Since asbestos naturally traps heat and sound, it was used mainly as an insulator on U.S. Navy vessels to line, cover, or pad equipment to prevent fires aboard vessels and reduce any potential damage ...

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding has furloughed more than 400 employees, according to a spokesperson for the shipbuilding division.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Two people have been injured after a shooting early Thursday morning, according to the Newport News Police Department. The shooting happened in the 200 block of Charlotte ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — More than a dozen families living at The Villages of Stoney Run in Newport News had their windows smashed in last weekend. "Criminals doing something to me for no reason ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — It has been a frustrating situation for residents at one apartment complex on the Peninsula, as residents at The Villages of Stoney Run said about 20 cars had their ...

Kane Daniel Phillips was last seen on Tuesday around 3:50 a.m. in the 3100 block of Huntington Avenue. He was located around 7:30 p.m. the same day. Virginia State Police had a Critically Missing ...

Physical description: 5'7, 145 lbs with a beard and "scruffy" hair. More details: Last seen wearing blue jacket with a hood and brown sweatpants. Thompson is considered endangered due to a medical ...

The candidate trying to unseat Newport News’ longtime elected prosecutor contends the former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School was overcharged in the case of a 6-year-old student ...

A tractor trailer crashed near the off ramp to 26th/27th Street, causing the ramp to be shut down for an "unknown" amount of time, state police said.