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NORFOLK, Va. — Local artists and organizations are recreating a 1989 music video that’s meant to encourage the community to stop violence. Almost 40 years ago, hip-hop acts like KRS-One, Doug E. Fresh, MC Lyte, and more came together for a song called “Self-Destruction” to address what they called violence in hip-hop...

A tractor trailer crash on I-64 West at mile marker 273.7 in the City of Norfolk has caused significant delays, closing the west right lane and right shoulder near Willoughby Bay Bridge and leading to traffic backups of approximately 6.25 miles.

SUFFOLK, Va. — Two defendants accused of abusing and neglecting dozens of horses in Suffolk appeared in Suffolk Circuit Court Friday. Janet Aston, 72, and William Shelton, 82, each face 96 indictments including failure to provide care for agricultural animals, leaving dead animals in public view and depriving animals...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Crews with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) are scheduled to lift the long-term lane reduction on I-64 westbound near J. Clyde Morris Boulevard in Newport News. Eastbound lanes will remain under construction for another month. In order to implement the lift, the I-64 west...

A Virginia man will spend nearly three decades behind bars for murdering the son of a non-violence activist after blocking him in with his car as the victim was trying to get to work. Jalen Garces, 31, was found guilty in August of second-degree murder and using a firearm in...

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY)– A woman has been arrested after abducting her children in Suffolk back in December. According to Suffolk Police, Breone’a Haskett Lee was arrested in Texas for outstanding warrants. Lee is accused of abducting her two children, 7-year-old Angel Blake and 6-year-old A’Brielle Blake, on December...

At first, there was progress. The United States passed the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized hemp cultivation. Then, Virginia made it legal for adults to possess and grow marijuana for personal use in 2021. Many hemp growers thought a legal retail market for pot would shortly follow, said Jason Blanchette,...

One person is dead and another was hospitalized after a fire at multiple duplex homes early Sunday, according to Newport News Fire officials.

The Ohio-based company, which filed for bankruptcy in November, has been selling furniture for nearly 80 years.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Norfolk, Virginia – A prolonged stretch of wet and increasingly cold winter weather is expected to impact eastern Virginia and much of North Carolina beginning Thursday, bringing periods of rain and a...