Norfolk VA

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — It’s MEAC play the rest of the way for Norfolk State. After opening the season with a variety of levels of competition, the Spartans now turn their attention to their conference peers. NSU (4-3) opens the conference slate on the road against the two-time MEAC champions South Carolina State. The Bulldogs […]

Missy Elliott came home to Hampton Roads to put HBCU marching band culture in the spotlight, and the region answered with a crowd that turned a Sunday in October into a homecoming, a family reunion, and a concert all at once. Long before the first drum major raised a baton,...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Jerrod Demonte Vines, 41, was sentenced to six years in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Documents showed that in January 2025, Vines had an outstanding warrant against him when he was observed in a vehicle by […]

St. John's AME Church in Norfolk has worshiped in a separate room for several years as water damage keeps the congregation from its nearly 140-year-old sanctuary.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Is there a data center overload? That’s the question many are asking, especially here in Virginia. Not a day goes by where these controversial generators of digital technology aren’t in the national conversation. Virginia has more data centers than anywhere else in the world, and that’s why several local residents and […]

Norfolk City Council members are again pressing Hampton Roads Ventures, the for-profit investment arm of the city housing authority, to do more in its home city. The firm’s latest annual report, filed September 30, lists no Norfolk project since 2008, while describing recent support for a $12 million grocery store in rural Marion, a $10 million farm equipment distribution center in Martinsville and a $3 million supermarket in Louisiana.

Transitions Family Violence Services — Shelter Operator Seeking Reopening Support. A brand-new emergency shelter in Hampton built to house 45 to 50 survivors of domestic violence won't open this year after vandals broke in twice, stripped the building of copper piping and HVAC equipment, and made off with three commercial refrigerators. The nonprofit behind the project, Transitions Family Violence Services, now estimates repairs will cost between $250,000 and $300,000.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Two drivers were injured in a wrong-way crash near Warwick Boulevard on Oct. 20, according to the Newport News Police Department. Officers responded at the city line near 1769 Warwick Blvd around 12:27 p.m. to find that one vehicle had crossed the double line and crashed head-on into a vehicle […]

When the musical revue “Putting it Together” opens at the Generic Theater's new location next month, it will feature an ensemble of seven. Yet the cast that put it all together — transforming a space that hosted Scottish rite ceremonies into a black box theater in a few months — numbers more than 100.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Gary Zephir, 20, was sentenced to 46 years after a jury convicted him in July of first-degree murder and using a firearm resulting in the death of 20-year-old Isaiah Tyrell Dukes. On the morning of January 5, 2025, Zephir contacted a juvenile co-defendant to assist in contacting Dukes with plans to […]