Chesapeake VA

Hospital prices are public under federal rules, but in practice, experts say the data often sits in large files that are difficult to search or interpret. Virginia Beach-based computer engineer Richard Callaghan built HospitalCost.com to help patients actually use that data to their advantage. The platform compiles data from 17...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — As the weather warms up, sea turtles will make their way back into Virginia waters, and typically, mid- to late-April is the time when our Stranding Response team tends to see an uptick in sea turtles incidentally hooked by recreational anglers. This is a great time to remind the public on what to do it they hook a sea turtle...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — High above Young Terrace, a public housing community just outside downtown Norfolk, Drone 10 captured a birds-eye look at a neighborhood residents and visitors say has been contaminated with open sewage for several months, and some saying it has been persistent over several years. “Let me tell you something, this sewage […]

STAUNTON, Va. (WAVY) — Dustin “Dusty” Turner, a former Navy SEAL trainee who had been granted parole earlier this year after being in prison since 1995 for the killing of Jennifer Evans, is back in prison on Tuesday after a parole violation, his attorney said, because he didn’t inform his parole officer of two significant […]

Most people think beef wellington is something you only get at fancy hotels or pretentious restaurants where the waiters wear tuxedos and judge your wine choices. Steinhilber’s Restaurant in Virginia Beach has been proving that theory wrong for decades, serving up this classic dish in a waterfront setting that’s elegant without making you feel like you need to whisper.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — More than 80 businesses along the Virginia Beach Oceanfront are planning a Take Back Our Beach Day Saturday as the temporary emergency curfew for everyone comes to an end. It comes after some say last weekend’s curfew had an adverse impact on business. Businesses like Dough Boys plan to have […]

Antonio Hodges says a field blood transfusion saved his life after severe bleeding. Norfolk Fire-Rescue crews are using whole blood in emergencies, with plans to expand the program.

The Chesapeake Fire Department is currently on the scene of a two-story residential fire in the Great Bridge area of Chesapeake on Wednesday.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A long-vacant theater near the Virginia Beach Oceanfront is set to be transformed into a new sports and entertainment venue. The former Beach Cinema Alehouse property at 941 Laskin Road, which closed last year, has been sold for $6.3 million. The site will become “The Padel Foundry,” a facility centered around padel: a racquet sport that has grown in popularity...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation has launched the Tidewater Current, a new Virginia Breeze bus service connecting Virginia Beach and the Shenandoah Valley along the I-64 corridor. The new route is the first east-to-west Virginia Breeze service and links coastal and inland...