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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Officials in Virginia Beach are considering creating formal criteria for honorary street renamings after a recent City Council discussion highlighted the lack of an established process. During the city’s more than 60-year history, only six honorary street names have been designated. The first...

A Norfolk jury found Jimmie Lee Lemaj Drewitt, 36, guilty of burglary, grand larceny, and larceny with intent to sell for stealing power tools from vacant apartments at 810 W. Ocean View Ave. between February 11 and 18, 2025. Drewitt, a former employee of the property’s management company, used an old access code to...

Two homes in Norfolk are damaged after a propane tank explosion, according to Norfolk Fire-Rescue. NFR responded to the 900 block of Wakefield Avenue on the report of a possible explosion.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — City officials in Newport News are making an emotional appeal for help in locating a missing 16-year-old girl who disappeared last week, as police continue an extensive search effort across the city. Police Chief Steve Drew said investigators have canvassed between six and eight miles...

Virginia Beach already has a strong reputation for seafood, and this buffet gives people one more reason to make the trip. This spot has built the kind of following that gets hungry customers talking long after dinner is over. The big draw is easy to understand once you see the...

NORFOLK, Va. — A Norfolk man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder for the 2023 killing of a woman inside a Peterson Street rooming house. 32-year-old Demetrios Bryant was found guilty last October after jurors viewed security footage showing...

Martez Corey, 26, was gunned down June 1, 2024 on Old Buckroe Road in Hampton as he sat on the porch.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – William Bohan was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for stealing an industrial-sized HVAC system from a Virginia Beach business. The unit was taken from Studio Center in May of last year. Investigators say the heist was captured on security cameras, which recorded the system...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Wendy Ann Latham, 62, pleaded guilty to three counts of felony embezzlement for stealing more than $19,000 from a Norfolk doctor’s office where she worked as a bookkeeper. The guilty plea was entered on March 18, 2026 in Norfolk Circuit Court. According to a news release from the Norfolk...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia Beach Police say it was an impromptu car meetup that led to a shooting at KempsRiver Crossing on Sunday night that injured seven people. So far, no arrests have been made. Police say they attempted to break up the large impromptu car meetup when they heard the shots being […]