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Several local military members are competing in the 2023 Department of Defense Warrior Games in San Diego that started Friday.

By air or by ground transport, this weekend will probably resemble most weekends where gunshot victims are rushed to emergency rooms for care. Last year set a record in Norfolk, with 541 gunshot wounds that claimed 69 lives. At Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, 20 children were treated for gunshot wounds and one child died. There is hope that a stand against violence from the medical community will loosen the grip gun violence has on the nation. What starts with patients in emergency rooms affects an entire hospital.

First Colony Foundation archaeologists discussed the latest findings they uncovered at a new dig at Roanoke Island’s Elizabethan Gardens that may reveal the location of Roanoac, an Algonquian village where local natives entertained the first English explorers to America’s shores in 1584.

Deadly car crashes are way up in Hampton Roads – reaching historic levels in 2021. A recent study by the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission shows that a record 179 people died in crashes on local roads in 2021, and fatalities are up 81% over a decade. That number exceeds increases seen across Virginia and the United States.

It's been six months since Ronnie Everette Jr.'s body was found in some bushes, ending a days long search for the teenager who had been reported missing by his family. Investigators tell us they have a "person of interest" -- but are still lacking some evidence that could help solve the case.

A woman admitted to police she drove the person who shot the father of her children to the scene of the crime, according to a criminal complaint obtained by WAVY-TV 10.

After an appearance in court Friday morning, 29-year-old Rashid Ali Bynum remains in the Chesapeake jail, awaiting extradition to New Jersey. Bynum is charged in the February shooting death of Eunice Dwumfour, 30, of Sayreville, N.J.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence is in line to become the next superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools, according to multiple sources within the Virginia Beach school division.

The annual adapted sports competition celebrates the resiliency and skills of wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans. One participant, Warner "Tiny" Mammen, says it means the world to compete.

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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's annual Clean the Bay Day is on Saturday, June 3. WAVY Digital Desk Host Sarah Goode spoke with Hampton Roads Grassroots Coordinator Lisa Renee Jennings and Senior Scientist Chris Moore about the Chesapeake Bay, pollution, and how you can help.

Details: https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/hampton/vsp-investigating-possible-i-64-shooting-in-hampton-westbound-lanes-closed/

New information: https://www.wavy.com/news/criminal-complaint-portsmouth-murder-victim-shot-in-front-of-his-children/