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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginians will wake up in July with fewer coronavirus restrictions and new laws to learn. Newly empowered Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly began the 2020 session with an ambitious legislative agenda, including a push to pass several gun-control bills in the wake of the Virginia Beach mass shooting, social equity legislation, criminal justice […]

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A majority of City Council is in favor of beginning the process to relocate the Confederate monument outside Warwick Courthouse. The seven-member council hasn’t taken an official vote, but indicated to City Manager Cynthia Rohlf on Tuesday that they would like a public hearing scheduled on the topic as soon […]

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Norfolk city officials say the remaining portions of the 113-year-old, 80-foot-tall Confederate monument will be removed Sunday. According to officials, the pillars were “successfully removed” Saturday and the removal of the remaining portions began Sunday morning. The Confederate solider at the top of the monument, Johnny Reb, was removed last week after a protester […]

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 […]

UPDATE 11 p.m. June 23: Portsmouth City Council approved $250,000 to cover the cost of moving the monument during a meeting Tuesday night, but did not decide whether to let Danny Meeks move the monument at his own expense. Read more about that meeting here. PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Moving the Confederate monument in Portsmouth […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — About 250 people gathered outside Portsmouth City Hall Friday evening for a rally in support of Sen. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth), the target of a petition to remove her from office following the damage last week to the city’s Confederate monument. The program included several civic and religious leaders as Lucas stood […]

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 rain didn’t stop several dozen people from marching against racial injustice in Portsmouth Tuesday. They walked from the City Jail to the Confederate monument on High Street in Olde Towne. Marchers that were physically able to took a knee for 8 minutes and 46 seconds — the amount of time […]

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — Missing the classroom and learning from the streets. Hampton Roads resident “J-Z” Jonathan Zur has a gift of gab, but you won’t hear him on any rap albums. His talents are in getting other people to talk — diverse groups — to discover what we have in common. At the […]

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The rest of the 113-year-old Confederate monument in Norfolk is coming down this week in an effort to keep the public safe. The City of Norfolk announced the move Monday night. Crews started work around 6 a.m. Tuesday. The Confederate soldier at the top of the 80-foot-tall monument, Johnny Reb, was […]

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — Protests are continuing across Hampton Roads, more than two weeks after the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis Police. Here’s the rundown on what’s happening Saturday: 5 p.m. Protesters are gearing for a peaceful protest in the Bayside area in Virginia Beach. Organized by a 17-year-old […]

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Raising awareness for racial injustice. That’s what Chris Green’s family says he wanted to do at Wednesday night’s protest in Olde Towne Portsmouth. “This is something he’s always wanted to do,” said his sister Leslie Perkins. Perkins says as protesters were trying to taking down one of the soldier statues at the confederate […]

Over the last week, statues and confederate monuments have been vandalized, knocked over and even removed across the state.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Confederate monuments mean different things to people. Some say it honors their ancestors who fought on the side of the Confederate states during the Civil War, while others claim it reminds them of not only the oppression those Confederate states perpetrated against their ancestors but the struggle to get equal rights […]

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Early Friday morning, crews with the City of Norfolk removed the Confederate statue on top of the downtown Confederate monument, but not before the monument was tagged with spray paint Thursday night. Crews removed most of the spray paint after removing the statue but by Friday night, protesters spray-painted the monument […]

App users: Click here to watch live coverage. HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — Norfolk’s 113-year-old “Johnny Reb” Confederate statue was swiftly taken down atop of its pedestal downtown in Norfolk on Friday morning, the first step in the process to remove the entire monument. It came less than 48 hours after protesters dismantled the Confederate […]

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The images have been broadcast across the country. Protesters in Portsmouth Wednesday night spray-painted much of the Confederate monument and toppled a statue. When the statue fell, it landed on a man causing serious injuries. Questions have been raised about why the Portsmouth Police Department failed to stop the vandalism. Before […]

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 […]

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 Chopper 10 crew had another busy week over the skies of Hampton Roads. Trump Boat Parade There was no Harborfest this past weekend or a Parade of Sail, but there was a Trump Boat parade. RELATED: Over 100 boats hit the Elizabeth River to support Trump’s re-election campaign Hundreds of boats were seen on […]