Norfolk News

Man slain near Norfolk's Booker T. Washington High identified (The Virginian-Pilot)
NORFOLK A man wasandnbsp;arrested late Saturday and charged in connection with the slaying earlier in the day of a 62-year-old man, said Officer Chris Amos, a police spokesman. Police were sent to the 1500 block of E. Virginia Beach Blvd. about 2:15 p.m.andnbsp;after numerous calls came i ...

Mother detained, children safe, after she barricades self in Norfolk home (The Virginian-Pilot)
NORFOLK A mother who has supervised visitation privileges with her four children locked herself and three of those children into her homeandnbsp;today, sparking an hours-long confrontation with police. The incident began aboutandnbsp; 11 a.m.andnbsp;in the 5600 block of Chesapeake Blvd. ...

Norfolk police investgate homicide (WAVY 10)
Norfolk police are investigating a homicide near Booker T. Washington High School. About 2:15pm, police say they responded to a report of shots fired in the 1500 block of East Virginia Beach Boulevard. Police said they arrived to find a gunshot victim dead at the scene.

Fraim tells judges Norfolk is committed to court project (The Virginian-Pilot)
NORFOLK Mayor Paul Fraim has met with city judges to reassure them of City Hall's commitment to build a new courthouse, but the meeting ended without a clear end to a dispute over a proposed funding delay. andquot;It was a relatively stern meeting,andquot; Fraim said. andquot;The court has been ...

Norfolk Woman Arrested for Taking Money From a Grocery Store (KOLN Lincoln)
A Norfolk woman is accused of taking about $6,000 from a grocery store where she worked.

NORFOLK OUSTS FAMU FROM MEAC TOURNEY, 5-2 (CSTV's College Sports)
NORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk State scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to grab a 5-2 victory over Florida A&M in the elimination round of the 2008 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament at Marty L. Miller Field Saturday morning.

Sports in brief (Detroit Free Press)
Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee sprinter from South Africa, was cleared Friday to compete for a spot in the Beijing Games. The Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned a ruling by the International Association of Athletics Federations that barred the 21-year-old runner from the Olympics and any other able-bodied competition because of his prosthetic racing blades.

SPORTS BRIEFS (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery was sentenced to 46 months in prison yesterday for his part in a multimillion-dollar fake-check scheme. The former Norfolk State track star, 33, hung his head as Judge Kenneth Karas imposed the sentence. Montgomery pleaded guilty last year to in the bank fraud and money laundering plot.

Sports scoreboard (Akron Beacon Journal)
ODDS Glantz-Culver Line Major League Baseball Today's Game National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at Chicago -220 Pittsburgh +200 Interleague FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE N.Y. (NL) -120 at N.Y.(AL) +110 at St. Louis -135 Tampa Bay +125 at Boston (1st) -185 Milwaukee +175 at Boston (2nd) -175 Milwaukee +165 at L.A. (AL) -160 L.A.(NL) +150 at Cincinnati -115 ...

FAMU baseball out of MEAC tournament (Tallahassee Democrat)
NORFOLK, Va. -- FAMU’s run in the MEAC baseball tournament ended Saturday morning as the Rattlers fell 5-2 to Norfolk State on the Hornets’ home field. Quinn Bright, who pitched in relief when NSU fell into the losers’ bracket, escaped a seventh-inning rally to get the win.