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Abigail Zwerner, the Richneck Elementary School teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by a 6-year-old student, deserves every penny of the $10 million that a Newport News Circuit Court judge approved recently. A jury in the civil case had awarded that amount against a former Richneck assistant principal in the...

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A multi-vehicle crash caused delays on I-664 north on the Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel heading into Newport News Thursday morning. According to VDOT, traffic backup spanned approximately 3.75 miles.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A Norfolk man who found a 56-year-old letter written by a man serving in Vietnam is looking to give it to his loved ones. Dylan Worley said he found the nearly six-decade old note in the home he’s in the process of buying off Albert Avenue in Norfolk. He said it happened when he was in the...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Even if justice is served, the emotional wounds that opened the day 32-year old Donte Parrish was killed may remain open. “I’m still putting my hope in the justice system,” said Reginald Parrish, the victim’s father. “It’s just the beginning. This is the first step. I’ll see what happens...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — The Newport News Police Department is attempting to identify two fraud suspects. According to police, the two pictured women visited several different financial intuitions in Hampton and Newport News. They presented fraudulent member identification cards and obtained money by false pretenses.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Newport News home has been condemned following a residential structure fire on Wednesday morning, according to the Newport News Fire Department. Firefighters were dispatched at 6:48 a.m. Tuesday to a home on Lakeside Drive. Crews arriving on scene observed smoke coming from the residence and...

YORK COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — In an ongoing investigation into the illegal sale of vaping products in York County, a Newport News man was charged Friday in connection with underage sales. The York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office executed search warrants at multiple retail vape stores on Jan. 30. Warrants were served at Super...

A 42-year-old Yorktown man was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Andarius McClelland was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Wednesday for killing 18-year-old Aonesty Selby in 2023.

After 114 years and 25 years, respectively, Norfolk's French Bakery and Portsmouth's Roger Brown's are the latest local restaurants to announcing that they're shutting down.