The city has finished its portion of a fiber-optic ring that will link south Hampton Roads cities. The 18-mile build, part of ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Chesapeake City Council was leaning toward a two-cent increase in real estate tax for Chesapeake residents in order to improve public safety, but Chesapeake Mayor Rick West told ...

CHESAPEAKE — Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” echoed through the Chesapeake Conference Center as Mayor Rick West took the stage Wednesday to tout the city’s accomplishments. He used ...

CHESAPEAKE — City Council will ask a Circuit Court judge to compel member Don Carey to resign from his position as he seeks election as mayor — a move some members say is required by the city’s ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Curbside recycling is back on the agenda for Chesapeake City Council. “What we would really like to see is for curbside recycling to be brought back now,” said Lacy Shirey, the ...

CHESAPEAKE — The Chesapeake City Jail agreed in late May to become a temporary holding facility for immigration enforcement authorities. Since then, the number of people held there on immigration ...

CHESAPEAKE — Water and sewer customers can expect rates to go up by nearly 5% beginning in January — a move city leaders believe will help keep up with routine maintenance and improvement projects.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A judge ruled Thursday morning that mayoral candidate Don Carey does not have to resign his city council seat. The issue wound up in court because a majority of city council members ...

UPDATE: Captain E.R. Jefferies was selected for the open city council seat, during the Chesapeake City Council meeting Tuesday, Sept. 16. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Candidates for the vacant seat on ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Chesapeake voters decided to 'trash' an effort to bring curbside recycling back to the city, with a vote on Election Day. That means folks who want to keep items out of the landfill ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Responding to traumatic events every day can take its toll. Take, for instance, the recent fatal crash involving an ambulance and a wrong-way driver that killed all three ...