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Hampton University’s homecoming economic impact estimate just jumped to $8 million–$10 million for the 2026 celebration, a dramatic revision from the $3 million figure the university cited for its 2024 homecoming. That’s not a modest bump. It’s close to a tripling of the estimate in just two years, and this time Hampto

Some restaurants become part of a neighborhood so gradually that generations end up sharing the same favorite table. Virginia has an Italian spot where spaghetti, steaks, and familiar family meals have kept regulars returning since the 1970s. There is something genuinely inviting about that kind of staying power. Baked

Ask ten different Virginians for their favorite sandwich spot and you’ll probably get twelve different answers, all delivered with total confidence. From coastal diners slinging limeade and barbecue to mountain-town bakeries famous for a single legendary sandwich, this state doesn’t do things halfway. Some of these pla

For the first time since 2019, Old Dominion and Norfolk State met on the gridiron and once again the Monarchs reigned supreme.

Norfolk Premium Outlets is an open-air shopping center at 1600 Premium Outlets Boulevard in Norfolk, Virginia, beside Lake Wright and the Virginia Beach line. More than 75 stores trade in seven buildings. At the end of 2025 the center was 99.2 percent leased. Norfolk closed Lake Wright Golf Course in...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The previously closed northbound on-ramp from Tidewater Drive to I-64 west is scheduled to open as early as overnight on Sept. 3, announced the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The ramp has been closed since Feb. 2025. As this phase of construction wraps up, crews...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Cousinz Festival at Norfolk Scope in Norfolk moved indoors Saturday due to weather conditions in the city, according to a statement from the festival. The Cousinz Festival took place at Norfolk Scope on Sept. 5, featuring performances from musical acts like T.I. and Keyshia Cole. Festival gates we

Virginia Beach homes sold fast and fetched higher prices even as more listings hit the market, making smart pricing critical for sellers.

A stretch of Campostella Road in Norfolk is closed in both directions after an early-morning crash brought down utility poles, power lines and other communication lines.

Ashanti Billie was 19 years old, working at a Blimpie sandwich shop on a Virginia Navy base, when she vanished before dawn on September 18, 2017. Eleven days later, searchers found her body roughly 300 miles away, behind a church in Charlotte, North Carolina — a discovery that would eventually reshape how the country a