Pkg beth stewart witnessed the fire we looked out the window and couldnt believe it. People of the small town of urbana woke up monday morning to massive flames surrounding the dozier yachting center. Beth stewart the entire backyard looked like it was engulfed in flames and i was like oh my word so the first thing i did was pick up my phone and called 911 then gas tanks started blowing up and it sounded like some of the neighbors said it sounded like they dropped a bomb or something the coast guard was notified and crews from all over the region came to help in controlling the flames. Steve hollberg mayor Incredible Team effort for something that you dont build a prcedure for so were going to be doing some serious thinking about what kind to have in place to improve our Response Time even more as of now the main boat house and almost 50 boats were destroyed. Beth stewart witnessed the fire it was sad to watch it go down and it took a long time. A few hours. Now theyve got a hold on it
Today in Virginia Beach families said they ll never forget where they were when they heard the news. Were tracking snow on the way in your First Warning Storm Team forecast. Parts of our area under a Winter Weather advisory as more cold weather moves through Hampton Roads in the next 24 hours. Welcome to newschannel three at 5 i m les smith. And i m Kurt Williams in forp barbara ciara. P we also have more warm temperatures moving in for your weekend. Chief meteorologist Patrick Rockey is covering it all in your First Warning Storm Team forecast. Tracking rain, snow and gusty winds. We re keeping an eye on an area of low pressure that will move in from the west tonight. As the low approaches the area, scattered rain will begin moving in. Now, most of Hampton Roads and northeastern North Carolina will have above freezing temperatures at the onset of this event. Some of our temperatures will be marginal for a few of our inland and northern communities, which could support snow to mix in t
Big changes in downtown norfolk today. The old Norfolk Circuit Court demolition is officially underway news channel threes Makenzie Walter is live at the construction site. Around 8 o clock this morning construction crews started to tear down this old courthouse behind me. They say this demolition period will take 6 to 8 weeks but when its all over downtown norfolk will be a much more functional and not to mention better looking place. Brick by brick nats the old Norfolk Circuit Court begins its transition to a new and improved downtown civic plaza. Lori crouch norfolk providing the public with up to date technology, welcoming courthouse environment, comfortable for the judges comfortable for the people who have to come in and do business not only will there be New Buildings but theyll also be extending main street and creating a public drop off area to make getting around downtown a little bit more convenient. Lori crouch norfolk city Public Relations i think anytime we take on a proj
Sunshine returns for Martin Luther king day on monday with high temperatures in the upper 40s. Sent from my iphone t newshcannel 3 following breaking news out of portsmouth where police are investigating an undetermined death of a two monthold baby. Officials say the call came in just after 830 this morning. Police responded to a home on deep creek boulevard and found a baby boy unresponsive. Officials say the body was taken to medical examiner to determine cause of death. To the scene and will bring you the very latest information as it become available. A Norfolk Police dog killed in the line of duty police say by man with a gun who barricaded himself after a fight with his wife. Newschannel 3s nadeen yanes is live where it happened on land street just off Virginia Beach boulevard. Nadeen what can you tell us . Police have been on scene here since this stand off started nearly 24 hours ago. A tough day as these officers not only were involved in a tense stand off that ended in a shoo
Benefitted tivest. On top of that burfoot is also accused of convincing a developer to pay the mother of his children 25 thousand dollars to help pay for a condo at widgeons point. In exchange burfoot used his votes to open a Gentlemans Club downtown according to the indictment. But burfoot s attorney andrew sacks is saying all of the allegations are false and that burfoot will not be stepping down as treasurer. 20;02 anthony is in disbelief these things ring totally foreign to him and again i think it s a combination of people who do not like him people who are jealous of him 21;12 these are just paper accusations and believe me when we get to trial we are confident that he is going to be cleared of this. Now burfoot is facing conspiracy to defraud the interstate Wire Communications to further scheme to defraud the citizens of norfolk, two counts of conspiracy to obtain property under color of official right, and four counts of perjury and one count of forfeiture prosecutors say burfo