2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (830+ words) Royal Norfolk Show bosses said visitor safety and animal welfare are top priorities as they prepared to welcome crowds of thousands during a searing heatwave. The two-day summer spectacular regularly attracts more than 80,000 visitors, and this week's event on June…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (58+ words) Lafayette Park was a sea of purple on Saturday as hundreds of survivors, families, and researchers gathered for PurpleStride Hampton Roads, an annual event dedicated to raising awareness and critical funding for pancreatic cancer research. Read more: https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/norfolk/hundreds-gather-in-norfolk-to-fight-pancreatic-cancer-one-step-at-a-time/...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (421+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — National Animal Control Appreciation Week, which recognizes the work of animal control officers, is celebrated annually during the second full week of April. To mark the occasion this year, CBS 6 is taking a look back at just a…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (250+ words) NORFOLK, Va. — A new effort in Norfolk is focused on tackling a growing issue among seniors: loneliness and isolation. Healing, Hope and Harmony hosted its first “Circle of Care Day” on Saturday at Commonwealth Senior Living, bringing together physicians, musicians…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (334+ words) A leading mental health charity has stepped in to offer support after the sudden closure of an organisation which ran key wellbeing services across Norfolk and Waveney. Norfolk and Waveney Mind said it was “saddened” to learn that the Access…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (516+ words) The construction of the $14-million palliative care facility in Jarvis could start this summer. Hospice executive director Andrea Binkle said she is “deeply grateful” to Norfolk County councillors “for recognizing the importance of compassionate end-of-life care for our communities.” Fresh…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1335+ words) Andrea Libengood, chairperson of the Norfolk Area Community Foundation Fund, was nominated and selected as the 2025 Norfolk Person of the Year. Showing off the new Share Norfolk website at the ribbon-cutting event last May are (from left) Brittany Melby-Heimes, Nick…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1108+ words) A globe-trotter in his 90s who has raised thousands of pounds for charity, a long-serving volunteer with life-saving lifeboats and the founder of an arts festival are among the Norfolk and Waveney people recognised in the New Year Honours list. They…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (338+ words) CHESTER, Va. — A 16-year-old Chester boy battling a rare form of cancer received a Christmas surprise when Make-A-Wish and CBS 6 teamed up with help from Virginia Credit Union. Riley Oldaker was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma in January after complaining of…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (278+ words) More than £26,000 has been awarded to two Norfolk-based projects helping young people build brighter futures. Sunbeams Play and the Sprowston Youth Engagement Project have received funding from EMR’s Building Brighter Futures Fund, which is managed in partnership with the Cheshire…...