NORFOLK Police are investigating an early morning shooting in the 800 block of Lincoln St.

Around 6:40 a.m., police responded to a report of a gunshot victim, said Sgt. Jim Robertson. The man, whose identity was not released, had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

There is no information on a suspect, Robertson said.

By Lia Russell The Virginian-Pilot Rufus leans his head in for more ear-scratching from his caretaker, his limpid eyes silently begging her not to stop. "He thinks he's a lap dog," Denise Luckey says of the 4,500-pound white rhinoceros she oversees as a keeper at the Virginia Zoo.

NORFOLK St. Louis has an arch. Seattle has a fish market. Savannah has a series of civic squares. Downtowners say one thing that's missing in the city's urban revitalization is an iconic public gathering spot that gives Norfolk an unmistakable identity and sense of place. Planners want to create that place around a light-rail station that will be built on the site of Kirn Memorial Library.

NORFOLK "Think," Leonard Pitts Jr. urged Old Dominion University graduates Saturday morning. "Ask," said Chris Matthews to a second set of ODU graduates Saturday afternoon.

Attendance went up at Norfolk’s second spring wine festival.

The annual AT&T Spring Town Point Virginia Wine Festival on Saturday drew about 5,000 people, according to a count by Norfolk Festevents, the wine festival organizer.

NORFOLK After Norfolk State University students were awarded their degrees Saturday, they moved outside to greet loved ones and pose for photos. But for graduate Lamont Hansboro Jr., the ceremony's end signaled it was time to say goodbye to his "brothers."

NORFOLK Four people were injured in a crash Saturday afternoon in West Ocean View, Norfolk police said.

A car collided with a bus at 2:05 p.m., Sgt. Jim Robertson said. The injuries were not life-threatening, he said.

NORFOLK
 
Amid a meltdown in the credit markets and with the economy slumping, downtown is experiencing a building boom.
 
Three-quarters of a billion dollars of construction is under way or planned.
 

NORFOLK Federal postal inspectors on Friday arrested a self-proclaimed pastor on a 28-count federal indictment charging him with bilking thousands of investors out of $1.5 million.