Virginia Beach News

From the North Carolina's Outer Banks to Virginia Beach, Ocean City and Rehoboth Beach, soon many people will pop open the beach umbrellas, leave their footprints in the sand and dash into the chilly waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

Capt. Mark Weisgerber will relieve Capt. Paul Gronemeyer as the wing's commander on Wednesday.

There are many folks in the region that are asking when we are going to dry out.

The Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority is meeting Thursday. The agenda includes a discussion of an agreement to protect the rare North Atlantic right whale, which migrates off the coast, and efforts to map the ocean floor where windmills would rise from the depths of the Atlantic.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Tyler Powell has been one of the hottest prospects in the Mid-Atlantic over the past few weeks.

Police charged 35-year-old Jerome Laurence Anderson and 21-year-old Christian Harmon, both of Virginia Beach, with second degree murder, two counts of attempted robbery, three counts of use of a firearm, and two counts of conspiracy.

The Voice" coach Blake Shelton , as well as advisor Sheryl Crow , are set to perform on the hit NBC musical competition series next week.

Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday night.

Middle and high school-aged cheerleaders from Prince George's County Public Schools were recognized at a national competition.

Gen. Robert Cone, commander of Training and Doctrine Command, said the military must shift its focus to the future and beyond the hard-won lessons of the past decade.

St. John the Apostle Catholic School, PreK-8, in Virginia Beach, seeks highly-qualified candidates for the position of Principal, beginning school year 2013-2014. The eligible candidate will be a practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church, be strong in faith, and dedicated to the goals of Catholic education.

Two members of the FBI's elite Hostage Rescue Team were killed during a maritime training exercise while repelling from a helicopter to a ship, about 10 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, Va., a WASHINGTON-Two members of the FBI's elite Hostage Rescue Team were killed during a maritime training exercise while repelling from a helicopter to a ... (more)

Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled.

Virginia Beach, Va.-- Five star defensive lineman Andrew Brown is slowly closing in on his top 5 and his decision.

Two FBI agents from an elite counterterrorism unit based in Northern Virginia were killed Friday during a training exercise in the Virginia Beach area, the FBI said Sunday.

They lost their children to suicide; since that time Elaine Roberts and Kathy Wakefield have raised awareness for depression and suicide.

A spokeswoman for the FBI's Norfolk office, Vanessa Torres, said Sunday that the accident occurred Friday afternoon off the Virginia Beach coast.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., May 19, 2013 During a recent trip to Norfolk where we took in the Virginia Opera's current production of "Carousel" last weekend, we used a bit of our spare time to travel over to Virginia Beach.

A retired Virginia Beach firefighter is accused of assaulting a child sexually more than 30 years ago.

It's story time in Laura Rieg's preschool classroom at Olive Branch Preschool in Portsmouth on Friday, May 10, 2013.