Virginia Cat Festival: A meow-gical event for feline enthusiasts
The video above is from the Hampton Roads Show coverage of the 2024 Virginia Cat Festival WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — Purr-pare for the return of the Virginia Cat Festival this November with two days of excitement and education for lovers of the feline friend. The Virginia Cat Festival will take place Nov. 1-2 at the...
Newport News police looking for identity theft suspect
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — The Newport News Police Department is asking the public to help identify a suspect. The individual has been involved in several identity theft cases in Newport News, police said. The suspect’s last known address was at Autumn Lakes Apartments. Anyone who may recognize this person is asked...
Portsmouth crime and gun violence prevention task force calls on residents to speak up,...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — “Gun violence doesn’t wait.”. Those are the words Portsmouth Crime and Gun Violence Prevention Task Force commissioner Lateacia Sessoms took to Facebook. According to the post and other commissioners 13News Now spoke with on Thursday, the task force's meeting room was empty, with not a single member...
Federal flood insurance is shut down. That could impact home sales in Hampton Roads.
When people buy a home in many flood-prone areas of Hampton Roads, they must purchase flood insurance before they can sign the final documents. Flood insurance is required for most buyers using federally-backed mortgages in government-drawn high risk flood zones. That includes parts of neighborhoods across the...
Police searching for 2 suspects in jewelry store robbery at Greenbrier Mall: CPD
Chesapeake police are looking for two suspects in connection with a jewelry store robbery at the Greenbrier Mall Thursday afternoon.
Police: Man charged in fatal Norfolk crash involving motorcycle
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – A man has been charged with hit-and-run following a fatal crash involving a motorcycle on Gabriel Drive Monday, police said. Around 5:30 p.m. Monday, police received a report that a man, later identified as Harvey G. Midgette III, 34, of Norfolk, had died at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital...
Vehicles crash on Deep Creek Blvd. in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Two vehicles were involved in a crash on Deep Creek Boulevard at the intersection with Maxwell Avenue in Portsmouth Thursday afternoon, according to video sent in by a WAVY viewer. Surveillance video shared with WAVY shows a vehicle at the beginning of the video driving along Deep Creek...
1 suspect at large, 2 in custody following shooting on Charleston Ave.: PPD
One suspect is at large, and two are in custody following a shooting on Charleston Avenue that led to a police chase Thursday afternoon, according to Portsmouth police.
‘My anxiety is through the roof:’ HP mother upset after son left on school...
Hampton mother Lamisha Richards is upset after she says her son was left on a school bus and she wasn’t notified for multiple hours.
Foals seized in Suffolk adopted after being cared for by Hanover horse clinic, RACC
After two foals were seized from Suffolk and were cared for by Woodside Equine Clinic in Hanover and Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC), they have been adopted.

















