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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Charges were dismissed Monday morning against state Sen. Louise Lucas and other local Black leaders in connection with the Confederate monument incident in Portsmouth. After a brief hearing, Lucas responded to a tweet of support from former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe who called the case “political persecution.” “The persecution is over […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Franklin City Council is holding a public hearing Monday night on the future of its Confederate monument. It’s happening at 7 p.m. in the Workforce Development Center on North College Drive. The memorial for Confederate veterans currently sits at Memorial Park, on Clay Street. Leaders are working to decide whether to […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Portsmouth Fraternal Order of Police issued a statement in support of the city’s recently fired police chief. Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene was fired on Monday by Acting City Manager LaVoris Pace. Her firing came after she was put on administrative leave in September, following a June protest during which […]

SMITHFIELD, Va. (WAVY) — More than 100 people showed up to a public hearing Thursday night to share their thoughts on the future Isle of Wight Confederate monument. For nearly four hours inside the Smithfield High School cafeteria, the Board of Supervisors listened to a wide array of opinions ranging from those who want the […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Following calls made by Joe Biden — the Democratic nominee for president — to prosecute those who choose to “protest” by destroying property, his surrogate and former governor of Virginia says that shouldn’t apply to what occurred at Porstmouth’s Confederate monument. Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) made the comments Tuesday night […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation in Virginia says it has received several offers from cities — including Virginia Beach — to take possession of their respective Confederate monuments. The group is considering the offers but did not confirm if they would be interested in applying to take any, Shenandoah Valley Battlefield […]

ISLE OF WIGHT, Va. (WAVY) — The Board of Supervisors choose not to vote on relocating its Confederate monument Thursday night — instead, it voted to appoint a task force to bring recommendations for an ultimate decision. The task force, approved on a 4-1 vote, will be tasked with investigating and locating sites for the […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene has been fired from her position more than two months after being placed on administrative leave. WAVY’s Andy Fox met her in a city parking garage ahead of a scheduled meeting Monday morning, and she said she was aware of the possibility of the firing but […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The primary race for a state House seat that for years has gone uncontested, has now surpassed $1 million in fundraising. Three candidates are vying to be Democrats’ choice to head to Richmond this coming winter to represent the people of Virginia’s 79th House of Delegates district: Incumbent Del. Steve Heretick, […]

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WAVY) — The City of Williamsburg’s Confederate monument has come down. Just one month after City Council voted to remove the monument from its location in Bicentennial Park, the monument was taken down Monday. For now, the 20-foot-tall monument will be held in a storage facility, City of Williamsburg spokeswoman Nicole Trifone said. […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Black Lives Matters group is planning its second protest this weekend — this time, in Portsmouth. The group is planning to meet at 801 Crawford Street at 6 p.m. — the location near where a man was seriously injured while protesters tore down parts of the Confederate monument back in […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Shannon Glover fell in love with the City of Portsmouth when he was a young corpsman assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. Thirty years later, the 55-year-old Erie, Pennsylvania, native is the projected winner in the Portsmouth mayoral race. With 100% of the precincts reporting, City Councilman Glover captured 35.21% of […]

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Beach city manager has said he intends to initiate the process to move or alter the city’s Confederate monument as soon as possible. Acting City Manager Tom Leahy sent a letter to City Council Friday saying he intended to start the process of covering, removing, relocating or contextualizing […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The City of Portsmouth has placed a temporary fence around the Confederate monument downtown. The safety measures come after numerous Confederate statues across the state have been removed, covered, vandalized, or torn down. Additionally, in Portsmouth, a man was severely injured while the monument was torn down during protests last week. […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The Portsmouth School Board voted to change the names of three schools that carried the names of known segregationists and Confederate leaders. Thursday night, the board voted 8-1 to change the names Woodrow Wilson High, James Hurst Elementary, and John Tyler Elementary School. Beginning July 1, 2021 — Woodrow Wilson’s name […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The initiative to possibly move Portsmouth’s 54-foot-tall Confederate monument out of its prominent location in Olde Towne is gaining speed. Portsmouth City Council met via video call Tuesday night. At the end of the meeting, Mayor John Rowe proposed a plan to the council on how they could quickly start to […]

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Norfolk City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to relocate its Confederate monument from a prominent location downtown to Elmwood Cemetery. City Council a virtual public hearing on Tuesday night to help decide what to with the recently-removed Confederate monument. One member, Paul R. Riddick, was absent from the meeting. The process is […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The monument drama continues in Portsmouth.   Fourteen prominent people, including State Sen. Louise Lucas, were charged Monday following the destruction of the Confederate monument in June that left a man seriously injured. Now, there’s a new effort to throw the book at Lucas’ daughter, Lisa Lucas-Burke, the vice mayor in the […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The future of Portsmouth’s Confederate monument remains unclear. City Council members voted “yes” to moving money for the removal of the monument in Olde Towne — but when that will happen is still up in the air. This comes after a candidate running for mayor offered to remove the monument for […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A Richmond-based judge ruled Monday that Portsmouth Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Morales was not a witness in the June incident at the city’s Confederate monument, a major victory for State Senator Louise Lucas and other prominent Black leaders charged in the monument destruction case. Judge Claire Cardwell ruled Morales can’t be subpoenaed to […]