Chesapeake VA

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) – Shipbuilding was the profession that attracted Timothy Anderson to Hampton Roads. Over the years, he also became an entrepreneur with two businesses: catering and fixing things. But no one can fix the hearts that remain broken three years after Anderson was murdered. “I know I’ve...

Old Wythe neighborhood residents concerned, frustrated after large tree cut down to make way for development of empty lot

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A Hampton man was sentenced to 19 years in connection with pouring Purple Power on an acquaintance of the mother of his children and stealing items from him, according to the Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Virginia Beach. On June 13, 2023, Demario Evans, 26, and his children’s...

Virginia Beach police are investigating a deadly crash in the 1000 block of Diamond Springs Road, according to officials.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Keisha Wilson Cox was a dedicated mother, a social worker who cared for others and very much community-minded. On the day she died in a fire to her home on Weyanoke Drive, her daughter, Sahdiah Cox, had just returned home from buying her mother a Subway sub for lunch, and had […]

Two Harley-Davidson dealerships in Virginia’s Hampton Roads region will consolidate operations March 1 under new ownership, according to reporting by WAVY-TV. In a Feb. 21 report by WAVY’s John Eldridge, Hampton Roads Harley-Davidson and Southside Harley-Davidson announced they will combine operations under The...

Family, friends, police, and city officials gathered to honor the two Virginia Beach Police officers who were killed in the line of duty one year ago, in a memorial service that included a moment of silence, prayers, and words of remembrance.

Thousands of gallons of jet fuel spilled into the James River at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division near Newport News, VA, Feb. 13 during a fuel transfer to the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79). The ship is the Navy’s new Gerald R. Ford class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which has been...

I’ve been working at WAVY as a Sports Intern for the past five weeks, and each week I’ve learned something new. If you told me last semester, never mind freshman year, that I would be working at WAVY, I’d be shocked. My grandma often watched WAVY growing up. With such a recognizable logo, I couldn’t help but stop and...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY)– The Gilmerton Bridge in Chesapeake was closed in both directions early Monday morning due to multiple vehicle crashes. Just before 6 a.m., officials took to social media to report the closure. At 7:30 a.m., city officials confirmed S. Military Highway at the Gilmerton Bridge had reopened.