Norfolk VA

(WFXR) – The Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority (OAA) has approved opioid settlement funds to support five local programs across Virginia, including Botetourt County and the City of Salem. A sum of $689,634 will be distributed across the state to support local programs and services addressing opioid use disorder and substance use. The awards were approved by […]

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Fire caused significant damage to a home in the 5800 block of Granby Street in Norfolk Monday afternoon. Norfolk Fire and Rescue responded shortly after noon, and crews arrived to find heavy flames coming from the back of the Cape Cod-style home. Below are images from the scene. Crews got the […]

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The east inside lanes and the east express lane are closed on I-64 near Battlefield Boulevard due to a crash, and motorists should expect delays. Traffic is backed up about 3 miles, as of 4:14 p.m. on Nov. 2, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Music and cheers drifted from the Corporate Landing Middle School track during the Meet in the Middle Special Olympics competition. Students from the city's 10 middle schools visited the campus last week for the event, which is now in its fourth year. Students with disabilities and their general education peer...

This past summer, as most teenagers enjoyed a break from school, going to the beach, sleeping late, working local jobs – a group of Virginia Beach high schoolers went to Panama, helping at a health clinic and a rural school. It’s part of a program aimed at supplying the...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A basic esthetician in Chesapeake pled guilty to wire fraud after falsely representing herself as a master esthetician to provide hair and tattoo removal by laser, injuring several clients. Hayley Nicole Atwood, 33, was licensed as a basic esthetician by the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. Beginning in at […]

The Hampton Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause of a commercial fire Sunday evening on Industry Drive.

A man was wounded in a shooting on Edison Avenue in Portsmouth early Monday morning, which marked the city's fifth shooting since last week.

Fire marshals arrested a 67-year-old man following an early-morning fire in on Alice Street. Two adults were displaced, but no injuries were reported.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — One person was transported to the hospital after a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Chesapeake Boulevard and Kennedy Street, according to the Chesapeake Police Department. Police responded to the call that came in around 3:15 p.m., and the investigation revealed that the crash was a rear-end collision. The driver of […]