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Jan 15, 2025 | 
wtkr.com | Beverly Kidd
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Ten-year-old Chesapeake resident Grace Franco has come a long way since her mom first enrolled her in swim lessons at the Chesapeake YMCA more than six months ago. “She started off just being at the shallow end and a lot of playing at the steps,” said her teacher Ro Marquez. Since then, she's come a long way!“We’re working with her on going the length of the pool and even treading water in the deep end. She’s doing great,” said Marquez.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
wtkr.com | Beverly Kidd
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Students at Hodges Manor were excited during the school assembly to hear they were getting new books. “I have a [manga] book called ‘Snakes.’ Ooh, that’s cool!” one student exclaimed. “Sparkle queens! What do sparkle queens do? They actually clean up their mess and they sing wonderful songs,” said Aubrey Cox, a kindergartner.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
wtkr.com | Beverly Kidd
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Eli Mackey, a seventh-grader from Hampton, is making waves by transitioning from author to podcaster. In August, he penned a nonfiction book about turtles, and now he has launched his podcast, "Turtle Talks and Nature Walks."“I’ve started the first episode of my podcast,” Mackey said. He credits the Bennett Center, a Virginia Beach nonprofit, for helping him turn his creativity into a business.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Beverly Kidd
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach artist is finding joy in a creative way by turning spilled coffee into art. “I had an accidental coffee spill in my studio here and I was just sitting here and I saw an image like a face or something,” said artist Bob Langston. That first happy accident a few years ago turned into a caffeinated book collection called, Spillusions .
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
wtvr.com | Beverly Kidd
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach artist is finding joy in a creative way by turning spilled coffee into art. “I had an accidental coffee spill in my studio here and I was just sitting here and I saw an image like a face or something,” said artist Bob Langston. That first happy accident a few years ago turned into a caffeinated book collection called, Spillusions.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
wtkr.com | Beverly Kidd
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A local artist is finding joy in a creative way by turning spilled coffee into art. “I had an accidental coffee spill in my studio here and I was just sitting here and I saw an image like a face or something,” said Virginia Beach artist Bob Langston. That first happy accident a few years ago turned into a caffeinated book collection called, Spillusions.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
wtkr.com | Beverly Kidd
NORFOLK, Va. — To address the issue of mental health, the Navy has started installing free Wi-Fi on all Navy ships. “When I joined, we were still sending letters to each other; there’d be a month wait,” said U.S. Navy Captain Chris Hill of the Dwight D. Eisenhower. And a month without hearing from home can be brutal for sailors on long deployments, according to Capt. Hill. "How to survive a 9 month deployment, you can’t do it on your own, “ said Capt. Hill.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
wtkr.com | Beverly Kidd
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Ceyeissha McKim is a volunteer at ForKids in Chesapeake, a nonprofit that helps families in need with shelter, food, and other necessities, year-round. Right now, she’s helping give out food baskets to families who are in the program but she and the other ForKids staff are gearing up for the annual Holiday helpers toy drive, sponsored by News 3.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
wtkr.com | Will Thomas |Beverly Kidd |Erin Miller |John Hood
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A former University of Virginia student pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the Charlottesville campus in 2022. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 25, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding and five counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. A four-day sentencing hearing is scheduled to begin Feb. 4 in Albemarle County Circuit Court.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
wtkr.com | Beverly Kidd
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Camden Hoover, a 17-year-old from Virginia Beach, has been in over 150 surf competitions since he was 5. “My dad taught me how to surf. He had me surfing before I could swim. I had a little life jacket on and he'd just pick me up and plop me right back on the board,” said Hoover. To Camden, surfing is not just a hobby. It's a way of life. “You’re flying down the wave and there's water. It's a magical feeling. It's hard to describe it.” said the surfer.
