Virginia Beach

Before late April, Virginia Beach resident Shameika Stepney’s year was about as “normal” as anyone else’s. COVID-19 quarantines had been in effect for just over a month, forcing people to spend their days and nights indoors and looking for every safe opportunity to get a little fresh air. For Stepney, those fleeting moments of relief came in the mundane...

A real estate developer is looking to buy and renovate the Virginia housing community where singer Pharrell Williams lived as a child.

About 100 inmates and five staff members at a Virginia jail have tested positive for the coronavirus.

A man who police say killed two women in Virginia Beach nearly half a century ago may never stand trial for the slayings

Renovations have been delayed at the municipal building in Virginia Beach where a mass shooting happened last year

Last year’s rampage at a Virginia Beach city government building was the latest in a string of high-profile mass shootings

Before you head to a beach in Maryland, Virginia or Delaware for Memorial Day weekend, there are a few things to know. News4’s Adam Tuss explains.

Virginia Beach may reopen Friday, with restrictions. News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke to a Virginia delegate who concerned about those restrictions, which are aimed at reducing crowds.

The beach in Virginia Beach is reopening in time for Memorial Day weekend, as is First Landing State Park. Only fishing and exercise has been allowed under the stay-at-home order, but beginning Friday, sunbathing, swimming and surfing can resume. Team sports, alcohol, speakers, tents and groups of umbrellas will not be allowed. Parking will be limited to 50% capacity, and…

The beach in Virginia Beach is reopening in time for Memorial Day weekend, as is First Landing State Park. Julie Carey reports.

Warm weather drew crowds to the Virginia Beach oceanfront even though the beach is considered closed under the state’s stay-at-home directives

Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation that will create a new license plate with the slogan “VB Strong” honoring the victims of a mass shooting in Virginia Beach

Montgomery County Police shot and killed a man in Virginia Beach on Wednesday after tracking him down using DNA evidence from a 1992 cold case killing. Montgomery County police detectives and U.S. marshals went to Virginia Beach to arrest 51-year-old Hans Huitz. “During the course of the investigation, a confrontation with the suspect ensued, resulting in the detectives using deadly…

The man shot and killed by Montgomery County police in Virginia Beach Wednesday was wanted for a 1992 homicide in rural Maryland. Jackie Bensen reports.

A suspect who officers were trying to arrest in Virginia Beach was shot and killed by an officer early Wednesday and Montgomery County, Maryland, detectives were involved, police said. An officer killed the man as U.S. marshals and “out-of-state officers” tried to “make an arrest for a fugitive,” Virginia Beach police said in a statement. The man was suspected...

The search for a homicide suspect took Montgomery County detectives to Virginia Beach, where they had a deadly confrontation with the suspect. News4’s Cory Smith reports.

Workers’ compensation claims have emerged as another yardstick for measuring the devastation of the mass shooting in Virginia Beach.

Vice President Mike Pence made a campaign swing through Virginia on Saturday to try to shore up support for Republicans as they try to maintain control of the state legislature in Tuesday’s election.

Rudy Boesch, a retired tough-as-nails Navy SEAL and fan favorite on the inaugural season of “Survivor,” has died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 91. Director of operations for the Seal Veterans Foundation, Steve Gonzalez, said Boesch died peacefully Friday night in hospice care in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was surrounded by loved ones. Boesch joined the...