Norfolk VA

Downtown Norfolk Council is replacing the 10-year-old Neon Festival with a cycle of smaller, business-centered events called Neon Nights, with the first scheduled for Oct. 16.

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) – A 24-year-old Hampton man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for distributing LSD and other illicit drugs, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen handed down the sentence to Josiah Antonio Travis in a Newport News federal court on Aug. 26.

Norfolk City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to let the city borrow hundreds of millions of dollars for flood control and street repairs by passing three separate spending measures. The first measure authorizes the city to issue stormwater system revenue bonds to help finance drainage projects across the city.

Norfolk Police Chief Mark Talbot says the city is seeing an increase in homicides this year even as several other categories of violent crime are trending downward.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A motorcyclist is dead after a crash near Warwick Boulevard and Boxley Boulevard in Newport News Wednesday morning, according to the Newport News Police Department. At around 9:58 a.m. on Aug. 26, Newport News Police responded to a reported motorcycle crash near Warwick Boulevard and Boxley B

A man and woman were seriously injured Wednesday morning following a collision on Centerville Turnpike, according to Chesapeake Police.

NORFOLK–The 43rd Annual Norfolk Jazz Festival, relocated to the Scope arena due to inclement weather forecast for the weekend, featured a host of national jazz artists who delivered energetic and memorable performances for the thousands in attendance at this year’s event. The festival’s headliners were Jonathan Butler

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — It’s been revealed that the project billed as the “single largest capital investment in the history of the Hampton Roads region” will be coming to Chesapeake’s Greenbrier area. Wednesday, LS Cable & System, Ltd. confirmed it is under contract to buy 86-acres of land just south of Volvo Parkway

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A multi-vehicle crash closed two lanes and the right shoulder of Interstate 264 eastbound at mile marker 21 near London Bridge Road Wednesday afternoon, the Virginia Department of Transportation said. VDOT said traffic backups were about 3.5 miles. All lanes have since reopened. 10 On Your

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – ICE officers arrested two people following a crash involving an uninvolved vehicle Wednesday morning in Virginia Beach. A WAVY viewer captured video of the crash scene, which shows two vehicles being towed away. Virginia Beach Police said they responded to the two-vehicle crash just before