Aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge for the monthly WAVY Navy Ship Salute, we were greeted from multiple levels of the ship, and with posters in hand, with extreme enthusiasm.

The Chesapeake Fire Department is investigating a fire that damaged a garage attached to a home in the Great Bridge section of the city Friday evening.

A Chesapeake man is wanted for murder after police found someone dead on the Suffolk Seaboard Coastline Trail off of Suburban Drive Friday afternoon, police said.

Accomack County deputies had some help capturing a suspected child predator. Matthew Thomas, 20, was arrested at the library in Parksley, and it was thanks to an independent organization, which collected the evidence needed to warrant an arrest.

Nearly 300 dead birds have been found near Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks, and wildlife experts believe the bird flu could be to blame as officials work to confirm those test results.

At grocery checkout counters across Virginia, some SNAP customers are reporting significant reductions in their benefits.

A Kellam High School student received racist harassment from a group of six other students at the school, according to officials with Virginia Beach City Public Schools.

The Senate is expected to vote on a spending bill that would avert a government shutdown, with Democrats appearing divided on whether to support its passage or vote against it.

Norfolk police are asking for the public's help to identify burglary suspects, who have broken into multiple businesses over the last month. https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/norfolk/video-pair-sought-in-string-of-norfolk-burglaries/

"The the Red Cross is going to a new noninvasive health screening," says Jenny Lester, American Red Cross Regional Philanthropy Officer. "So instead of the old needle stick, which actually does kind of hurt more than the actual the blood drawing itself, we'll be going to a monitoring system. So it'll just be a little device that goes on your finger and checks for your hemoglobin levels and health screens."

More information is coming out about the nature of the racist harassment that school officials said took place at Kellam High School Thursday.

A crash involving a U-Haul truck caused traffic delays on I-64 at mile marker 283.4 in Norfolk near Virginia Beach Boulevard. https://www.wavy.com/traffic/u-haul-truck-crash-causes-traffic-delays-on-i-64-in-norfolk/