Chesapeake VA

Portsmouth police are searching for 17-year-old Ronisha Denise Mitchell. She was last seen on Dec. 1, 2025, around 11:55 p.m. in the 3400 Block of Freemason Drive.

A pedestrian died after they were hit by a car on I-64 Tuesday morning, according to Virginia State Police. This happened just before 7 a.m. in the eastbound lanes near mile marker 299 in Chesapeake.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY)– Fans of Atlanta-based rapper Gunna were upset following his show at The Dome in Virginia Beach Saturday night. Attendees say the rapper was over an hour late and abruptly left the stage after only performing for about 45 minutes. Many thought it was an intermission when the rapper left the...

A Norfolk police recruit was arrested in connection with a phone scam but his lawyer says he was manipulated by criminals who asked to used his phone.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — In late December 2024, an abused woman escaped her abuser’s home with the help of her family. She then reported the abuse she endured to the Norfolk Police Department, who started their investigation. According to the Commonwealth, Norfolk law enforcement had already been looking for the woman...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A Portsmouth man pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter in connection to the shooting death last year of a 46-year-old man and will serve 13 years in jail, according to court records. Keonte Jamal Whitfield, after he was initially charged with first-degree murder,...

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.