Once a vibrant coastal resort on the north side of Norfolk, Ocean View later became a district blighted by booze halls and vice. Over time, gentrification crept in, the roughness faded and the indoor smoking went away. But so did some of the neighborhood's most iconic watering holes.
The Norfolk Police Department says officers responded to the shooting on Sunday, April 16 around 2:10 a.m. The scene was located in the 1900 block of East Ocean View Avenue
Little Creek is, as the name implies, a creek. But it is much more than that. It also is two bodies of salt water filled with crabs, fish, boats and sailing craft that meander through parts of Norfolk and Virginia Beach. It's a road that links Norfolk's east and west sides. It's an amphibious base in Virginia Beach. It's an elementary school in Norfolk.
Mayor Donnie Tuck says a proposed $130 million development comes as Langley Air Force Base is preparing to bring 2,500 additional servicemen and women to the area.
Moe Stephenson’s career started selling chicken wings on the streets of Harlem with his mother on weekends to earn some extra cash. Today, those wings are still served up, but instead of New York, in his East Ocean View restaurant, My Mama’s Kitchen.