Chesapeake VA

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Chesapeake Police seek information after a man stole multiple gaming headsets at an electronics store Tuesday and discarded them near a retention pond. On Feb. 3, the suspect entered an electronics store in the 1300 block of Eden Way North and filled a garbage bag with multiple gaming...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Virginia State Police are launching a high-visibility enforcement effort along Interstate 64 this week, aimed at curbing dangerous driving behaviors across the Commonwealth. The initiative, known as Operation DISS-RUPT, places additional troopers along nearly 300 miles of I-64 —...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A third Portsmouth girl who had been reported missing Jan. 18 has been found safe, according to police. CODI Alerts were issued on behalf of Portsmouth Police for three missing girls who were last seen on Fort Lane in Portsmouth, the location of the Harbor Point Behavioral Health Center....

The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore will host a Winter Relief Mobile Distribution event at Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater in Virginia Beach on Feb. 11, according to a press release.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia Beach Police are trying to curb the violence that results from huge crowds of kids at the Oceanfront, focusing on “unpermitted pop-up events” while also calling for earlier curfews for those under 18, with its police chief saying officers, in essence, become babysitters for the...

Abigail Zwerner, the Richneck Elementary School teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by a 6-year-old student, deserves every penny of the $10 million that a Newport News Circuit Court judge approved recently. A jury in the civil case had awarded that amount against a former Richneck assistant principal in the...

Chesapeake Fire Department crews responded to a fire in the South Norfolk section of the city Wednesday afternoon.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Students at Norview Middle School were evacuated Wednesday morning following an odor of smoke, according to Norfolk Fire-Rescue. Crews responded to the middle school at approximately 11:20 a.m. Upon arrival, they investigated the odor after a pull station had been activated. School personnel and...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A Norfolk man who found a 56-year-old letter written by a man serving in Vietnam is looking to give it to his loved ones. Dylan Worley said he found the nearly six-decade old note in the home he’s in the process of buying off Albert Avenue in Norfolk. He said it happened when he was in the...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Even if justice is served, the emotional wounds that opened the day 32-year old Donte Parrish was killed may remain open. “I’m still putting my hope in the justice system,” said Reginald Parrish, the victim’s father. “It’s just the beginning. This is the first step. I’ll see what happens...