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Drivers experienced significant delays on I-64 in Norfolk Monday as a result of two incidents. https://www.wavy.com/traffic/norfolk-drivers-face-delays-on-i-64e-after-crash-and-fire/

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — A former cheer coach was sentenced for proposing sex with a 14-year-old boy, according to the Williamsburg-James City County commonwealth's attorney. 45-year-old Sarah Deaver was found guilty for two counts of proposing sex with a minor by computer, and two counts of attempted indecent liberties. She was sentenced to 80 years with 65 suspended, leaving her 15...

The Virginia Zoo is seeking donations to assist in planting over 125 trees and shrubs.

Suffolk residents are speaking out against a proposed one-cent real estate tax reduction, saying it doesn't offset rising utility and property costs.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Since the nationwide school bus driver shortage started during COVID, students in the region have been feeling real impacts, including a Chesapeake family who says their son’s school bus has been late every day for the past two years. “It’s supposed to get there at like 8:10, 8:15 [a.m.],” said 10th […]

Community members in Hampton, Virginia, were joined by state leaders to dedicate the African Landing Memorial Plaza, a new Virginia memorial that pays homage to the first documented enslaved Africans who arrived in Virginia more than 400 years ago. The dedication ceremony comes years after residents and organizations, including the 1619 Project and The William...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A reported stolen vehicle led to a police investigation Monday morning near a parking garage on the campus of Christopher Newport University. According to Newport News police, officers were first called to the 700 block of Thimble Shoals Boulevard for a report of a stolen vehicle. The victim told police her car was missing from where she had parked it in...

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY)– Police in Hampton are asking for the assistance of the public in solving a homicide case from 2021. Tru Butcher, 17, was killed on May 29, 2021 in the 90 block of Tidemilll Lane. Police say Butcher had just moved to the city of Hampton and was 15 days away from turning […]

SUFFOLK, Va. — A tractor-trailer fuel spill is impacting traffic on Route 58 westbound in Suffolk. Suffolk Fire & Rescue and Suffolk Police were dispatched at 10:19 a.m. Monday, after reports of a fuel spill along the highway. Crews arrived on scene around 10:30 a.m. and determined a damaged fuel tank on a tractor-trailer had released about 75 gallons of diesel onto...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A Chesapeake woman has pleaded guilty to obtaining controlled substances by fraud after admitting to diverting pain medication intended for patients under her care. According to federal court documents, Michelle Kollmar, 56, entered her guilty plea on April 24. Prosecutors say that between January 2023 and...