Chesapeake VA

Virginia Beach teacher and her daughter have doen the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics for 27 years raising $71,000 total.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Virginia Beach, Va. — Strong northwest winds slam the Hampton Roads commuter shed Saturday, creating difficult travel along Route 13 and coastal connectors from the Eastern Shore tunnels through Virginia...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Former Virginia Tech quarterback Marcus Vick was arrested in connection to a child custody exchange where the mother of his child sustained minor injuries. On Dec. 30, 2025, Chesapeake Police responded to an apartment in the 1500 block of Mitchum Way for a reported domestic assault. Upon...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia Beach police are searching for two suspects after a bank deposit bag was stolen in a store. On Jan. 8, two suspects entered an undisclosed store separately. While the male suspect was the distraction, the female suspect went to the cash register and concealed a bank deposit bag...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Katie Nesbitt said she was unloading her car at work Wednesday morning when she noticed bright flashing lights across the street. “I saw what I thought was a traffic stop with some unmarked vehicles and lights, then I noticed there was an ICE patrol SUV vehicle,” Nesbitt said.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY)– A construction worker is hurt following an industrial accident in Chesapeake. According to officials, fire crews were called to a construction site in the 900 block of Battlefield Boulevard at 8:45 a.m. for the report of an injured worker. Construction was being done for new apartments when...

The city may adopt an earlier curfew for young people, as it grapples with unpermitted events that are fueled by social media and can draw large, unruly crowds. A proposal discussed Tuesday would move the curfew for unaccompanied minors to 10 p.m. from 11 p.m. City Council may consider the change Feb. 17. That would...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Portsmouth police said they are reimbursing a tenant after property damages were incurred during an October arrest. In October, Portsmouth police arrested Cordero Taylor, who was wanted for a September shooting incident, in the 300 block of Washington Street after he had barricaded himself in a...

A planned Lidl grocery store that would have been the anchor of the newly redeveloped Railyard at Lambert's Point along Hampton Boulevard in Norfolk is likely not happening, the city says.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — At first, the city refused to reimburse the owners of an Olde Towne apartment after police broke in as they were pursuing a murder suspect last October, even though he did not live there. Tenant Stephanie Jordan recorded the incident on her Ring camera. Police armed with flashbang grenades,...