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Violent crime is down nationwide, and a recent mid-year report confirms as much. But it’s up in one Virginia city, while the state’s capital is seeing record lows. The Council on Criminal Justice started their regular crime reporting in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as crime data was delayed. Now, the r

Furry Friday is brought to you by Fusion Home Services and Lucky One Lemonade. Duke was transferred to Chesapeake Humane Society after PETA found him living in a home with 14 other dogs. As you can imagine, life in a chaotic environment followed by the noise and uncertainty of a shelter has left Duke feeling a little o

Highs in the low 90s with a heat index near 100 today. Mostly sunny to partly cloudy with "pop up" showers/storms possible. Several days in the low to mid 90s with a heat index to 100+.

Expect overnight lows to drop into the 70s by morning, but staying muggy. Showers and thunder did develop late on Thursday afternoon, but was concentrated over the Outer Banks, before fading away.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Attorney Paul Hernandez from Kalfus & Nachman joined HRS with details about what to do if you are injured or involved in a runaway trailer accident, but he also wanted to let people know that Kalfus & Nachman is hosting its annual Back-To-School Backpack giveaway. The backpack giveaway is Satur

NOTE: Above coverage was from our 4:00 p.m. newscast before it was disclosed that this happened on Myrtle Avenue. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A man has been taken into custody following a barricade situation in Chesapeake. According to police, U.S. Marshals and the FBI were serving a warrant at a house in the 1300 block [

A man who barricaded himself in his house to avoid arrest on Thursday has been taken into custody, according to the Chesapeake Police Department.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A new study shows the hospitals in the Hampton Roads region have been ranked as some of the best in the state of Virginia. U.S. News and World Reports completed their 37th edition on the best hospitals across the country. The study evaluated 4,500 hospitals with an analyses of 810 million […]

Norfolk will become the first city in Hampton Roads to have a prosecutor working every jailable misdemeanor case. This shift, Commonwealth's Attorney Ramin Fatehi says, will close a longstanding gap in the city’s criminal justice system. More than 415,000 misdemeanors were charged statewide in 2024, according to state

Two teen boys have been arrested and charged in connection with the fatal July 23 shooting of 33-year-old De'Shaviya Donnisha Jerry on High Street in Portsmouth, police said.