‘Rain should not shut the city down’: Norfolk resident demands flooding action
Norfolk City Council approved up to $40 million in financing for stormwater and wastewater projects Tuesday night.
Hit-and-run damages Ryan Resilience Lab in Norfolk
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Norfolk police are investigating a hit-and-run crash in the 4600 block of Colley Avenue that damaged a parked vehicle and the Ryan Resilience Lab. The crash caused extensive property damage, striking an electric vehicle charging station and a RAFT rain garden system at the facility, according to a
Norfolk principal addresses student incident in letter to families
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The principal of The Academy for Discovery at Lakewood, an elementary school in Norfolk, emailed families about a “student-related situation” on Wednesday, the third day of the new school year. The letter states that school staff quickly addressed the situation, but it did not detail the circumsta
Currituck Co. traffic stop leads to drug trafficking, stolen firearm arrest
CURRITUCK COUNTY, N.C. (WAVY)- On June 26, 2026, Currituck County Sheriff’s Office Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for a traffic violation. During the stop, deputies located a concealed firearm. A records check revealed the firearm had been reported stolen. During a subsequent probably cause search of th
Woman sentenced to 365 days in jail for Murphy’s Pub crash
A woman has been sentenced to 365 days in jail after she crashed a car into the patio of Murphy’s Irish Pub in April, according to the Virginia Beach Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.
Delivery driver threatened with hatchet before fatal shooting, police say
A Chesapeake man was shot and killed on Teresa Drive this week after police say he threatened a delivery driver with a hatchet. Authorities have determined no criminal charges will be filed.
VBPD: 80-year-old woman dies after car overturns on First Colonial Road
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — An 80-year-old woman died Wednesday after striking a tree and overturning on First Colonial Road, according to the Virginia Beach Police Department. Emergency Communications and Citizen Services received a report of a single-vehicle crash in the 1100 block of First Colonial Road at approxim
Norfolk Public Schools to provide free meals to students for 2026-2027 school year
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — On Aug. 19, Norfolk Public Schools announced its policy for providing free meals to students for the 2026-2027 school year, according to a press release. Under the Health, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. the school district’s students will be given a nutritious meal for breakfast and lunch during ea
As six West Nile cases are reported in Virginia, mosquitos with the disease are...
West Nile virus is showing up in Virginia Beach mosquitoes at a level the city’s biologist says she has not seen in four years. Virginia has reported six human cases so far this year, including one in the Eastern Region, though Virginia Beach officials said Aug. 19 that no human cases had been reported in the city.
Newport News fitness studio says it can’t ‘Breathe EZ’ with tobacco store next door
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Breathe EZ Fitness Studio owner Quette Brown-Fletcher says breathing easy has become more difficult with the recent opening of a tobacco store next door in the DW Shopping Center. The gym name, an ode to her late husband, Derrick, who had to have a bilateral lung transplant and died three yea

















