Norfolk VA

Virginia Beach schools did not follow division policy when they included class rank on transcripts, which may affect how colleges view a student. The division stopped the practice this month after parents raised concerns and discussions among staff and members of the School Board. Superintendent Donald Robertson told...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – When temperatures drop outdoors, homeowners turn up the heat inside, and that’s when the Virginia Beach Fire Department says it begins to receive an increase in calls. The Virginia Beach Fire Department said a lot of winter fires are heat-related. The fire department said when people...

The Virginia Beach Fire Department responded to a commercial multi-family structure fire Friday evening.

Virginia Beach fire crews responded to a fire at an apartment complex Friday night. The incident occurred at The Palms apartment complex, located on Malibu Palms Drive near Rosemont Road.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The Chesapeake Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Khyla Milan Williams, a 15-year-old girl who has been reported missing since Dec. 16, 2025. She was last been seen on around 11 p.m. on December 16 at her residence in the 900 block of Lake Village Drive in...

Norfolk's very own Winterfest on the Wisconsin, hosted by the Nauticus naval history museum downtown, emerged victorious in TV's "The Great Christmas Light Fight."

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — An 84-year-old man has been charged after bringing a firearm to Riverside Regional Medical Center and threatening to shoot it, Newport News police said. Newport News police said they were called to the hospital around 10:05 a.m. Friday morning. They found the suspect, James Cogdell, and located a...

Newport News Police have arrested a man in connection with an October robbery at a Truist Bankon Denbigh Boulevard.

The gun homicide rate in Virginia between 2020 and 2024 was equal to the national average, according to a new report from Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit and Research Committee. But more than a quarter of these gun-related homicides occurred in four Hampton Roads cities: Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News and...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Thumbing through pictures on his cell phone, Takari Mason appeared disappointed. “I wish that I had taken more pictures with my brother,” that’s what Mason said three days after his brother, 31-year-old Dewand McGowan was shot and killed at the Wendy’s fast food restaurant in the 1400 block...