On March 20^th at 10:08 a.m. investigators were standing in a parking lot located at 4820 Hampton Boulevard wh...

Norfolk Police need help identifying commercial burglary suspect

NORFOLK, Va. – (NPD) Detectives are asking for the public’s assistance to identify a man who burglarized a hotel room.

On March 8^th, around 12:20 p.m. it was reported to police that a man entered a hotel room inside of the Courtyard by ...

Norfolk Police charge Granby High School student

NORFOLK, Va. (NPD) – A student at Granby High School has been charged for bringing a firearm to school on Tuesday.

On March 14^th, 2023, around 12:05 p.m. a school resource officer detained a student after it was reported to the Officer t...

Four arrested in connection with homicide investigation

NORFOLK, Va. (NPD) – Homicide detectives have arrested and charged three men, and one 17-year-old male following a double shooting that left one man dead, and another injured.   

On January 15, 2023, around 4:40 a.m. police were...

NERS Receives Award for Financial Reporting

The Norfolk Employees’ Retirement System (NERS) receives national honors for excellence in financial reporting.  These awards also serve to speak highly of our staff and their commitment to excellence in financial reporting. Our members...

IRS 2023 Tax Year: Annual Inflation Adjustment Changes

On October 18, 2022, the Internal Revenue Service announced the tax year 2023 annual inflation adjustment.  This inflation adjustment may mean that you will see an increase or a decrease in your monthly retirement benefit based on the exemptions ...

Expanded Deferred Retirement Option Program for NERS Members

City Council approved the expansion of the Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) beyond sworn Norfolk Police Department and Norfolk Fire-Rescue members to all eligible Norfolk Employees’ Retirement System (NERS) retirees, effective January 1, 2023.&am...