Chesapeake mom struggles to obtain headstone for son after six-year battle
Addie Brunson's son, Montrell, faced a difficult life, suffering a heart attack at age 14 that left him brain-damaged. He lived for 11 years in this condition before passing away.
First Warning Forecast: Relief from the dangerous heat in sight
The uncomfortable heat and humidity sticks around this weekend. Higher rain chances bring relief next week.
Escape to Freedom: Fort Monroe and the Conscription Act (Hampton, VA) HMOTD
American History Central's Historical Marker of the Day (HMOTD) is "Escape to Freedom." This marker is in Hampton, Virginia, just outside the entrance to Fort Monroe. On 23 May 1861 three enslaved men, Frank Baker, Shepard Mallory, and James Townsend, sought freedom at Fort Monroe. A Virginia officer demanded their...
VBCPS school board bans phones for high schools during lunch time
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – It’s a discussion that has been happening for months — Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) cell phone-free policy has a new change. For the 2024-25 school year, all students were not allowed to use their phones during the school day, but high school students were able to bring them...
CPD: Man accused of unlawfully filming women in thrift store changing rooms
Chesapeake Police allege that a man unlawfully filmed women in the changing room of a local thrift store.
Sentara CarePlex offers students glimpse of what working in a hospital is like
Sentara CarePlex Hospital offers Hampton, Newport News Public Schools students glimpse of what working in a hospital is like
Ammunition discharged during house fire in Poquoson
Crews with Poquoson Fire Rescue responded to a house fire on Bennett Road Thursday night.
Virginia Zoo helping animals beat the summer heat
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Everyone has certainly been feeling the heat lately across Hampton roads with temperatures well into the 90s, and while the heat is on, that hasn’t stopped animals at the Virginia Zoo from staying cool. “When temperatures get too high or too low, we have protocols of which animals can be...
Ahead of a possible move out of state, former Norfolk brewery Armed Forces’ fundraising...
This story was reported and written by our media partner the Virginia Mercury. Armed Forces Brewing Company, submerged in debt, may have left Norfolk, but it hasn’t gone away. The controversial military-tribute brewery’s former Norfolk facility is for sale for $5.45 million, more than $2 million above what Ironbound...
Tick-borne illness moving into Hampton Roads
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — If you’re already ticked off about the hot weather, wait until you hear about this — the tick-borne-illness, babesiosis, has landed in the Hampton Roads area, according to Old Dominion University’s Tick Research Team. The group of research experts have discovered carriers of the disease,...