Hampton University Homecoming parade to impact traffic in downtown area
HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) – Motorists can expect delays in the downtown Hampton area Saturday morning as officials prepare for the Hampton University Homecoming Parade. Kecoughtan Road will be closed in both directions from Victoria Boulevard to Settlers Landing Road between 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Settlers Landing Road, from Kecoughtan Road to William R. Harvey […]
NNPD: Help find missing and endangered Kalvin Artis
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Newport News Police Department is asking for help locating adult male Kalvin Artis, age 20, who is missing and considered endangered due to a medical condition. He was last seen on Oct. 23 at 9 p.m. near 110 Landridge Court in Newport News. Mr. Artis left the area in a […]
2026 DSO Gala Was A Train-Stopping Event On An Autumn Night With A “Harvest...
With the 2026 Harvest Moon hovering in a cloudless sky, the setting was perfect for music lovers across the country on Saturday, September 26. Whether it was Farm Aid 2026 with a Virginia crowd wearing T-shirts, gimme caps and blue jeans, or the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s black-tie gala at the Meyerson Symphony Center, kicking off North Texas’ fall social season, the night was tailor-made for music aficionados of all stripes.
Chesapeake firefighters respond to barn engulfed in flames
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — After several calls reporting a fire, the Chesapeake Fire Department responded to a barn/shed fire late Friday on Shillelagh Road in the Grassfield area. Firefighters arrived on the scene at 11:03 p.m. and found a small barn/shed engulfed in flames and collapsed. Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire and brought it […]
North Landing Bridge reopens to traffic ahead of schedule
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) – Good news for drivers who need to travel across the North Landing Bridge on the border of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach. It reopened on Friday — several days ahead of schedule. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) closed the North Landing Bridge to vehicle traffic on Monday, October 5 for […]
Richmond man convicted for Oct. 2025 armed robbery of delivery driver in Newport News
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A Richmond area man was convicted Thursday on charges related to a October 2025 armed robbery in Newport News, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. On Oct. 22, a federal jury convicted Jayveon McCloud on the following charges: According to court records, McCloud […]
Gunshot Rips Through Woman’s Car Window In Newport News Road Rage Clash
A Newport News woman's car window was shot out during a road rage confrontation near downtown, after she says another driver merged in front of her near an Interstate 664 exit ramp and the encounter escalated into gunfire. No one was struck, but the bullet tore through her vehicle after what police describe as only a brief exchange between the two drivers.
The co-defendants of the FBI’s Lucas Enterprise indictment
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Six co-conspirators are facing charges in the federal indictment, three of them family members of State Sen. L. Louise Lucas, while the other three seem to be business partners of hers. “These charges are not limited to one defendant, however,” said Theophani Stamos, first assistant United States attorney for the Eastern […]
Drought warning advisories issued for southeastern Virginia cities, counties
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY)- The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has issued drought warning for many cities and counties in the southeastern section of the state. Due to longer-term dry conditions and recent widely varying precipitation, the Drought Monitoring Task Force (DMTF) recommended the drought escalation in Southeast Virginia change from a watch to warning advisory. […]
VBPD release composite image of unidentified 1976 homicide victim
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia Beach police have predicted the physical appearance of a homicide victim whose body was discovered in the water near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in May 1976. In partnership with Virginia-based DNA technology company Parabon NanoLabs, genetic material recovered from the crime scene was used to generate precise trait predictions […]

















