A Portsmouth athlete is facing assault and battery charges after an incident during a state-level track meet. Meanwhile, the Portsmouth NAACP is coming to the defense.

An I.C. Norcom High School athlete has been charged after a track incident that went viral, according to Bethany Harrison, Commonwealth's Attorney for Lynchburg.

A Portsmouth runner who stuck an opponent with a baton during a high school relay race has been charged with assault, the Lynchburg commonwealth’s attorney told multiple media outlets Wednesday.

Alaila Everett, a high school senior, said she lost her balance and accidentally hit the other girl when she was pumping her ...

A Portsmouth athlete is facing assault and battery charges after an incident during a state-level track meet. Meanwhile, the Portsmouth NAACP is coming to the defense.

I.C. Norcom High School student athlete Alaila Everett has been charged with assault and battery after bashing an opponent's ...

The high school athlete who bashed a competitor in the head with her baton during a track meet in Virginia is now facing criminal charges.

a senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, was running the second leg of the 4x200-meter relay when her baton struck Kaelen Tucker, a junior from Brookville High School, in the head.

Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, told NBC affiliate WAVY that the incident in the viral video was an accident. The sprinter who was struck by the baton ...

A high school track athlete in Virginia has been charged with assault and battery after a baton incident left a competing ...

PORTSMOUTH — Genoa Everett says he has always tried to prepare his children for life. But nothing could have prepared him and his family for what’s happened in the past few days. Video of his ...

I.C. Norcom High School was disqualified from ... Everett, a senior at Portsmouth High School, expressed that the incident was purely accidental. "She was touching me to the point where I was ...