Virginia State

Gloucester County, VA

Norfolk, VA

Chesapeake, VA

13News Now

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Chesapeake Mayor Rick West's state of the city address focused on the "Magic of Chesapeake." He announced new restaurant and entertainment businesses in the Summit Pointe area and development projects in other areas like South Norfolk and Western Branch. “The magic of Chesapeake is still just...

New businesses, community expansion on the horizon in Chesapeake

Virginia Beach, VA

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Beach is paving the way for growth at the Oceanfront. Whether it’s by the boardwalk or on Pacific Avenue, you’ll find some infrastructure work being done. “We haven’t had any problems with it,” Jim Carroll, who is visiting the Oceanfront, said....

Virginia Beach Dept. of Public Works to beautify Oceanfront

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — It's easy just to enjoy the ride today, but crossing the Chesapeake Bay wasn't always as simple as a 20-minute drive. 13News Now dug up footage from around 1955 of SS Pocahontas, a two-steam engine ferry that hauled people from Little Creek to the Eastern Shore.

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel turns 59 this April

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — On Wednesday night, the 5/31 Memorial Committee selected who they want to create the permanent memorial in Virginia Beach. It will honor the 12 people killed nearly four years ago when a gunman opened fire at the Municipal Center. From the beginning, the Memorial Committee’s...

5/31 Memorial Committee selects design firm to create permanent memorial

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk city leaders have a new idea to address the ongoing officer shortage in the Norfolk Police Department: get rid of those positions entirely. The city’s new budget proposes cutting the number of officers within the Norfolk Police Department from 770 sworn officers to 652.

Norfolk city budget proposes cutting empty police officer positions

North Carolina State

Fairfax County, VA

Washington, DC

Residents around the DMV are noticing a strange burning smell throughout the region on Monday. The odor had people in Fairfax County, Arlington, D.C. and Prince George's County wondering if there was a fire near their neighborhood -- but the smoke and the smell actually came from much farther away.

What's That Smell? Burning Odor Puzzles DC, Maryland, Virginia Residents

Newport News, VA

NORFOLK, Va. — If you’ve been to the Chrysler Museum of Art, you’ve seen the work of Anna Hyatt Huntington. Her sculpture The Torch Bearers greets visitors just outside the museum's entrance. The statue was gifted to the city of Norfolk in 1957. Born in 1876, Anna...

She was one of the most famous female sculptors of the 20th century, and you've likely seen her work in Hampton Roads.

Maryland State

DC News Now

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — People in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia started blowing up social media Monday after they smelled something across the area, but couldn’t put their fingers on what it was. DC Fire and EMS actually tweeted about it at 12:14 p.m. after it began receiving calls from people in the District that […]

What’s that smell in the DMV? Looks like smoke from a North Carolina wildfire

Nearly three weeks after a major sewage spill in Chesapeake, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has reopened recreational water activities in the Intercoastal Waterway near the Great Bridge Lock. Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) Director of Communications Leila Rice said a tug boat had been moving a dredge at...

Following major sewage spill, recreational activities reopened in Intercoastal Waterway

NORFOLK, Va. — U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) stopped in Norfolk Monday morning to present a $1.6 million check to address social inequity and economic disparities caused by past transportation infrastructure decisions. The money is part of "Norfolk I-264 Reconnecting Communities," which will help reconnect and restore communities affected...

Sen. Warner presents $1.6M grant to help reunite Norfolk communities divided by I-264

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A Virginia Beach teen is recovering after a terrifying pit bull attack in his neighborhood. The 14-year-old was walking to pick his siblings up from a nearby bus stop when a loose dog mauled him. Thankfully, neighbors were quick to intervene. They used a pole to separate the dog from the boy before attempting to put the pit bull in a headlock. Authorities arrived on site soon after. As police attended to the victim, the dog became aggressive with officers. Police shot and killed the pit bull.

Understanding Virginia's Dog Bite Laws After VB Teen Attacked

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Two technicians with Verizon are being credited with saving three people and their pets from a burning home in Newport News earlier this month. The fire happened on Hurley Avenue, in the Hilton area of Newport News, on the morning of March 15, a spokesperson for the city told 13News Now.

Verizon technicians help save 3 people, animals from burning house in Newport News

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Chesapeake firefighters say a malfunctioning air conditioning unit is to blame for a hotel fire on Wednesday night. The fire was reported just after 7:30 p.m. at the Comfort Suites on Crossways Boulevard, in the Greenbrier section of the city. A second alarm was called as...

AC unit sparks fire at Chesapeake hotel

The 2023 Girl Scout Cookie booth season has begun!. Almost a million boxes of cookies arrived in Hampton Roads Saturday morning and were passed out to local Girl Scout troops. A Girl Scout spokeswoman said cookies of all nine varieties were unloaded at Harrison’s Moving and Storage in Chesapeake, the Newport News Kmart, and Tidewater Community College in Virginia Beach.

900,000 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies arrive in Hampton Roads for local troops to sell

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk city council members are expected to accept a federal grant to build low-cost housing in the community. Some say finding an affordable place to live in Norfolk hasn’t been easy lately. The cost of homes and rent continues to grow but it's a problem Norfolk city leaders are working to address.

Norfolk City Council to accept $4.5M federal grant to build low-cost housing

Florida State

Williamsburg, VA

WTKR News 3

A man wanted by authorities in Williamsburg left the state of Virginia by boat before he was found and arrested in Florida.

Man wanted in Williamsburg left Va. by boat, found sailing in Florida: Police

NORFOLK, Va. — Crews will begin construction this week of a $55-million expansion of the Chrysler Museum of Art's Perry Glass Studio. It will take about a year and a half to construct the new 18,000-square-foot studio. When it's done, the facility will be triple its current size and house three hot shops, dedicated classrooms for each glassmaking technique and a performance theater that seats 200.

Construction begins on Chrysler Museum's major glass studio expansion

Montana State

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — One day after Navy officials confirmed the death of a local sailor, lawmakers are weighing in. The deceased USS Montana sailor was a third-class petty officer, who enlisted in 2021. He was found unresponsive Monday on a pier at Newport News Shipbuilding, next to his submarine as it undergoes what is called a "post-shakedown availability."

Lawmakers speak up, following death of USS Montana sailor

Mississippi State

Rolling Fork, MS

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Two Hampton-Roads organizations are going to Rolling Fork, Mississippi after the small town was decimated by a tornado Friday night. The tornado devastated a swath of Rolling Fork, reducing homes to rubble, flipping cars on their sides and toppling the town's water tower, the Associated Press reports. In Mississippi, at least 25 people were killed in the storms.

Local organizations deploy to Mississippi following destructive tornado

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The rise and fall of Virginia's 'Green Book' locations. What's been lost, and what can still be preserved

NORFOLK, Va. — Marion Randall still remembers what the now-abandoned building off Route 17 in Gloucester County used to look like. “It's not demolished, but over...

The rise and fall of Virginia's 'Green Book' locations. What's been lost, and what can still be preserved

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