Virginia Beach City Council will be meeting to discuss financially supporting the Something in the Water Festival. The festival was abruptly canceled last month after some tickets were sold. Virginia Beach city leaders also claimed the they were blindsided by the cancelation. City council says they plan to propose new dates for the festival by the end of this week. They will be meeting at 6 p.m. tonight.
Two Hampton Roads Big Lots stores are set to close. The discount retailer is closing its Norfolk and Virginia Beach locations after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month. An additional 46 stores across 23 states are also set to close. The company plans to shut down nearly 36 percent of it's footprint as it navigates its bankruptcy filing.