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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Units with the Virginia Beach Fire Department were dispatched at 5:25 p.m. Saturday to reports of a gas leak on Great Neck Road. Upon arrival, crews discovered a 1,000-gallon propane tank between the Lynnhaven Marine Boatel and Ballyhoos that was leaking. Crews evacuated both...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Five people and a pet were displaced after a house fire on Gust Lane in Chesapeake Sunday morning, according to the Chesapeake Fire Department. On Aug. 9, units responded to a residential structure fire in the 1300 block of Gust Lane. When firefighters arrived to the scene at 11:12 a.m., they [

The Native American tribe behind a $750 million casino resort under construction in Norfolk is locked in a fight to protect the Virginia birthplace of Chief Powhatan from a major real estate development. The Pamunkey Indian Tribe, which gained federal recognition only in 2015, says Tree Hill Farm in Eastern...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Beach City Council is set to vote Tuesday on the proposed sale of Virginia Beach National Golf Course to Dragas Companies. The future of the roughly 350-acre property has been debated for months. Dragas Companies says it wants to keep the 18-hole golf course public while investing million

NOTE: The above video is from our previous coverage of NashFest in September 2025. NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Music, food and Southern culture will take center stage in Norfolk next month as the NashFest Music & Food Festival returns to Town Point Park, according to a press release. The free festival is scheduled for Saturd

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – Hundreds gathered in Virginia Beach on Saturday for a memorial ride honoring the 31 victims killed 15 years ago when a U.S. military helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan. On Aug. 6, 2011, a Chinook helicopter with the call sign “Extortion 17” was brought down in Afghanistan, killing 30 A

Norfolk State University police are investigating after a gun went off inside a vehicle in a residential parking lot Saturday morning as first-time students were moving onto campus.

Darden Restaurants has confirmed that its Bahama Breeze in Virginia Beach will not permanently close with the brand’s other Virginia site. Instead, the restaurant is slated to be converted into another Darden concept over the next 12 to 18 months.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Assessors from Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) evaluated the U.S. Navy’s first-ever Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMU) Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE), and the first afloat ORE conducted for an expeditionary medical team, aboard the expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Poin

The Armed Services Arts Partnership is program that offers free classes to veterans and their families.