Chesapeake VA

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Many who turned out for a presentation on Norfolk Public Schools’ plan to close and consolidate school campuses were not pleased with the preliminary choices. That list was released Wednesday and residents continued to weigh in during a presentation in the Granby High School auditorium. The list...

American History Central's Historical Marker of the Day (HMOTD) is "Escape to Freedom." This marker is in Hampton, Virginia, just outside the entrance to Fort Monroe. On 23 May 1861 three enslaved men, Frank Baker, Shepard Mallory, and James Townsend, sought freedom at Fort Monroe. A Virginia officer demanded their...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – It’s a discussion that has been happening for months — Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) cell phone-free policy has a new change. For the 2024-25 school year, all students were not allowed to use their phones during the school day, but high school students were able to bring them...

Sentara CarePlex Hospital offers Hampton, Newport News Public Schools students glimpse of what working in a hospital is like

Crews with Poquoson Fire Rescue responded to a house fire on Bennett Road Thursday night.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Everyone has certainly been feeling the heat lately across Hampton roads with temperatures well into the 90s, and while the heat is on, that hasn’t stopped animals at the Virginia Zoo from staying cool. “When temperatures get too high or too low, we have protocols of which animals can be...

This story was reported and written by our media partner the Virginia Mercury. Armed Forces Brewing Company, submerged in debt, may have left Norfolk, but it hasn’t gone away. The controversial military-tribute brewery’s former Norfolk facility is for sale for $5.45 million, more than $2 million above what Ironbound...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — If you’re already ticked off about the hot weather, wait until you hear about this — the tick-borne-illness, babesiosis, has landed in the Hampton Roads area, according to Old Dominion University’s Tick Research Team. The group of research experts have discovered carriers of the disease,...

A 30-year-old was detained after police said he was meeting a 13-year-old at a hotel in Bristol, Virginia. The Bristol, Virginia, Police Department announced that Truong Dinh Nguyen, of Virginia Beach, has been charged with one count of carnal knowledge of a child aged 13 to 15. Officers said they...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Residents at Beacon303 at Olde Towne got no relief Friday from the heat with the lack of air conditioning there. Residents told 10 On Your Side they are frustrated and fearful they could suffer from heat exhaustion or, potentially, heat stroke. Drake Milstead is concerned about his health and...