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Tough-on-crime rhetoric in Norfolk has ramped up since a March shooting outside a downtown bar left three dead, including 25-year-old Virginian-Pilot reporter Sierra Jenkins. (Photo by Ryan Murphy)

As public pressure mounts for the city to get a handle on gun violence, many city leaders have pivoted to rhetoric evoking the tough-on-crime 1990s.

Dime and quarter-sized freshwater jellies have emerged to reproduce in the Crim Dell pond on campus.

Advocates say the plan for Vanguard Landing sounds like it could violate a federal order requiring integrated housing for people with developmental disabilities.

The Norfolk Police Department has shifted administrative staff to patrol duty to deal with serious understaffing. (Photo by Ryan Murphy)

Officials lamented efforts to tackle crime have clearly not been effective enough. Here's what Norfolk's done so far and the planned next steps.

The ballet company unknowingly got on one of the last flights out of Ukraine before the invasion. They’re performing in Suffolk this week.

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Norfolk officials talk tough on crime while year shapes up to be deadliest in decades

Invasive freshwater jellyfish are all over Hampton Roads. They’re blooming now at William & Mary.

A proposed Virginia Beach development for people with disabilities moves forward despite longtime criticism

Public pressure is mounting to deal with gun violence. What’s Norfolk doing to stop killings?

While war rages at home, the Kyiv City Ballet stops in Hampton Roads

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