Chesapeake VA

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The Virginia Zoo’s 125th anniversary is going to be wild! The Norfolk landmark is celebrating the milestone throughout 2026 with a series of monthly promotions and historical activities. The “25 on the 25th” program offers discounted admission, memberships and special events on the 25th day of...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Mount Pleasant Road in Chesapeake was closed following a tractor-trailer crash Tuesday morning. The road reopened to traffic shortly after noon. The crash happened near Wenger Road. Crews temporarily shut down both lanes to allow the removal of the disabled truck. City officials said police...

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk police are asking for the public's help to locate a missing woman with dementia. Police said 51-year-old Lashonda Harp was last seen at around 10:40 a.m. on Tuesday morning. She was last seen near Sentara Leigh Hospital, which is located at 830 Kempsville Road in Norfolk.

Black authors in Hampton Roads are invited to showcase their work at “Scribes & Stories” on Friday, Feb. 27 from 6–8 p.m. in Norfolk. Free to join.

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...