Chesapeake VA

What for decades was an eighth floor cell block housing 30-55 inmates in the Norfolk City Jail is now a fully-equipped medical and mental health services clinic, expanding the jail’s ability to meet inmates’ daily medical needs on-site, rather than relying on transport to local hospitals. In under...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Country music songwriter and performer, Ashley Anne, 22, is planning to join the line-up of musicians at the May 22-24 Patriotic Festival. The Virginia Beach native is now based in Nashville, Tenn., and has recently released her third EP: Generational Heartbreak. She is scheduled to open for Zach Top on […]

NORFOLK, Va. — Leading up to Mother’s Day, two healthcare workers at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital are looking back on decades spent helping families through some of life’s most emotional and uncertain moments. Dr. Camille Kanaan and registered nurse Kendra Holman have helped patients navigate high-risk pregnancies,...

A law enforcement memorial service took place Thursday morning to honor men and women of the Virginia Beach Police Department who have given their lives.

Without luck and fate, restaurateur Evan Vang would have never ended up in Norfolk. “My dad came from Laos,” Vang says. “They had come here from the refugee camps in Thailand.” The Hmong people, Vang explains, had fought alongside Americans during the secret wars in Southeast Asia, and when the U.S. withdrew, they were largely left to fend for themselves by making a perilous...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Kenneth Lee Trotter Jr., 30, was sentenced on April 28 to six months in jail in Norfolk for felony third-offense driving under the influence. The sentencing followed his arrest on Oct. 19, 2025, on Interstate 264 after a state police trooper observed him driving erratically and later determined he had a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.13, which is above the...

A Virginia Beach police officer was recognized Wednesday after rapidly responding to a newborn who had stopped breathing shortly after birth.

A 41-year-old has been charged with aggravated murder in connection to the shooting deaths of a 38-year-old woman, an 18-year-old, and his own 14-year-old daughter.

Chesapeake police are attempting to locate the suspect accused of causing approximately $500,000 in damage to a construction site.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A 40-year-old woman accused of submitting false welfare assistance applications in Virginia Beach is now facing multiple felony charges as the case moves through circuit court. According to court documents, Shanna McKenna was indicted by a Virginia Beach grand jury on six counts of knowingly...