Chesapeake, Va. – Strawberry season is here, but it hasn’t been the best year for some farmers in Hampton Roads, partly due to the weather.

NewsChannel 3 stopped by Lilley Farms in Chesapeake Thursday, and we weren’t the only ones.

“They must put something in the soil because they are so sweet,” said Toni Dorn of Portsmouth. She was one of many who pulled up to the farm to get that sweet taste of strawberries grown right here in Hampton Roads. But while a lot of the berries are juicy and ripe now, the weather roller coaster ride we’ve seen this year has set some local farmers back.

“We’d have, you know, days where it’s cold and rainy, and it’s just put everybody behind. And we’re just not getting all of the berries that we would like to have this time of the year,” said Carolyn Lilley.

Chesapeake, Va.- A sailor accused of murdering a Chesapeake mom in January testified in court Thursday that he did it for the $25,000 her estranged husband promised to pay him.

Marcus Hofferber and Cory Abshire, both sailors, are charged in the January 19 stabbing death of Rachel Abshire in her Kingsbridge Way apartment in Chesapeake.

In court Thursday, Hofferber waived his rights to a preliminary hearing but agreed to testify against Cory Abshire during his preliminary hearing in exchange for prosecutors agreeing not to pursue the death penalty against him.

Hofferber testified that Cory Abshire asked him to kill his wife because he wanted sole custody of their children. He also said that Abshire promised to pay him $25,000 of the roughly $100,000 in insurance money he expected to receive from Rachel’s death. Hofferber told the judge he needed the money because he was slowly going into debt and was in danger of losing his home.

Chesapeake, Va.- Several residents have been displaced after an apartment caught fire on 2606 Harvard Drive in Chesapeake on Monday.

Units were called to the scene at 1:36 p.m. and when they got there, they saw heavy smoke coming from the apartment.

Crews say the fire started in the back of the unit and two floors were damaged.