NORFOLK Police have released photos of two men charged in the death of an Old Dominion University student on Sunday. Christopher Chase Johnson, 20, is charged with misdemeanor assault and was released on Thursday on a $1,500 secured bond. David William Grimm Jr., 21, was arrested earlier this week by Prince William County police on a charge of second-degree murder.

NORFOLK Hello, bye. Old Dominion clinched one in next month’s Conference USA tournament with a 70-63 win over Marshall on Thursday night at the Constant Center that left coach Jeff Jones gratified, if a bit perplexed over his team’s lack of first-half fire.

NORFOLK When things aren’t going well for the Lake Taylor girls basketball team, the Titans turn up the pressure and crank out the 3s. Down 9-0 to start Thursday’s Group 4A South Region girls semifinal, that’s what they did – clawing their way back into the game, then pulling away in the second half for a 64-42 victory over Glen Allen of Richmond.

NORFOLK A man headed for Charlotte, N.C. was stopped Wednesday night when when a loaded handgun was found in his carry-on baggage during the security check at Norfolk International Airport.

NORFOLK Banners with 15 giant portraits went up on a downtown building early Thursday. No words, no websites. Just photos. The enigmatic display is part of a global art project called “Inside Out,” run by a French street artist known only as JR. Only a small sign at the base of the wall explained it.

NORFOLK The city has provided video and the detective case file of a fatal shooting at the Ghent Wells Fargo to the family of the man who was killed by a police officer. The video and documents came in response to a subpoena by John Cooper, a lawyer for the family of Joshua “Omar” Johnson.

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A jury could not reach a verdict, leading to a mistrial Thursday in the case of Bernell Benn, who maintained that he shot and killed another man in self-defense after an argument at a Rite Aid drugstore.
Benn, 43, was talking on a cellphone and pacing near the pharmacist’s counter while waiting to get a prescription Aug. 16, 2012.

NORFOLK The region’s transit agency approved a fare increase Thursday for bus, light rail and ferry services that will raise prices more slowly than previously proposed.

NORFOLK The parents of the Old Dominion University student who was assaulted and killed just off campus over the weekend thanked the ODU community and police for their support Thursday. They also thanked the students who witnessed the attack and helped police find the men now charged with assaulting their son.

NORFOLK Viktor Fasth gave up a goal on the first shot he saw Wednesday night, a blue-line blast by Charlotte's Philippe Cornet. Fasth gave up another goal on the 22nd shot he saw, a puck that glanced in off the Checkers' Brett Sutter with 3:12 to play. In between, Fasth turned back 20 shots, and then he added two more saves late in the Admirals' 3-2 win at Scope.