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Chesapeake City Council voted 5-4 Tuesday to raise toll rates on the Chesapeake Expressway and the Dominion Boulevard Veterans Bridge, with increases taking effect May 1 and July 1.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — After celebrating record-low homicide numbers for 2025, the city of Newport News is now confronting a sharp spike in deadly gun violence. So far this month, five men have been killed, and all within 11 days. Three of those deaths happened in just the last week.

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — On the anniversary of all unsolved cold cases, Suffolk Police release reminders of them in the hopes someone who knows something will be somebody who offers the information to solve them. They are hoping someone in the community can warm up a cold case murder from decades past. Marion Reid, 81,...

HAMPTON, Va. — From brunch to dinner, Venture Kitchen & Bar has built a reputation for variety in the 13 years since it opened in downtown Hampton. Co-owner Carlyle Bland says the restaurant's rotating menu is by design. "You can't eat the same thing every day. You'll get bored,"...

A Newport News nonprofit known for meeting immediate needs like food and clothing says it’s now focused on something bigger, long-term empowerment. The Legacy of Hope Foundation is raising money to renovate a new building that would serve as an education and empowerment center, expanding its ability to provide job...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Newport News city leaders said the newly adopted Strategic Housing Initiatives Plan — known as the SHIP — will serve as a coordinated roadmap to increase housing supply, diversify housing types, and preserve existing neighborhoods. Officials estimate the city will need more than 20,000 new housing...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY)– A man is seriously hurt after being shot in Newport News Wednesday morning. According to police, officers were called to the 0 block of Dean Ray Court at 10:50 a.m. for the report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken […]

Nearly three years after two people were shot and killed in their Smithfield Apartments, the reward has grown to $5,000 per victim as family members plead for someone to come forward.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Bills keep coming like clockwork, and they seem to be getting higher and higher. NewsNation affiliate WAVY has been reporting on sky-rocketing water bills across Hampton Roads, Virginia. A Portsmouth homeowner reached out to WAVY about her water woes, as she was staring down a staggering...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Chesapeake firefighters were on the scene of a structure fire in the 800 block of Shillelagh Road on Wednesday afternoon. The fire reported came in just before 4 p.m. Firefighters arrived and found a home with a 10-by-20-foot shed and a 40-by-30-foot detached, two-car garage on fire.