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New fence goes up ahead of Norfolk overpass repairs

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — If you find yourself driving either down Virginia Beach Boulevard or Military Highway, you may have noticed at the corner of a very busy intersection fences put up around the underpasses on either side of the Boulevard. A Norfolk resident, who identified himself as Eric, sat and watched as it...
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Parents fear for children’s safety after recent shooting death

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Though there was a quick arrest in a weekend Virginia Beach homicide, as city police charged a man with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a 20-year-old Newport News man, parents are still on edge after what they say have been several incidents at the nearby shopping center...
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Appeals court upholds Suffolk’s use of speed cameras

Note: The above video aired June 23 and centered on a hearing held by the Virginia Court of Appeals regarding Suffolk’s use of speed cameras and their legality after a man received a $100 ticket for a 2023 speeding violation in a city work zone. SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Suffolk’s use of speed cameras is […]
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Virginia Weather Alert: Coastal Flooding Threatens Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay Communities Midweek

NORFOLK, Virginia — The National Weather Service (NWS) in Wakefield has issued a warning for moderate tidal flooding expected to impact parts of Hampton Roads and the lower Chesapeake Bay beginning Wednesday evening and lasting through Friday. Coastal Flooding Risk Builds Midweek. Persistent northeast winds are...
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Watershed mapping project shows rapid loss of forests, offers new view of Va.’s changing...

Approximately 60% of Virginia is located inside the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and those communities now have access to an updated map that shows precisely how their landscapes are changing over time. The Chesapeake Bay Program’s land use and land cover change mapping project compares the landscape across three...
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York Co. crash ends with arrest, drug charges

YORK Co., Va. (WAVY) — The York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office said they arrested a woman on drug charges after a crash involving two vehicles. On Friday afternoon, deputies responded to the 2400 block of Big Bethel Road for a reported crash involving two vehicles. When they got to the scene, deputies interviewed people...
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HPD: 1 teen dead, 1 injured in Sacramento Dr. double shooting

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — One teen is dead and another has life-threatening injuries after a double shooting on Sacramento Drive in Hampton Monday night, police said. Police said the shooting happened in the 1st block of Sacramento Drive, off of North Armistead Avenue, around 7:35 p.m. When officers arrived, they found a...
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Critically missing adult in Portsmouth found safe

Virginia State Police issued a Critically Missing Adult Alert for Jashawn Okoye Myrick on behalf of Portsmouth police. Myrick was last seen around 1:45 p.m. Monday.
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Yogurt shop killer has ties to Newport News, Hampton

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — On March 13, 1958, serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers was born at Riverside Hospital in Newport News, according to an issue of The Daily Press, with he and his parents living at a home along Homestead Avenue in Hampton. As the Greenville Journal reported, when Brashers was still young, he and...
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Lawyer ‘flooded with calls’ after WTKR report on Navy Federal parking lot scheme

Local attorney Gary Byler says he's taken complaints from more than 30 people who say they fell victim to a widespread scam targeting Navy Federal customers, leaving them responsible for thousands.

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