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Despite challenges, the Portsmouth public defender’s office continues with its mission, which is literally the writing on the wall in the office just outside downtown Portsmouth. It reads: “Dedicated to Protecting and Defending the Rights and Dignity of our Clients through Zealous, Compassionate, High-Quality Legal Advocacy.”

A $20.7 million defamation lawsuit filed by State Sen. Louise Lucas against Virginia Beach attorney and House of Delegates candidate Tim Anderson has been dismissed.

The City of Portsmouth is paying out thousands of dollars to 10 people who claim their rights were violated when they were arrested in connection to the vandalism and destruction of the Confederate monument in 2020.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — More than a year after protesters destroyed Portsmouth’s 54-foot-tall Confederate monument, a petition has been submitted to have state Sen. L. Louise Lucas “immediately” removed from office over her role in the incident. The petition filed Tuesday in Chesapeake Circuit Court accuses Lucas of misusing her office when she told Portsmouth […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — From the waters around Hampton Roads, to the removal of the Portsmouth Confederate monument, to the Portsmouth Pavilion and more, WAVY’s Drone 10 flew high over Hampton Roads and North Carolina in 2020. See where we went and what we saw in this year’s Drone 10 roundup.

Changes Portsmouth City Council were hoping to make to their City Charter won’t be happening this year, after a Virginia Beach state delegate rallied Republicans to kill the bills.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Portsmouth Police Department will hold its first-ever State of the Department briefing. The briefing is scheduled for Friday, January 29 at 11:30 a.m. The event will be live-streamed via Facebook Live and later shared to other social media platforms. In a press release sent Monday morning, the police department is […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Numerous protests and rallies have taken place in Portsmouth following the fight for racial injustice and the death of George Floyd. The circumstances surrounding Floyd’s death sparked outrage across the nation — including the call for removing Confederate monuments. The protest in June at Portsmouth’s Confederate monument left one with major […]

This is a story of the unusual intersection of three characters: a delegate, the judge, and a kidney.

UPDATE Nov. 19, 2021: The lawsuit has been dismissed. PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A judge has ordered that the lawsuit from former Portsmouth CIty Attorney Solomon Ashby against former Mayor John Rowe will be dismissed if the suit is not amended by April 16.  In his March 26 opinion, Norfolk Judge Everett Martin said that he […]

New Mount Olivet Baptist Church in Portsmouth is honoring a living Black History legend. 

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – After years of debate, Portsmouth City Council voted unanimously to relocate its historic Confederate monument that made national headlines after a destructive protest turned tragic last month. City Manager Dr. Lydia Pettis-Patton is now charged with arranging for the removal of the 54-foot-tall granite structure “as soon as practicable” for storage. […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A wrongful termination suit brought by former Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene has been tossed out by a judge. Earlier this year, a judge in Dinwiddie County sided with the City of Portsmouth and dismissed multiple claims in a suit that demanded Greene be awarded millions of dollars in damages. She […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Symbols associated with racism, bigotry, slavery and oppression were stripped of romanticism Wednesday as they dangled in the air, coated in colorful paint. Crews officially began removing Portsmouth’s Confederate monument on Wednesday morning. A crane had removed to the top portion of the monument’s obelisk as of 10:30 a.m. and one […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Protesters in Portsmouth spray painted the Confederate monument in the city Wednesday, decapitated all four soldier statues and dismantled other parts. A man was seriously hurt when one of the statues toppled. The question about who owns the monument has been a major roadblock in the city’s years-long quest to remove […]

Former Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene is asking a higher court to review her wrongful termination lawsuit.

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) – Pilot Scott Abbott and the Chopper 10 team were back in the skies this week. On Tuesday, Chopper 10 flew over early morning voting lines in Virginia Beach. The Election Day lines started at sunrise and eased up as the day went on. Most voting locations were busy throughout the […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The names and faces of those who were front and center in the controversial Portsmouth politics following the fall of the Confederate monument last year have been published or aired across the country. But many in Portsmouth and across the region may not know the name Cherie Reenee Brown — and […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — State Senator Louise Lucas and several other Black community leaders were arraigned in court Friday morning on charges in connection to the June demonstration at Portsmouth’s Confederate monument. The protest called for the removal of the decades-old monument honoring Confederate soldiers, which was erected at the site of a former slave […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — If you visit the intersection of Court and High streets in Portsmouth today, you may have never known a 54-foot-tall Confederate monument with four soldier statues once towered over passing vehicles. A Portsmouth spokeswoman confirmed to 10 On Your Side Wednesday that the road has been reopened to traffic following the […]