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CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A former Chesapeake Public Schools bus driver says she was forced to resign from her position after filming what she and parents call a harmless, fun video of her interacting with her bus riders. Jessica Flowers said she loved her job as a bus driver and loved the relationships she had […]

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a significant $2.8 million grant to William & Mary’s Strategic Cultural Partnerships to launch a national program aimed at strengthening history and civics education across the nation. This three-year initiative, titled "We the Teachers: Preparing the...

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — A third daily roundtrip Amtrak train serving Newport News will not be arriving in 2026 as originally anticipated. Instead, the head of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority, or VPRA, said the service will now likely not begin until after the Long Bridge construction project is complete, which...

A woman received life-threatening gunshot wounds from a shooting near Choate Street early Wednesday morning, according to Portsmouth police.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — With paychecks in jeopardy due to the government shutdown, many federal workers are facing a new kind of fear: how to put food on the table. THRIVE Peninsula's Food Pantry said it’s stepping in to address those concerns and is making sure families don’t have to choose between paying bills and...

The mother of a 10-year-old Suffolk student who suffered a fractured vertebra after being assaulted on a school bus has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Suffolk Public Schools and the bus driver

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A survivor of childhood trauma is serving her community as a board member of the Help and Emergency Response Inc., or the HER Shelter. For the past four decades, the HER Shelter has worked to empower survivors of domestic violence, assault, stalking, trafficking and family homelessness.

Newport News police are searching for a man who went missing from Old Dominion Rehabilitation and Nursing facility on Ridgewood Parkway.

NORFOLK, Va. — After more than eight decades of serving the Hampton Roads community, Virginia Furniture Company in Norfolk's Neon District will close its doors for the final time on Dec. 31. The family business began in 1939 when founders Harry and Leonard Laibstain opened a small store on...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A former Chesapeake Public Schools bus driver says she was forced to resign from her position after filming what she and parents call a harmless fun video of her interacting with her bus riders. Jessica Flowers said she loved her job as a bus driver and loved the relationships she had […]