Chesapeake VA

VSP has issued a Critically Missing Adult Alert for 20-year-old James Earl Spratley, he was last seen May 19 in the area of 4300 Indian River Road in Chesapeake.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — It’s one of the most notable fires in Hampton Roads history, as two firefighters were killed battling a fire at an auto parts store in Chesapeake. Thirty years later, the scars still run deep. Now, a documentary is out about that fire and the two men who gave their lives that […]

Hampton Roads has the highest teacher vacancy rate in the state and a newly signed Virginia bill could help address the issue. Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact, or ITMC, and several other education bills Monday at Highland Springs High School in Henrico County. The bill, which...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY)– A message was sent home to parents after a student at Norview Middle School in Norfolk made a threat. According to school officials, a student, during a “moment of anger”, made threatening statements towards another student and also made a comment about bringing a weapon to school the following day

Roberta Walls, 22, was found murdered near her workplace with signs of a violent assault in May 1986

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Deflated balloons and memories are all that’s left of the lives of a young couple, 25-year old Dasani Wright and 23 year old Jazmyne Johnson, as the parents of a one year old boy died in their home of gunshot wounds to the upper body during the early morning hours of […]

Following a Norfolk Public Schools bus incident that injured a student in April, Nexstar's WAVY received video that shows the child falling out of the back of the moving bus.

A 17-year-old Portsmouth student earned one of the most competitive full-ride scholarships in the country and is finishing high school a year ahead of schedule.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Two people were injured Monday night in a three-vehicle crash on Holland Road in Virginia Beach, according to police. Emergency Communications and Citizen Services received a report of the crash in the 3800 block of Holland Road at 10:11 p.m. Monday, police said. When officers...

Suffolk's State of the City address highlighted a new library, a 17% crime drop, AMADAS and TowneBank investments and infrastructure projects.