On Jan. 23, 2020, during a traffic stop, the driver accelerated, dragging Officer Thyne before crashing into a tree," CDR Shane Jensen, a trauma surgeon who is active duty in the U.S. Navy, said.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Nearly two ... "January 6, 2023, was a tragic day for our community and for our city," said Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew. "It is unreal.

There were 93 nonfatal shootings in Newport News in 2021 — the highest number since 2016, Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew reported in a newsconference Friday. Of those 93 shootings, 30 ...

NOTE: A live feed of Steve Drew’s swearing-in ceremony as Newport News police chief, scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m.(App users tune in here).

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.— Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew reacts to one of his former sergeants being convicted of voluntary manslaughter for a deadly shooting back in 2019.

Newport News — like many cities across the country — saw an increase in shootings and homicides in 2021, but the city resolves them with arrests more often than the national average.There were ...