Norfolk VA

You probably don’t need to be told that car accidents are stressful, especially when they happen because someone ran a red light. When a driver breaks a traffic rule and causes a crash, they are usually responsible for the damage. If they have auto insurance, their insurance company will typically be the one that...

Alaejah Johnson was struck in the head by a stray bullet inside her Portsmouth home on Feb. 27, 2023. Her parents are still waiting for answers as police report no new updates in the case.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY)– Crews in Norfolk are responding to an overnight house fire. According to officials, crews were called to the area of Grove Avenue and E Ocean View Ave just after 2 a.m. for the report of a smoke investigation. When crews arrived on scene, in the 1700 block of Ocean View Avenue, they […]

There was a heavy police presence on Thursday night around 9:30 at the Columbus Street and Kellam Road intersection, near the Wegman's on Virginia Beach Boulevard.

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY)– Police in Suffolk are searching for a missing woman with a disability. Destini Dreann Tyus, 32, was last seen on February 26 in the 1000 block of Snead Drive wearing a black jacket, purple pants, and purple shoes. Police say she is believed to be wearing a brown wig. She has a defined birth mark...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A man and woman are wanted in connection with identity theft, according to Virginia Beach Police Department. On Nov. 20, 2025, the two suspects intercepted checks totaling over $64,000. Police did not provide the location where this occurred.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Portsmouth police arrested Christopher M. Gaskin, 33, in connection with a Feb. 12 crash that killed two people. Gaskin faces two counts of aggravated involuntary manslaughter and a DUI charge. The collision occurred just before 11 p.m. at the intersection of High Street and Elm...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — After celebrating record-low homicide numbers for 2025, the city of Newport News is now confronting a sharp spike in deadly gun violence. So far this month, five men have been killed, and all within 11 days. Three of those deaths happened in just the last week.

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — On the anniversary of all unsolved cold cases, Suffolk Police release reminders of them in the hopes someone who knows something will be somebody who offers the information to solve them. They are hoping someone in the community can warm up a cold case murder from decades past. Marion Reid, 81,...

A $2 million federal grant will fund new living shoreline projects along the Elizabeth River, aimed at improving water quality and adding natural buffers in neighborhoods that experience flooding.