Norfolk VA

A News 3 crew recently went to the Virginia Beach Animal Care and Adoption Center to surprise our newest News 3 Everyday Hero, Michelle O'Connell.

The Norfolk Botanical Garden in Virginia stands as a living monument to Depression-era workers who transformed swampy land into a breathtaking paradise. Started in 1938 as a Works Progress Administration project, it provided jobs to 200 African American women and 20 men during tough economic times. Their backbreaking...

Michael Vick will coach his first ever game Thursday night when Norfolk State hosts Towson in a nationally televised game.

Inside the Seawater Research Lab at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester Point, rows of water tanks hold specimens from around the region. All sorts of marine creatures are studied. But the newest additions are a first for VIMS: stone crabs. Stone crabs, which have strong, bulky claws...

Researchers at Virginia Institute of Marine Science are studying five of the stone crabs caught by crabbers off Willoughby Spit in Norfolk.

There’s something almost magical about finding a restaurant that does both land and sea equally well. At George’s Steak House in Suffolk, Virginia, they’ve mastered this rare culinary balancing act, creating a destination that has beef lovers and seafood enthusiasts alike plotting road trips from every corner of the...

The Freemason Abbey Restaurant, located at 209 West Freemason Street, Norfolk, VA 23510, is an upscale eatery that was a former church. The space still features stained-glass windows, a cathedral ceiling, and other traditional church fixtures.

NOTE: The video is previous coverage from 8/18/25 NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – After recovering 39 animals from the Northeastern NC SPCA in Elizabeth City, Norfolk SPCA reported that two of the kittens tested positive for Calici virus. The Calici virus is treatable and cats infected can recover, but it takes “intensive...

NOTE: The video is previous coverage from 7/31/25 NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The cause and manner of death for Angelina Resendiz, the Naval sailor who was found dead June 9 after being reported missing May 29, has been reported as “undetermined” according to the Medical Examiner’s Office. Another Naval sailor, Jermiah...

NORFOLK, Va. — Dozens of animals from the recently shut-down Northeastern North Carolina SPCA are now in Hampton Roads and in need of permanent homes. The Elizabeth City shelter was ordered to close following an investigation that revealed unsanitary living conditions and inadequate veterinary care. Officials gave...