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.

Alaila Everett, a track star and senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, is speaking out about the viral footage showing her strike an opponent in the head with her baton. Everett said ...

A Portsmouth athlete is facing charges of assault and battery after a viral video showed her hitting another student with a baton during a track meet.

One misdemeanor charge of assault and battery was taken out in this matter,” Bethany Harrison, Commonwealth’s Attorney for ...

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

Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, Virginia, speaks with ABC News in an interview that aired March 11, 2025, on “Good Morning America.” Via ABC. (NEW YORK) — A high ...

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 ...

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 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.

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

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Portsmouth NAACP has come to the defense of a Portsmouth athlete who faces an assault and battery charge after an incident during a state-level track meet last week.

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 ...