Investigators with the Portsmouth Police Department are searching for a missing 12-year-old girl. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/portsmouth-police-department-seeks-missing-12-year-old-girl/

The Hampton Jazz & Music Festival is returning to the Coliseum from June 27-29 and will feature some big name acts. https://www.wavy.com/living-local/patti-labelle-swv-keith-sweat-performing-at-2025-hampton-jazz-music-festival/

It was a night like any other for Jason Petrie and his family. Everyone was ready to call it a night until the family got an unexpected visitor. Meet Sweetie, a black bear whose recently been seen near Butts station and Elbow Road in Chesapeake. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/unexpected-visitor-black-bear-sweetie-visits-chesapeake-neighborhood/

Investigators with the Portsmouth Police Department are searching for a 15-year-old girl who went missing last month. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/portsmouth-police-searching-for-missing-teen-last-seen-in-march/

A Chesapeake woman has been arrested after a police pursuit that injured one Virginia State Police trooper on Saturday afternoon. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/multi-vehicle-crash-causes-delays-on-i-64-in-virginia-beach-near-indian-river-road/

On Saturday, advocates and survivors of sexual assault gathered in Hampton's Peninsula Town Center for 'Walk in Their Shoes.'

A family of four has been displaced and three dogs have died following a house fire in Chesapeake on Saturday afternoon. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/family-of-4-displaced-3-pets-die-after-chesapeake-house-fire/

A driver has been arrested after a police pursuit that injured one Virginia State Police trooper on Saturday afternoon. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/multi-vehicle-crash-causes-delays-on-i-64-in-virginia-beach-near-indian-river-road/

The annual Wags and Whiskers gala, an event celebrating the animals of the Virginia Beach SPCA and its biggest fundraising event of the year, takes place Saturday.

A Suffolk man is facing several drug-related charges following a traffic stop in Currituck County Thursday.

A Nags Head man was arrested Monday after an investigation involving alleged sexual abuse of a minor from 2021 to 2024.

Two fatal crashes on West Mercury Boulevard in Hampton just under two weeks has residents demanding police do more to slow down speeders.

A Norfolk Navy veteran will attempt to climb Mount Everest next week to raise money for a national nonprofit.