Robert Rizzo

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A woman who was arrested after a police chase that started in Elizabeth City and ended in Virginia Beach was denied bond following an arraignment hearing Wednesday in Chesa…

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The pothole at the corner of Keller and Hanbury streets in Norfolk is not easy to miss. Capria Smith tries to go around it. “It is ragly. Don’t you see? It is brok…

CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. (WAVY) — At the Black Drum Tackle in Buxton, it’s a place where fish tales are told. Jason Rosenfeld, manager at Black Drum Tackle in Buxton, has a few, including a new on…

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The pothole at the corner of Keller and Hanbury streets in Norfolk is not easy to miss. Capria Smith tries to go around it. “It is ragly. Don’t you see? It is brok…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — On Monday afternoon, wildlife conservation photographer James Ford snapped a few photographs of a juvenile grey seal on the beach at 33rd street at the Oceanfront in Vi…

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — At Oceanair Elementary School, helping kids read better is not just a job for the school’s reading specialist, Faith Florence, it is her passion. “When you get one…

A lightning strike hit a home on Tanbark Lane in Portsmouth Wednesday afternoon.

FRANKLIN, Va. (WAVY) — Some students at Franklin High School walked out of class in protest over a change in principal, though neither the school nor school division, at this point, are explaining …

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A new AAA study is highlighting an alarming trend of pedestrian deaths across the United States. After an all-time historic low in pedestrian fatalities in 2009, the ne…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Because of forecasted frigid temperatures, the inauguration of Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. will be indoors at the Capitol Rotunda. But outside, security will be ti…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Drones have become a key part of operations for fire departments across the country. However, recent stories about them have put their use into a more negative light — …

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Nowadays, there’s a holiday for everything. Did you know, for instance, that Wednesday is World Tunnel Day? The Virginia Department of Transportation is celebrating by o…

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) – William & Mary (W&M) received their largest ever donation on Wednesday in the hopes of helping coastal communities defend against rising seas, intense storm…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) -- The Virginia Beach Police Department is always on the look out for new recruits, and this year they are getting a couple of new ones that are already familiar with the law. Two deputies from the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office will be participating in a partnership that offers more training to what they have already learned from their days in the sheriff’s academy. “More training. I just feel like there is more to offer and I want to know everything that the police…

With wind gusts of between 40-50 miles per hour, the severe weather blew through Elizabeth City and damaged Ken Vahle’s house. A branch from a tree on an empty lot next to his property on Wes…

Portsmouth welcomed its newest business, Presidential Funeral Services, which aims to teach people about life and death, and also “how to live, how to love (and) how to have hope.”

The non-profit’s first mission was to provide a Ugandan family with a water tank that when full stores up to 132 gallons of rainwater.

Sentara Norfolk General has the only adult organ transplant program in Hampton Road and performs between 75 to 120 kidney transplants a year.

The “help wanted” sign is up all over Hampton Roads. That includes the up-and-coming Rivers Casino in Portsmouth.

For more than 24 hours, travelers were stuck in their cars on the snowy interstate. It was VDOT’s responsibility to clear the highway of the abandoned vehicles.