Norfolk VA

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Parole Board will now decide what’s next for Dustin Turner.  Turner was locked up in the 1990s in connection with the kidnapping and death of Jennifer Evans in Virginia Beach.  The former Navy SEAL trainee was granted parole earlier this year and released, but now he’s behind bars again for a parole violation.  Monday, Turner had a meeting...

The fired executive director of the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority steered government contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece to former colleagues and business associates, a WHRO investigation revealed. Simms awarded those no-bid contracts — often for consulting that one former employee said were unnecessary and duplicated previous...

VIRGINIA — A man was killed and a woman was seriously injured in a crash early Tuesday morning in Norfolk, according to police. Officers responded to the 6300 block of Center Drive around 12:39 a.m. for reports of a single-vehicle crash. Investigators determined the driver of a sport utility vehicle lost control, causing the vehicle […] The post One person dead following vehicle crash...

Families hunted through piles of shirts, pants and even a "Santa Baby" sweatshirt during a clothes giveaway at Mount Trashmore on a recent Saturday. Some held up clothes to ballpark the fit. The tables of clothes were given away at the Zero Waste Wardrobe tent that was a part of the wider Celebrating Children event.

At their second Roast Rider, Wayne Richmon points out Seth Lubaton’s mural merging a coffee motif with a VABeachVA vibe and Lisa immerses herself in “The Monk of Mokha” which mentions George Howell, one of their roasters. Photo credit: Annabelle Xanthos. As Wayne and Lisa Richmon prepared...

This June will mark the fifth year that Juneteenth has been recognized as a national holiday. As calendars fill up with cultural festivals and celebratory events, a first-of-its-kind Juneteenth festival is set to premiere on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront this summer with headliners Keke Wyatt and Vivian Green featuring appearances from Aliah Sheffield and Butcher Brown. Jazzteenth, the only Juneteenth celebration...

Suffolk residents are speaking out against a proposed one-cent real estate tax reduction, saying it doesn't offset rising utility and property costs.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Since the nationwide school bus driver shortage started during COVID, students in the region have been feeling real impacts, including a Chesapeake family who says their son’s school bus has been late every day for the past two years. “It’s supposed to get there at like 8:10, 8:15 [a.m.],” said 10th […]

Virginia Beach police are investigating a possible burglary Monday morning at Bucketheads Beach Grill.

Community members in Hampton, Virginia, were joined by state leaders to dedicate the African Landing Memorial Plaza, a new Virginia memorial that pays homage to the first documented enslaved Africans who arrived in Virginia more than 400 years ago. The dedication ceremony comes years after residents and organizations, including the 1619 Project and The William...