WAVY-TV (Portsmouth, VA)

1 day ago | wavy.com | Markeshia Jackson

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Many who turned out for a presentation on Norfolk Public Schools’ plan to close and consolidate school campuses were not pleased with the preliminary choices. That list was released Wednesday and residents continued to weigh in during a presentation in the Granby High School auditorium. The list was met with scrutiny.

1 day ago | wavy.com | Craig Loper

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Kids and parents braved the heat Thursday afternoon at Norfolk Christian School to take part in Brian Robinson Jr.’s first youth football camp in Hampton Roads. The fourth-year Commanders running back took the field around 2 p.m. and put kids through football drills and fun activities like a dance contest. It was Robinson’s first ever trip to Hampton Roads. “I’m glad my management put this together because I was able to come to an area I never would have,” he said Thursday.

1 day ago | wavy.com | Chrysnel Banzouzi

Weather Alert1 MORE ALERTSHeat Advisory: Camden County, Charles City County, Chesapeake County, Eastern Currituck County, Gates County, Hampton/Poquoson, Isle of Wight County, James City County, New Kent County, Newport News, Norfolk/Portsmouth County, Pasquotank County, Southampton County, Suffolk County, Surry County, Sussex County, Virginia Beach County, Western Currituck County, York County

1 day ago | wavy.com | Chrysnel Banzouzi

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Four people have been displaced, and one cat is dead after a fire at an apartment building in Virginia Beach on Thursday afternoon. According to the Virginia Beach Fire Department, crews were dispatched to a reported multi-unit structure fire in the 3800 block of Keelboat Circle at approximately 3:25 p.m.Upon arrival, they observed heavy smoke coming from the two-story apartment building.

1 day ago | wavy.com | Chrysnel Banzouzi

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — As the swim season kicks off, drowning fatalities have increased in children under the age of five in Virginia. According to the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, six children have tragically died in swimming pool drownings since Memorial Day in the state. The deaths exceed the total number of drowning fatalities for young children in each of the last three years in Virginia.