Norfolk VA

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Portsmouth Police Department Criminal Investigations Bureau used license plate recognition (LPR) technology on Oct. 8 to assist in a major larceny investigation involving approximately $40,000 worth of materials intended for the United States Navy. Detectives used LPR technology to identify key locations associated with the crime and find out where […]

NORFOLK, Va. — The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departed Naval Station Norfolk Sept. 30 for Newport News Shipbuilding, beginning the next major phase of the ship’s Refueling and Complex Overhaul. The move to Newport News transitions Truman from its pre-overhaul preparation period into...

Essence Robinson was last seen by family members on Sept. 16 in the 2500 block of East Princess Anne Road, according to the Norfolk Police Department.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia Beach police are searching for a motorcyclist who traveled over 100 mph on Nimmo Parkway and evaded a traffic stop. On Oct. 10, a traffic stop was initiated at Holland Road and Nimmo Parkway around 2:15 a.m. Police said the operator fled into a nearby neighborhood and failed to […]

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — As of 7 p.m., South Military Highway westbound at the Gilmerton Bridge is closed due to a vehicle crash, according to the City of Chesapeake. There is no ETA for reopening yet.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — Sailors from the Norfolk Naval Station competed in a charity ‘slide-a-thon’ at the Great Wolf Lodge Williamsburg’s indoor waterpark on Oct. 13, to celebrate the Navy’s 251st birthday. With each challenge completed, the sailors raised money to support the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society’s mission to help active-duty and retired Navy sailors, […]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – The suspect in a February 2023 deadly shooting case pleaded guilty to charges in Virginia Beach Circuit Court Wednesday. Elizabeth Ashe pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder and unlawful discharge of a firearm in a building after shooting and killing 26-year-old Ashley McCoy in an apartment, in the 1000 block of […]

Norfolk police say 24-year-old Mehki Teachey, known to many as "Ki," was shot and killed early Sunday morning near East Little Creek Road.

The co-founders of Warriors Taphouse cut the ribbon on the Virginia Beach restaurant's Norfolk International Airport location on Tuesday.

A city decision on a proposed business grant is the next step for a vacant Shore Drive property slated for a two-story dental office. Mavromatis Dental plans to build at 2876 Shore Drive, near North Great Neck Road, on the site of a McDonald’s that closed in 2024 and had served Chesapeake Bay beachgoers.