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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Dozens of volunteers spent Sunday morning working to protect one of Virginia Beach’s shoreline treasures. Eighty members of ASEZ WAO, Save the Earth from A to Z, We Are One, installed 900 feet of sand fencing at Crab Creek by the Lynnhaven Boat Ramp. The global group of young adult worker...

VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA — A 41-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison plus an additional five years after being convicted of first-degree murder and stabbing in the commission of a felony in the killing of a 63-year-old woman whose body was later found hidden in a backyard toolbox.

Demolition is underway at Portsmouth's Swanson Homes. The housing authority says all development options are on the table for the Prentis Park site.

At the new Funny Bone Comedy Club in Virginia Beach, customers do not have to worry about having enough elbow room or hitting their funny bone. Funny Bone opened in January in Pembroke Square in a brand-new, spacious, 22,200-square-foot venue with 450 seats. The expanded space means more room for guests and the...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A beloved Norfolk educator received a special honor nearly a decade after her tragic death. Caroline Hendrix was gunned down in 2017, and Friday her former coworkers and friends came together to establish what they say will be a memorial fund in her name. In the same place where Hendrix was […]

In Virginia, a single drop of blood led to the unraveling of a gruesome murder mystery, as the killer was finally sentenced for murder five years since the crime.

On a chilly Friday night, with waves crashing behind the King Neptune statue at 31st Street, dozens gathered in candlelight to mark four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The ninth annual Hampton Roads Mayors’ Masked Ball presented by the United Negro College Fund takes place on March 7 at the Hilton Norfolk Main. If you’ve attended in the past, you know how engaging the occasion is with its masked reception, red carpet photo ops, elegant dining, silent auction and Fund a Mission...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Virginia starts March with a thin layer of fog hugging the coastline, softening streetlights and dampening early traffic along I-264. Visibility drops in patches before midmorning, especially near the...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Greensboro sit-ins were a pivotal moment for non-violent civil rights protests in the early 1960s. This movement spread throughout the country, operating on a simple concept: Young Black college students would sit down at “whites-only” lunch counters for a simple bite to eat. Though it...