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CHESAPEAKE, Va, (WAVY) – The Chesapeake Planning Commission voted 7-1 to recommend the application for a battery energy storage system, or BESS, be denied when it goes to City Council next month. The Mill Stone Energy Center project was the big topic at Wednesday night’s Planning Commission meeting. Dozens of people sh

Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) held a groundbreaking May 21 for the modernization of its historic Dry Dock 3. Frequently home to submarines undergoing overhaul, Dry Dock 3 will now receive its own top-to-bottom refurbishment to include replacing the floor and walls; rebuilding caisson seats with deep foundations to prov

Downtown Norfolk restaurants and shops are stocking up and planning special events with Sail250, Juneteenth and the 50th Harborfest to bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to the waterfront.

A fatal single-vehicle crash on Neil Armstrong Parkway in Hampton, VA resulted in the death of the driver and non-life-threatening injuries to the passenger, and the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

An unknown number of residents were displaced following a two-story condominium fire in Hampton Wednesday afternoon, with no reported injuries and the cause of the fire still unknown.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – A new botanical garden is set to open in Newport News. Huntington Park is planning the ribbon cutting of its new Huntington Botanical Garden for June 15 from 5-7 p.m. The city’s parks and recreation department credits about 50 volunteers for planting more than 1,200 plants earlier this spring

ISLE OF WIGHT, Va. (WAVY) – Fire and EMS services in Isle of Wight and Carrollton responded June 5 to retrieve a boat that had sunk while docked. It happened June 5 at 4:23 p.m. Isle of Wight County Fire Rescue and Carrollton Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to help the U.S. Coast Guard and […]

SMITHFIELD, Va. (WAVY)– Police in Smithfield are searching for a man connected to an assault that occurred at a fast food restaurant on June 9. Officers were called to the McDonald’s, in the 1800 block of South Church Street, for that reported assault. After investigating, officers learned that a victim was struck in t

A 16-year-old was arrested for a shooting that happened back in May, Hampton police said on Wednesday.

HAMPTON, Va., (WAVY) — A teenage boy was arrested and charged with multiple crimes in connection with a shooting that occurred May 17 in the 600 block of South Street, according to Shaun Stalnaker with the Hampton Police Division. 19-year-old Amaree McKie was shot in the incident and later died from his injuries. The 1