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3 Virginia cities among nation’s highest rates of gun thefts from vehicles, report finds
A new report by the anti-gun violence nonprofit Everytown details the sharp spike in guns being stolen from vehicles across the United States over the last decade and found that three Virginia cities were in the top 10 for guns being stolen from vehicles in 2022. Using FBI data from 337 cities across 44 states, Everytown found that gun thefts from vehicles rose from an estimated 21 thefts per ...
Archaeologists believe they’ve found site of Revolutionary War barracks in Virginia
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia have uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a military barracks from the Revolutionary War, including chimney bricks and musket balls indented with soldiers’ teeth. The site is on the property of Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum that...
Family shares graphic video of shooting on Mulberry Loop in Virginia Beach
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The moments that terrified Mulberry Loop Monday morning were captured on home video. Kaevon Hinnant, 28, is facing charges in both Norfolk and Virginia Beach. Virginia Beach Police arrested and charged him Tuesday with two counts of shooting into an occupied dwelling. The military...
Congestion, crashes backing up traffic throughout region
SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Crashes on Route 58 in Suffolk, Interstate 664 in Chesapeake and I-264 in Norfolk, along with congestion around the area’s major tunnels and bridges are causing backups all over Hampton Roads Thursday afternoon. Currently, all eastbound lanes were closed in Hampton at the Hampton...
3 convicted after string of Suffolk armed robberies
SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Two men behind a string of armed robberies in Suffolk, and a woman who prosecutors say tried to cover their trail, have all been convicted. Harvey Lee Lewis IV, Dennis Lee Adamson Jr., and Ieisha Adamson were all found guilty on Wednesday by a federal grand jury, the Department of Justice announced.
$101M in free tolls are coming to Hampton Roads. Who will be able to benefit?
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — If you make less than $50,000 a year and live in one of five Hampton Roads cities, you could soon pay nothing each time you travel through either the Downtown or Midtown tunnels. Monday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, (R-Va.) signed the state’s $279 billion two-year budget, which includes $101 million for toll […]
Police: 2 accused of stealing from Smithfield Family Dollar
SMITHFIELD, Va. (WAVY) — Two people are accused of shoplifting nearly $700 in merchandise from a Benns Church Boulevard Family Dollar Tuesday, Smithfield Police said. Police seek to identify two people captured in photographs that allegedly shoplifted merchandise valued at more than $687. Police said the incident took place around 5:15 p.m.
Newport News Education Association gathers signatures for collective bargaining
The Newport News Education Association is currently collecting signatures for collective bargaining, which means the union would handle contract negotiations for Newport News Public Schools employees.
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