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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.

Two Harley-Davidson dealerships in Virginia’s Hampton Roads region will consolidate operations March 1 under new ownership, according to reporting by WAVY-TV. In a Feb. 21 report by WAVY’s John Eldridge, Hampton Roads Harley-Davidson and Southside Harley-Davidson announced they will combine operations under The...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY)– Crews in Norfolk responded to an apartment fire Monday night. According to officials, crews were called to the 500 block of West Ocean View Avenue just after 10 p.m. for the report of a residential structure fire. When crews arrived, they found a two-story multi-family residential structure with...

Family, friends, police, and city officials gathered to honor the two Virginia Beach Police officers who were killed in the line of duty one year ago, in a memorial service that included a moment of silence, prayers, and words of remembrance.