Hazardous weather leads to closures across Hampton Roads
Based on the current forecast for the weekend, with Super Doppler 10 Meteorologists predicting a 100% chance of snow for the WAVY viewing area, some schools, churches, and organizations made an early decision to close - or cancel events and services.
Gunman robs York Co. Kroger; suspect arrested after police chase
GRAFTON, Va. (WAVY) – A 65-year-old Hampton man was arrested Wednesday after deputies said he threatened a grocery store employee with a gun during a robbery at a Kroger on George Washington Memorial Highway. Winston Tracy Lewis faces a felony robbery charge following the Jan. 28 incident. Investigators with the...
Man dies in single-vehicle crash on Hawksley Drive in Chesapeake
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A man was killed Friday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Hawksley Drive in Chesapeake, police said. Officers responded around 1:08 p.m. to the 4000 block of Hawksley Drive, which is in the Western Branch section of the city. Police found that a vehicle had left the roadway and struck a tree....
‘Left him there to die’: 2 brothers shot and killed another man in ambush-style...
A pair of siblings in Virginia is behind bars over the ambush-style shooting and killing of another man, police in the Old Dominion say. Re'Al Butler, 24, and J.C. Butler, 25, stand accused of one count each of murder in the first degree, conspiracy to commit murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony,...
CPD: Man arrested in connection to the December 2024 murder of his nephew
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY)– Police in Chesapeake have arrested a man in connection to the 2024 murder of his nephew. According to police, 46-year-old Dannel Hill is accused of murdering 32-year-old Donte Parrish in December 2024. Chesapeake police confirmed Hill is the uncle of the victim. Chesapeake Police officers were...
11 killed when U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga sank in Chesapeake Bay
Nearly five decades after the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga sank in the Chesapeake Bay, siblings Doug Carter and Katie Lemon keep their brother's memory alive.
Victims identified following multi-alarm Hampton fire
Two people have died and four people were injured in a fire that engulfed an apparent boarding house on West County Street outside of Phoebus. Read more: https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/fire-engulfs-hampton-structure/
CBBT checkpoint aimed at human trafficking, not immigration enforcement
Pictured: an image posted to the “RVA ICE SCREAM” Facebook page. The group is described as an “Ice Sightings Report Group”. The caption read in part: “This is on the Eastern Shore side of the CBBT… this trap will get anyone coming from the Norfolk side.”
Line dancing group draws growing crowd, creates community in Hampton
HAMPTON, Va. — On Monday nights inside Stillwater Tavern in Hampton, the music starts, boots hit the ground, and a growing crowd moves together. What looks like a night of line dancing has become a place to connect, unwind, and find community for many of the people inside. "We...
HFR: 1 dead in house fire on Tidewater Drive
HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — One person died following a residential fire Thursday night on Tidewater Drive, according to the Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue. Units were dispatched to the 50 block of Tidewater Drive at approximately 11:05 p.m. after a call from a passerby. Upon arrival, crews found the fire fully...

















