Virginia Beach VA

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A woman is suing Liberty Military Housing for $1 million after she claims they failed to fix her garage door, which ended up falling on her and causing permanent injuries. Tiffany Smith claims that in 2023, while living at a Liberty Military Housing property on...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Teachers and staff of Virginia Beach City Public Schools said they are feeling sticker shock as their health care premiums are set to increase by triple percentage points. In a letter sent to the tens of thousands employees and retirees of the district last week, the City of Virginia...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A North Carolina man who admitted to sending threatening emails to a Virginia Beach school has been sentenced to five years in prison, with two years suspended. Bobby Dale Francisco, of South Mills, was arrested in September 2024 after authorities said he emailed threats to...

Cropping out the top. Local businesses in Virginia Beach are set to remove “vulgar” clothing from their boardwalk displays in an ambitious drive to make the tourist hotspot more welcoming for families. The Virginia Beach City Council signed off on a resolution on Tuesday to clean up the commercial areas close to the...

A traffic stop in Frankford early Monday morning led to the arrest of a Virginia man on weapons and drug charges. Delaware State Police on patrol just before 1:30am spotted a Lincoln speeding southbound on Route 113 in Frankford. As the trooper spoke with the driver, identified as 19 year old Demetrius Daniels of...

NORFOLK, Va. — An emotional day of closing arguments in the trial of Jalen Garces ends with a tussle outside the courtroom doors involving both the victim's and the suspect's families. Deputies raced to the hallway directly outside the courtroom and separated the two groups. The judge later ruled...

Black and low-income neighborhoods in Hampton Roads are exposed to far more transportation noise than wealthier, white areas, according to a new study. Researchers said the disparity raises the risk of serious, long-term health problems. A preliminary study led by Christopher Newport University professor John Finn...

NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Marshals Service for the Eastern District of Virginia is warning people in Hampton Roads about a phone scam where con artists are spoofing official numbers to trick victims into sending money. Scammers use “neighbor spoofing” technology to make their number appear as if it...

Aloysius Albritton is in the Virginia Beach Correctional Jail, accused of recording someone in the bathroom of a Virginia Beach Crunch Fitness in late May.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A jury began deliberations Wednesday afternoon in the murder trial of Jalen Garces, the man charged with second-degree murder in the June 2023 shooting death of Ali Muhammad in Norfolk. The jury will continue its deliberations at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, though no friends or extended family members...