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The YWCA has launched its annual Stand Against Racism. This year the theme is “We Can’t Wait: Equity and Justice Now.”

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — It’s been a week and a half since George Floyd died while in custody of Minneapolis Police. Protests — many peaceful, some violent — continue across the country in the wake of his death. In Hampton Roads, demonstrations have continued this week. Most of them were peaceful, save for a […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Trespassing charges filed against two leaders of the Portsmouth NAACP during a protest at the city’s Confederate monument in June were dismissed by a judge on Thursday. Portsmouth NAACP President James Boyd and Vice President Louie Gibbs appeared in the city’s General District Court with their attorney, Del. Don Scott, for […]

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander said Thursday evening the city’s Confederate statue will be removed within the next 24 hours. The announcement came just one day after a protester in Portsmouth was seriously injured by a falling Confederate soldier statue Wednesday night. “Our prayers are with the City of Portsmouth,” Alexander said. […]

The award recognizes “models of business excellence in their own various industries who also uplift Black and Brown communities through their crafts and philanthropic efforts.”

State Sen. L. Louise Lucas’ lawsuit against former Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene and Sgt. Kevin McGee is the latest chapter in a convoluted saga revolving around the June 10, 2020 protest, during which a Confederate monument was painted and beheaded before a piece of the statue toppled and seriously injured a demonstrator.

Attorneys for State Sen. Louise Lucas will look to dismiss the effort to have her recalled from office in court on Friday.

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — At Thursday’s briefing, Gov. Northam urged Virginians to take down Confederate monuments “the right way,” announced reopening plans for Virginia’s colleges and shared his thoughts on defunding the police. Highlights from the press conference: On Portsmouth Confederate incident, other statues recently toppled Gov. Northam started by discussing recent moves by protesters […]

PORTSMOUTH, VA. (WAVY) — Virginia is leading the way in the removal of Confederate monuments and symbols across the country. On the last week of February, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) counted over 160 Confederate symbols that were removed in 2020, and 71 of them were in Virginia. The report from the “Whose Heritage?” […]

Over the weekend the BreatheEz Foundation held an awareness walk at Chatham Trail in Newport News to promote organ donation, as April is National Donate Life Month.

ISLE OF WIGHT, Va. (WAVY) — The Confederate monument at the Isle of Wight courthouse complex will soon be moved. On Thursday, the Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors voted to officially hand over the county’s Confederate monument to Volpe Boykin and his wife. County taxpayers will pay $32,500 to relocate it from the complex […]

These are the latest updates on Virginia’s 2021 elections.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Portsmouth officials say there will be a state police investigation into the events Wednesday night that destroyed a 127-year-old Confederate monument on Court Street and left a man seriously injured. However, the council appears to be poised to await the completion of that investigation and an internal situational investigation before taking […]

After months of debate, the Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to relocate the Confederate monument that has stood at the front of the county’s courthouse complex for 116 years.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — 2020 was a tumultuous year for Portsmouth. The city of 94,000 people made national headlines when a protest of the city’s Confederate monument turned dangerous, Black leaders were charged with crimes, and city government management went into a tailspin.  The late civil rights icon John Lewis said “get in good trouble, necessary […]

Former Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene has officially filed her wrongful termination lawsuit against the city after she was fired in the wake of the city’s Confederate monument incident.

Former Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene has a new job as the chief of police in Lexington, Virginia.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The political saga in Portsmouth continued Saturday evening in downtown Portsmouth when demonstrators took to the streets to speak out against the corruption in the city. It all stems from the arrests of 19 people following Confederate monument protests earlier this summer. Now, a police chief is on paid leave, the […]

On Thursday, Portsmouth held a community forum to allow residents to “interview” candidates for the police chief position. The forum was held at 6 p.m. in the I. C. Norcom High School Auditorium.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Portsmouth Interim Police Chief Scott Burke was sworn in on Tuesday, a day after the firing of former police chief Angela Greene. Burke had served as acting chief since September, when Greene was placed on administrative leave in the wake of the city’s Confederate monument controversy. He’d previously served as assistant […]