Newport News’ $1M flood resilience grant: High-risk areas to be assessed
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — To help mitigate flooding-related issues, Newport News has received nearly $1 million in a state grant for flood resilience — I spoke with families in Newmarket who are looking forward to the next steps. "The other day when it was raining, I saw a...
Westbound I-64 closed for hours in Hampton
HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — Westbound Interstate 64 remained closed Wednesday night into Thursday morning after a crash near the I-664 interchange, the Virginia Department of Transportation said. The crash happened earlier in the evening Wednesday, just before 9 p.m., and I-64 at mile marker 265.2 has been closed for...
ORF parking garage D on lockdown while police investigate report of person with gun
NORFOLK, Va. — A parking garage at Norfolk International Airport (ORF) is on lockdown following an unconfirmed report of someone with a gun Thursday, airport officials tell News 3. Parking garage D is on lockdown as of 11:15 a.m. It’s unclear when the lockdown went into effect. Airport...
First Warning Forecast: Tracking showers and storms to end the week
Hot and humid again today with a heat index near 100. Showers and storms to end the week as a cold front moves through. Cooler and less humid behind the front this weekend.
Norfolk police identify woman who was found stabbed to death in car
Stephanie Branch, 55, of Norfolk, was pronounced dead after officers found her on Monday, July 21 in a car at 1645 E. Brambleton Avenue, Norfolk police say.
NN Police investigate Traverse Road homicide
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A man was shot and killed on Traverse Road Monday afternoon Newport News Police said. Officers responded around 3 p.m. to the zero block of Traverse Lane, where officers found a man inside a car who had been shot at least once, police said. His injuries were deemed to be […]
Suspect’s brother held in contempt after being called to testify in murder trial
Wednesday marked day two of the trial for a man charged with killing a Norfolk convenience store worker in 2023.
Missing 15-year-old boy from Chesapeake since May
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The Chesapeake Police Department is searching for a teenager who ran away from his home in May and hasn’t been seen since. According to police, 15-year-old Jacob Noel ran away from his home in the Western Branch section of Chesapeake and was last seen on May 14. Noel is described as […]
Loved ones say murder victim Stephanie Branch was a Black life that mattered
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — For days on WAVY-TV 10, the name of the victim in a horrific homicide that took place in the early morning hours of July 20 was not known, and it was referred to as the Brambleton Avenue case. Days later, family members reached out to 10 On Your Side’s Regina Mobley […]
Chesapeake man sentenced to 20 years for teen’s fentanyl death
A Chesapeake man whose distribution of fentanyl resulted in the fatal overdose of a teenager has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
