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Norfolk police investigating after a 19-year-old woman was found shot and killed in a car on Arcadia St. Saturday afternoon

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Hampton Roads Transit experienced a significant surge in ridership on Juneteenth, June 19, carrying 50,876 customers, which marks a 58% increase from the same day last year. HRT attributes the sharp rise to free fares and a convergence of weekend festivals across Hampton Roads. Juneteenth, one of

The Williamsburg Area Transit Authority is expanding service on two of its busiest bus routes and celebrating with a week of free rides for residents and visitors.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Fred Lincoln Wray Jr. was born in Dunn, North Carolina in 1929. Of Native American descent, his family had to hide from the Ku Klux Klan several times before eventually moving to Portsmouth, Virginia. It is here where Wray grew up, enlisted in the Army, started his own family and started […]

A woman is facing 12 years and nine months in prison after being sentenced in connection with her granddaughter's death.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Officials with the Virginia Zoo announced a male binturong passed away on June 8. Tasik, 25, was experiencing a rapid and significant decline in his health. After careful evaluation, animal care and veterinary teams determined that the most humane and compassionate option was to euthanize him. A m

An adult woman died after being struck by a vehicle on Battlefield Boulevard Thursday night, and Chesapeake Police are asking anyone with information to come forward. An adult female pedestrian was killed after being struck by a vehicle Thursday night in the 2200 block of Battlefield Boulevard near Campostella Road in

A 270-foot medium endurance cutter offloaded approximately 7,720 pounds of cocaine and 4,000 pounds of marijuana Friday at Port Everglades in Florida, amounting to more than $63 million in allegedly smuggled drugs. The service said Friday that the seized contraband resulted from three interdictions in international wat

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A man has been hospitalized after a shooting near the intersection of Tidewater Drive and East Virginia Beach Boulevard in Norfolk Saturday morning, according to the Norfolk Police Department. At around 2:20 a.m. on June 27, the department was dispatched to the 1000 block of Tidewater Drive for th

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Chesapeake police are investigating after a woman was hit and killed by a vehicle Friday night. According to police, the woman was hit in the 2200 block of Battlefield Blvd. near Campostella Rd. about 10 p.m. The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment but died there.