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A new Chesapeake elementary school opening in 2027 is prompting a rezoning plan for 4 overcrowded Chesapeake elementary schools.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — New one and two-bedroom homes for seniors are being built along Virginia Beach Boulevard and are expected to be ready by sometime next year. The Franklin Group broke ground on Grand Lake Crest, a 172-unit senior community for residents 62 and up at 5370 Virginia Beach Boulevard, near the...

VIRGINIA — One person was injured in a shooting Tuesday evening in Virginia Beach, according to police. Officers with the Virginia Beach Police Department responded around 5:26 p.m. to a report of gunfire in the 6300 block of Providence Road. When officers arrived in the area, they located a victim who had been shot...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The Virginia Zoo’s 125th anniversary is going to be wild! The Norfolk landmark is celebrating the milestone throughout 2026 with a series of monthly promotions and historical activities. The “25 on the 25th” program offers discounted admission, memberships and special events on the 25th day of...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Mount Pleasant Road in Chesapeake was closed following a tractor-trailer crash Tuesday morning. The road reopened to traffic shortly after noon. The crash happened near Wenger Road. Crews temporarily shut down both lanes to allow the removal of the disabled truck. City officials said police...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A Hampton man was sentenced to 19 years in connection with pouring Purple Power on an acquaintance of the mother of his children and stealing items from him, according to the Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Virginia Beach. On June 13, 2023, Demario Evans, 26, and his children’s...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Keisha Wilson Cox was a dedicated mother, a social worker who cared for others and very much community-minded. On the day she died in a fire to her home on Weyanoke Drive, her daughter, Sahdiah Cox, had just returned home from buying her mother a Subway sub for lunch, and had […]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The leader of a drug cartel was killed in a Mexican military operation over the weekend. This has led to an uptick in violence in the area, and suspected retaliation in the resort town of Puerto Vallarta. A Virginia Beach man, Ryan, who only wanted to give his first name, […]

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. RICHMOND — As snow begins to melt across Virginia, emergency officials are urging residents in Richmond, Virginia Beach and surrounding communities to take new dripping sounds inside their homes seriously....

If approved by the school board, new rules could dramatically limit the use of a controversial practice of student isolation. Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO.