To control invasive blue catfish, Virginia wants people to eat more of them. Can...
Inside the kitchen at Skrimp Shack in Hampton, Kyle Rowley pulls some blue catfish filets from a prep cooler and plops them on the counter. He chunks the thin pink strips and dips them in milk, then a pan of bread crumbs. Rowley puts the fish in a fry basket and dunks them into a bubbling vat of oil.
First Warning Forecast: Tracking showers & storms for midweek
Mix of clouds today with highs in the upper 60s. Warming to the 70s tomorrow with showers and storms. Tracking another rain chance for Saturday.
Amtrak Virginia carried record number of passengers
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Amtrak carried a record number of passengers in Virginia in 2025, according to the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority. Nearly 1.5 million people climbed aboard one of the four state-supported routes originating or terminating in Norfolk, Newport News, Richmond or Roanoke. It’s a nearly 8% increase from the previous year. In Hampton […]
HRS: Juneteenth Festival returns to Town Point Park
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – One of the 757’s most popular Juneteenth celebrations is returning to Town Point Park in Norfolk this summer. The event will commemorate the holiday with a weekend full of unity, freedom, and empowerment. Lavoris Pace joined us on HRS to share more about this...
Gas jumps above $4 in Virginia despite recent decline
The average price of gas is back above $4 a gallon in Virginia per AAA.
Two Norfolk city employees face charges in cases involving public resources
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Two City of Norfolk employees are facing charges in separate cases involving the alleged misuse of public resources, according to court documents. In one case, Vontina Laws, who documents say is a microcomputer systems analyst, is accused in connection with an alleged embezzlement involving taxpayer-funded cell phones. Court records show Laws […]
Nearby shooting incident prompts lockdown at two Norfolk schools
Granby Elementary and High Schools were both placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon, a school spokesperson confirmed, following the report of a shooting outside.
YMCA selling Greenbrier North to expand childcare at other Chesapeake location
The YMCA of South Hampton Roads is selling its Greenbrier North location. The money will be used to fund childcare and other expansions at the Greenbrier Family YMCA as need for childcare grows in Chesapeake.
Blown transformer causes traffic light outages on Mercury Blvd
HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY)– Motorists can expect delays in area of Mercury Boulevard in Newport News and Hampton, police say. Hampton police took to social media announcing traffic lights are down along Mercury Boulevard, beginning at Roanoke Ave and extending to the Newport News city line, due to a blown transformer. Officers are in the area […]
‘They’re really trusting the drivers’: VDOT urges alertness to prevent work zone crashes, protect...
Sometimes barrels or temporary barriers protect crews working on road projects. Other times, it’s just a 12-pound traffic cone between the workers and vehicles speeding by. “It's a very vulnerable place for our construction workers and our construction staff to be, and so they're really trusting the drivers and the public to have those safe behaviors so that they can go about their...
