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CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY)– Multiple crews responded to an overnight fire in the Hickory section of Chesapeake. According to officials, Chesapeake Fire Department units were called to the 100 block of Benefit Road at 4:29 a.m. for the report of a residential fire. When crews arrived on scene, they found heavy smoke and...

Workers at Newport News Shipbuilding were transferring jet fuel to the future John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier Friday when the fuel known as JP-5 spilled into the river, at the shipyard. The company originally reported that roughly 50 gallons had been spilled. An inspection of the fuel tanks by state...

Two men are in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shooting on Tuesday night, according to the Newport News Police Department.

PETERSBURG, Va. (WWBT) - Several black-owned Virginia restaurants are celebrating Black History Month by joining forces to offer pay-what-you-can menus all week long. “There are a lot of people that are not making it as well as they’d like to and this is a way for us to pay it forward and it’s a way for us to be that...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Two adults and a cat were displaced after a fire damaged a two-story multi-family residence on Glasgow Street Monday afternoon, Portsmouth Fire Rescue & Emergency Services said. No one was injured. A report of a fire to a residence in the 400 block of Glasgow St. came in around 4:17 p.m., […]

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY)– One person was taken to the hospital, and two others were evaluated following an apartment complex fire on Marcella Road Monday afternoon, according to the Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue. Crews were dispatched to a three-story apartment structure in the 200 block of Marcella Road at...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A Newport News woman was arrested after firing shots and attempting to evade a traffic stop overnight on Friday, according to the Virginia Beach Police Department. On Feb. 13, officers responded to the 800 block of Hampstead Court for a ShotSpotter alert at approximately 1:10 a.m. While...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — One man has died and another man was injured after both were shot at the Palace Inn and Suites on Jefferson Avenue Tuesday, Newport News Police said. Officers responded to the 10600 block of Jefferson Avenue at the Palace Inn and Suites around 5:03 p.m. in reference to a shooting, […]

SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY)– Multiple people are now without a home following a fire in Suffolk Monday night. According to officials, crews were called to the 100 block of Eagle Lane at 10:26 p.m. for the report of a residential structure fire. When firefighters arrived, they found light smoke showing from a two-story home....

NORFOLK, Va. — A Virginia Beach man was sentenced on Wednesday to five years and six months in prison after being convicted of illegally possessing a firearm. According to court documents, on May 25, 2024, Virginia Beach police officers saw 33-year-old Khyri Jamar Whitehead remove a handgun from the trunk of a...