Chesapeake VA

It takes only a few minutes for a house to fall apart — and only a few hours for a community to pull one back together. Norfolk Fire-Rescue said the call came in around 10:20 a.m. for a residential fire. When crews got to Buckingham Avenue, they found heavy...

A 10-year-old girl in Chesapeake had a violent, allergic reaction, but when her father called 911, he was placed on hold, highlighting dispatcher shortages.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Carlos Manuel Vaughn, 20, was sentenced to one year and 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and misdemeanor shoplifting. The November sentencing follows a shoplifting incident on May 10, 2025, at a Family Dollar store on East Berkley Avenue,...

Norfolk Police have a man in custody who's been accused in a shooting on Waterside Drive a few hours after Norfolk's Grand Illumination festivities, police said in a release on Nov. 26.

The suspect involved in the Patrick Henry Mall shooting claims self-defense after firing multiple rounds into the victim Nov. 29, according to court documents.

Gunna left Virginia Beach concertgoers stunned after arriving late and performing for less than an hour before walking off stage without saying a word. Gunna cut his Virginia Beach concert short Saturday night after turning up nearly an hour late, then walking off stage mid-performance without a word, leaving the...

Virginia Beach Police are looking for Gianna Hansen, a 16-year-old missing for more than three weeks. Police say she was last spotted in the Kings Grant area of Virginia Beach on Nov. 8, 2025.

For the first half of 2025, mental health providers in Hampton Roads complained that the military health insurance Tricare was not paying providers on time. Ramsey Goshert with Mission Harbor Counseling in Virginia Beach was one of several mental health counseling services in the area who did not get paid on time for...

Candice Corbin began working for the City of Chesapeake in 2019 as an Accounts Payable Technician in the Human Services Department. She was new to municipal service and learned about teamwork and collaboration with her team. These experiences contributed to her professional development.

NORFOLK, Va. — A man has died, and another has been charged after a shooting last week in Ocean View, Norfolk police said. Officers were called around 8 p.m. on November 25 to the Tinee Giant parking lot on the 100 block of West Ocean View Avenue, where they found Tyrone Walker, 27, of Norfolk, with a...