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Pinpoint Weather: Late-week showers and storms
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Increasing rain chances are anticipated across Southwest and Central Virginia on Friday as a cold front approaches from the west. The potential for showers and storms will continue throughout the weekend. While some morning mountain rain showers and storms are possible, there is a slightly greater chance for scattered showers and […]
Here’s how different Virginia school systems plan to keep your child safe this 2024-25 year
The "back to school" season may bring a sigh of relief for some families, but a sense of fear for others. 8News spoke with school leaders across Central Virginia to hear how they plan to keep kids safe this 2024-25 school year.
UVA Health is working to increase quality health care in rural Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - UVA Health is partnering with other health care systems to help those in rural areas. UVA Health has a decade long partnership with Mountain Empire Older Citizens which works to provide cancer in support of Southwest Virginia. With both organizations working together, they have been able...
Daniel Cuthbertson carries the load for Manassas Park
Before Manassas Park’s 2023 regular-season finale, head coach Mark Teague implored star running back Daniel Cuthbertson to total at least 200 rushing yards. He asked Cuthbertson to reach that goal as a way to finish the season on a high note and set the tone for the next season.
New urgency to find a missing Manassas Park mother
A Manassas Park, Virginia, woman has been missing now for two weeks, and there’s a stepped-up effort to find her. Police and dozens of volunteers searched the trails at Blooms Park Thursday night, but there’s still no sign of 28-year-old Mamta Kafle Bhatt — a pediatric nurse.
Hollywood Buck killer prohibited from getting a hunter’s license in Virginia for 25 years
The killer of Richmond's beloved "Hollywood Buck" has plead guilty to multiple charges related to the act, as well as others in connection to the illegal killings of other deer.
Bullis High School Student Makes Olympic History
16-year-old sprinter Quincy Wilson made history on Aug. 9, becoming the youngest U.S. male track Olympic athlete in history as the rising junior at Bullis High School in Potomac, Maryland, ran the first leg of the men’s 4×400 relay in the qualifying race for Team USA. Wilson left...
Equinor & Dominion Energy Awarded Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Leases, but Local Resistance Remains in Maryland
News comes as Ocean City officials vow to fight current project off their coast. The federal government announced Wednesday that it has awarded two new offshore wind energy leases in the mid-Atlantic — one off the coast of Delaware, the other near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay in southern Virginia.
Hurricane Ernesto could bring strong waves, rip currents to Delaware, Maryland, & Virginia beaches
BETHANY BEACH, Del. - Hurricane Ernesto is barreling toward Bermuda, but it also poses a threat to the coastal areas of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia this weekend. The potential dangers include strong waves and rip currents, Bethany Beach Patrol Captain Joe Donnelly told FOX 5 in an interview Thursday. "Saturday, we're looking at four-foot surf," Donnelly said. "On Sunday, it looks like it's going to build to four to six-foot. So, we're going to have some pretty significant waves out there, as well as rip currents through the weekend."
Asian buffet arrives in Rockville
After 17 months of construction — and several confusing name changes — Umi Hotpot Sushi & Seafood Buffet has opened its doors on Rockville Pike. Crowds have been lining up nightly for the $39.95 all-you-can-eat dinner menu, which features individual stations for seafood, soup, sushi, hotpot, ramen, desserts and bubble tea. Umi also offers a weekday lunch buffet for $22.99, with lower price points for kids. You’ll find it in the former Miller’s Ale House space, around the corner from Aldi at the Congressional North Shopping Center.
Concern for Missing 16-Year-Old
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Nevaeh Washington, a missing 16-year-old. Washington was last seen on the evening of Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at her residence on Castle Boulevard in Fairland. She is...
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