The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) articles from July 2006

The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) archives from July 2006

Chesapeake sues SPSA, seeks to trash its contract.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Mike Gruss Jul. 1--CHESAPEAKE -- The city sued the regional trash authority Friday , claiming the agency has acted against citizen interests by negotiating to bring in out-of-state garbage . The move was the latest in a series...

Post Script: Married at 14, homemaker never lost her zest for learning.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Fred Kirsch Jul. 1--CHESAPEAKE -- Looking back on her wedding day, Nellie Sparks often joked, "I get scared when I think about it now." Nellie was only 14 on Jan. 16, 1943 , when she and 19-year-old Forrest Sparks exchanged vows....

Busy Fourth of July weekend good news for Outer Banks economy.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Kristin Davis Jul. 1--Tourists are sure to be waiting on the porches of the Aycock Brown Welcome Center in Kitty Hawk for the doors to open this morning. It's a likely stop for those traveling to the Outer Banks from points north,...

Prepare yourself for one hot July Fourth weekend.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Steve Stone Jul. 1--The rain has ended. Let the heat begin. Hampton Roads will sweat it out the first few days of July as temperatures rise into the 90s and the humidity makes it feel more like 100-plus. There's also little...

Virginia has more than 900 new laws in effect today.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Warren Fiske Jul. 1--Starting today, many military families will get a break on tuition at Virginia colleges. Sex offenders and owners of dangerous dogs will face tougher punishments. It will become harder and riskier to sneak an...

Portsmouth judge's return is brief but true to past form.
July 1, 2006... Byline: John-Henry Doucette Jul. 1--PORTSMOUTH -- A sailor wearing summer whites in Traffic Court had been going way too fast on his motorcycle. "Keep it up," Judge Archie Elliott Jr. said, "state highway people will be coming in with...

With clock ticking , Kaine signs budget.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Christina Nuckols Jul. 1--RICHMOND -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine signed a two-year, $72 billion spending plan shortly after 12:30 p.m. Friday in a subdued ceremony that marked the end of the budget stalemate. "We still have 11 1/2...

As Norfolk's elected mayor, Fraim vows an inclusive approach.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Harry Minium Jul. 1--NORFOLK -- What some of Paul Fraim's fellow City Council members jokingly referred to as a "mayoral coronation" began Thursday night as 400 invited guests, including Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, dined on crab cakes...

Schools boss to be ECSU's temporary chancellor.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Lauren King Jul. 1--ELIZABETH CITY -- Willie J. Gilchrist, superintendent of Halifax County Schools, will become interim deputy chancellor of Elizabeth City State University next month, as Chancellor Mickey L. Burnim prepares to...

Kellam blasts Drake for vote to allow offshore drilling.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Jon Frank Jul. 1--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Democratic challenger Philip Kellam blasted U.S. Rep. Thelma Drake on Friday for her vote to allow oil and natural gas exploration off Virginia's coast. "She is selling out the interests of...

The Grate Steak closes two of its three locations.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Kate Shellnutt Jul. 1--The Grate Steak has closed its Chesapeake and Hampton restaurants after eight and 18 years respectively, and its locally based operators are citing competition from national chains as the reason why. The...

Smithfield takes steps to improve help for pigs in crashes.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Linda Mcnatt Jul. 1--WAVERLY -- Smithfield Foods and its farming arm, Murphy-Brown, have invested thousands of dollars in a new program to respond to transit accidents and make stressed pigs more comfortable. The company hired a...

Fourth of July proves a bonanza for beef sales.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Michelle E. Shaw Jul. 1--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Got beef? If you don't, then your neighbor might this Fourth of July. According to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Independence Day is the biggest beef-buying holiday of...

Old-fashioned meat market caters to those who want to pig out.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Janette Rodrigues Jul. 1--CHESAPEAKE -- Nothing says the Fourth of July in Tidewater like a pig pickin,' the quintessentially Southern practice of barbecuing a half or whole hog on a huge, black, barrel-like open grill. Those in...

EDITORIAL: Chesapeake, SPSA must clear the air.(Editorial)
July 1, 2006... Jul. 1--Crafting major public policy -- as the clock ticks ever closer to midnight -- is never a good idea. Fatigue and frustration clearly got the better of Chesapeake City Council when it decided impulsively to end its partnership with the...

The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va., Kerry Dougherty column: It's not governor's style to tax and spend.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Kerry Dougherty Jul. 1--Memo to Lord Bountiful, oops, Gov. Tim Kaine: Control yourself. Please. Your tax-and-spend-spend-spend philosophy is showing. And it's not pretty. Let's back up. This year's ghastly...

Suffolk takes over road maintenance from VDOT.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Aaron Applegate Jul. 1--SUFFOLK -- Teeth-rattling pothole? Broken traffic light? Dirty roadside ditch? Don't call VDOT. Starting today, the city is responsible for road maintenance in 430-square-mile Suffolk. Marking the end of...

Va. nominee Webb to represent Democrats in radio talk.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Dale Eisman Jul. 1--WASHINGTON -- Nominated for the U.S. Senate only 18 days ago by Virginia Democrats, Jim Webb will take on the president today, delivering his party's response to President Bush's weekly radio address. Democratic...

Uprooted Air Force interns among naval grads.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Kate Wiltrout Jul. 1--PORTSMOUTH -- Four dark blue uniforms stood out in a crowd of dress whites Friday at the graduation of 75 interns at Portsmouth Naval Medical Center. The ceremony in front of the historic hospital building...

EDITORIAL: Petty finish ends marathon budget.(Editorial)
July 1, 2006... Jul. 1--The General Assembly's 2006 session lurched to an ignominious close Wednesday with sharp words, hurt feelings and one more round of posturing and politics. And, of course, it ended with a biennial budget punctured by a hole so big...

Same two Beach residents test positive for Legionnaires bacteria.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Nancy Young Jul. 1--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Another round of blood test results, released Friday , on residents at a Beach nursing home found that 49 of 51 residents tested for the bacteria that can cause Legionnaires' disease did not...

Ford assembly plant workers begin extended 3-week break.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Jeremiah Mcwilliams Jul. 1--NORFOLK -- Day-shift workers left two hours early Friday from Ford Motor Co.'s pickup truck assembly plant, leaving a quiet union hall on their way to three weeks of down time. That's one week longer...

Help with prescriptions rolls into Portsmouth.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Jennifer Jiggetts Jul. 1--PORTSMOUTH -- While she was taking her grandson to summer camp, an orange bus emblazoned with a medicine bottle caught Sara Choate Brown's eye. She got on board to investigate. For those needing...

NASA Langley's proposed Mars plane moves closer to flight.
July 1, 2006... Byline: Diane Tennant Jul. 1--HAMPTON -- A folding airplane to fly over Mars, sampling the air, looking for life and testing magnetism, seemed like a crazy idea five years ago. But the plane, developed by NASA Langley Research Center,...

Midyear stock report: Strong profits in first of 2006 aren't likely to hold up.
July 2, 2006... Byline: Tom Shean Jul. 2--Investors reacted with exuberance on Thursday to expectations that the Federal Reserve made the last in its series of 17 interest-rate increases . For several public companies in Hampton Roads, the heightened...

Traditions will add sparkle to Suffolk villages' Fourth festival.
July 2, 2006... Byline: Phyllis Speidell Jul. 2--SUFFOLK -- While downtown Suffolk celebrates the country's 230th birthday Tuesday with music, fireworks and lots of family fun, the watermen's villages of Crittenden, Eclipse and Hobson will pay tribute to...

The other side of multiple births.
July 2, 2006... Byline: Elizabeth Simpson Jul. 2--The ultrasound showed five follicles with ripening eggs on Michele Markley's ovary. The medications had done their job -- so much so her doctor advised against going forward with a fertility treatment...

EDITORIAL: Portsmouth says amen on church debacle.(Editorial)
July 2, 2006... Jul. 2--Call it the most expensive use permit in Portsmouth's history. There's really no other way to describe the Friendship Temple debacle that's torn the City Council asunder, reaped heaps of taxpayer disgust and cost the city a fat...

EDITORIAL: A better shake from NRHA.(Editorial)
July 2, 2006... Jul. 2--It is tempting to cast the final act of Norfolk's longest running property-rights drama in the familiar biblical story line of David and Goliath. The final curtain has dropped on a legal battle pitting the giant Norfolk Redevelopment...

Rescue's Chuck-A-Muck grill soon will be back in business.
July 2, 2006... Byline: Amy Coutee Jul. 2--RESCUE -- Captain Chuck-A-Muck's restaurant epitomized this small, waterfront town east of Smithfield, with its Jimmy Buffet-style atmosphere. A fire destroyed the restaurant in 2002, and owner Chuck Lawrence...

Truckers' centerfielder plans to play at U.Va.-Wise.
July 2, 2006... Byline: Bill Leffler Jul. 2--The Steve Williams Foundation has presented a $4,000 college scholarship to recent Churchland High School graduate Albert Moseley . Albert , an All-Eastern District centerfielder for the Truckers, will...

The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va., Marvin Lake column: Profanity standards relaxed just slightly.
July 2, 2006... Byline: Marvin Lake Jul. 2--Remember comedian George Carlin's controversial 1970s monologue about seven dirty words that you could never say on television? The words were... Come on, you didn't really think I was going to repeat...

Shipyard's departing officer moves up the ranks.
July 2, 2006... Byline: Ida Kay Jordan Jul. 2--The change of command ceremony at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard had a new feature on Friday. Rear Adm. (select) Joseph F. Campbell, the departing commanding officer, handed over the shipyard flag to the new...

Girl and her horse shine in field master's chase.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Lauren King Jul. 3--ELIZABETH CITY -- Many little girls' pleas for a pony are met with offers of trail rides, lessons or anything else that may require less of an investment. But Jane Terryberry, 14, is living out her dream...

Flowering shrubs can combat biting insects, study says.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Janette Rodrigues Jul. 3--A new bug repellent may be just a bush away. At least two types of flowering shrubs -- the American and Japanese beautyberry, which grow in Virginia -- have been found to repel mosquitoes and other...

Social Services tackles new role in divvying aid after disasters.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Steven G. Vegh Jul. 3--Taking a lesson from past disaster responses, a new state law makes the Department of Social Services the official coordinator for matching aid from faith-based groups with victims of natural catastrophes....

Police seek man who drew gun on couple after I-64 accident.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Steve Stone Jul. 3--It was just a fender bender, but moments after a couple pulled off Interstate 64 early Saturday to report the crash, they were confronted by a passenger from the other car, pointing a gun at them. The last thing...

Mosquito war being waged from yard to yard.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Janie Bryant Jul. 3--NORFOLK -- Two public health workers pulled dippers from the back of a truck and headed up the walk of a house in Suburban Acres. When no one answered Thursday, they stopped at a bucket of water sitting...

Man to serve five years for gang-related shooting that killed friend.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Michelle Washington Jul. 3--NORFOLK -- A man who shot and killed his best friend during a gang-related fight will serve five years in prison for involuntary manslaughter. Randor Uzzle Jr., 19, originally was charged with...

Those with roots at First Baptist come together to celebrate 100 years.
July 3, 2006... Byline: John-Henry Doucette Jul. 3--NORFOLK -- The First Baptist Church , which got its start in 1800 , has its current home downtown on East Bute Street. The opening service in this sanctuary was May 6, 1906 . It included the anthem "I...

Whatever happened to . . . the woman whose son died on July Fourth in Vietnam ?
July 3, 2006... Byline: Tony Germanotta Jul. 3--There will be no bunting or burgers where Mary E. Clark spends her Four th of July morning. The 79-year-old Virginia Beach resident will be in front of a grave at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk, the way she...

Senegal boasts tech advances, lacks basics.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Kate Shellnutt Jul. 3--DAKAR, Senegal -- I wiggled my flash drive, full of digital pictures, into the computer in front of me and began to type an e-mail as Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" played on repeat in the background. For a...

EDITORIAL: Too much red tape for Norfolk cabbies.(Editorial)
July 3, 2006... Jul. 3--What a mess. The Norfolk airport gave its ineptly managed limousine service the boot in March, but it will be months before a new firm can be approved by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles. In the meantime, folks who want a more...

As in-vitro fertilization techniques improve incidents of multiple births rise.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Elizabeth Simpson Jul. 3--It had been more than a year since Latrecia Russell's first attempt at in-vitro fertilization. Eggs had been retrieved from her ovary and fertilized in the lab, then three of the resulting embryos were...

Even if WWE is scripted, its allure is real to fans.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Laura Girresch Jul. 3--NORFOLK -- It's been called the ultimate male soap opera. And Glen Smith of Elizabeth City, N.C., watches World Wrestling Entertainment any chance he gets. Smith, 24, rolled back his sleeve Sunday...

Beach man faces 5 years in embezzlement case.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Tim Mcglone Jul. 4--NORFOLK -- A former U.S. Coast Guard employee pleaded guilty Monday to forging a document in a case involving the embezzlement of more than $30,000 in travel money. James Whack of Virginia Beach faces up to...

Norfolk's Broad Creek faces rising costs, delays for rec center.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Matthew Jones and Harry Minium Jul. 4--NORFOLK -- As the city prepares for the next phase of Broad Creek, its ambitious $260 million redevelopment near Norfolk State University, officials are confronting increasing infrastructure...

Portsmouth man built his tax service to rival ?the big boys?
July 4, 2006... Byline: Brown Carpenter Jul. 4--PORTSMOUTH -- Robert Reagan launched Bob's Tax Service, a part-time enterprise, in 1964 with a January-to-May lease on a vacant building on George Washington Highway, a kitchen table, and an adding machine...

Ocean swimmers urged to look before diving into waves.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Sara Perkins Jul. 4--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Diving into the Atlantic Ocean is just as stupid as going headfirst into the shallow end of a swimming pool. That's the message of a new campaign launched Monday by the Virginia Beach...

Man thought drowned in Oregon Inlet still missing.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Catherine Kozak Jul. 4--The body of a man who is believed to have drowned in Oregon Inlet last week has still not been located, a National Park Service official said Monday. It was the second reported drowning in two days at...

Accused baby sitter said toddler fell down stairs.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Duane Bourne Jul. 4--VIRGINIA BEACH -- A baby sitter accused of killing a 14-month-old girl last month told a detective that the toddler had tumbled down wooden stairs. An autopsy performed three days after the death of the...

'Courtesy Patrol' hits the beach.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Gillian Gaynair Jul. 4--VIRGINIA BEACH -- They're on the Boardwalk and on the beach: college students wearing gray collared shirts with the words "COURTESY PATROL" on their backs. People "think we're here to enforce kindness,"...

Local insurer's program pushes use of cheaper, generic drugs.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Nancy Young Jul. 4--You see the ads with the happy people prancing through flower-filled fields while an authoritative voice tells you to talk to your doctor about how to get the pill that supposedly made them that way. The...

Wish you'd had a 4-day weekend? Join the crowd.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Michelle E. Shaw Jul. 4--NORFOLK -- If anybody deserved a four-day weekend, surely it was Ann Powell. An accounts payable manager for ValueOptions, Powell is celebrating her 56th birthday today, but she was working hard at her...

Officials hope Super Wal-Mart will rescue Southern Shopping Center.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Jennifer Jiggetts Jul. 4--NORFOLK -- Those who live near Southern Shopping Center can look forward to Super Wal-Mart opening as scheduled this fall. "I like the convenience of a Wal-Mart down the street from me," said Kimberly...

Petition could seek Cecil Field reopening.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Louis Hansen Jul. 4--A Jacksonville, Fla., civic group won permission Monday to petition voters to try to force the reopening of Cecil Field as a replacement to Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach. The permission from...

EDITORIAL: Jefferson's broadside: Words worth repeating.(Editorial)
July 4, 2006... Jul. 4--The Declaration of Independence was written, signed and sent out into the world 230 years ago. Though its words are familiar, the ideas it contains remain revolutionary -- and continue to reverberate. Some rights belong to us from...

Burton wins $122,920 - and so does Beach race fan.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Paul White Jul. 4--When Jeff Burton lost control early in Saturday's Pepsi 400, so did Russell Tillson. As the grand-prize winner in the Cingular Wireless "Win Jeff Burton's Pay-Day" sweepstakes, Tillson stood to earn the same...

Season-high crowd gets a Tides game after all.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Rich Radford Jul. 4--NORFOLK -- The weather threatened to postpone Monday night's game at Harbor Park. Good thing it didn't. There aren't many nights that could have beaten this one for pure entertainment at a minor league...

The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va., Tom Robinson column: On the Fourth, a sportsman's declaration of independence.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Tom Robinson Jul. 4--When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to retain one's sanity as a sports fan, a decent respect to the opinions of this columnist is probably not very wise at all. These truths should be...

Grand jury to hear case of man accused of trying to run over Norfolk officer.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Michelle Washington Jul. 4--NORFOLK -- A grand jury will hear charges against a man accused of trying to run over a police officer in March. William L. Logan, 24, was charged with attempted capital murder of a police officer....

Corrections.
July 4, 2006... 2006 07 04 CLARIFICATION A story on Monday's Hampton Roads front about the First Baptist Church on East Bute Street in Norfolk mistakenly characterized the Norfolk 17 as "infamous." The negative meaning of the word was not the...

Woman found dead in van in Pennsylvania.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Jim Washington and Duane Bourne Jul. 4--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Mary Knight's family and friends gathered at her home to grieve Monday night. They tried to understand what police told them -- that an acquaintance had walked into a...

LifeNet files suit against claims of competitor.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Tim McGlone Jul. 5--In the booming business of human tissue transplants, sterility is everything. Any publicity that a company fails to properly sterilize tissue grafts could quickly deflate its sales and its reputation. Though...

Woman charged with 72-year-old's murder and abduction.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Jim Washington Jul. 5--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Police have identified the dead woman found in a minivan parked outside a Philadelphia police station Monday as Mary M. Knight of Virginia Beach. Knight died from two gunshot wounds, at...

Cars take their last lap at Busch Gardens' Le Mans Raceway.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Roberta T. Vowell Jul. 5--WILLIAMSBURG -- Katrina Hall prepared to get behind the wheel for the first time. Eyes wide, hands clenched, she gazed warily at the car. Nervous? Sure. The Virginia Beach girl is, after all, only 7....

Virginia Beach Blvd. pedestrian bridge hits another snag.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Jon W. Glass Jul. 5--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Dashing across Virginia Beach Boulevard at lunchtime, from Town Center to Pembroke Mall, is a test of nerves. Idling cars stretch across eight lanes. When the pedestrian light says go,...

Take-charge style, once an asset, may cost Suffolk manager his job.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Aaron Applegate Jul. 5--SUFFOLK -- When City Manager Steve Herbert arrived here nearly a decade ago, he found a sprawling, diverse city that seemed to have it all. A historic downtown. Farms and villages. An interstate highway....

Chesapeake fire squad sets CPR training goal.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Cindy Clayton Jul. 5--CHESAPEAKE -- One thousand people in one day. That's how many people fire officials want to learn CPR during a marathon training event scheduled for early next year. They hope to sign up 1,000 relatives of...

When shopping carts stack up, Norfolk moves in.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Debbie Messina Jul. 5--NORFOLK -- Stray shopping carts are like rabbits. "If one or two are in left in one spot, soon you'll have three or four," said Mike Schaefer , a city engineer. Then, what started as a small nuisance...

Shore Drive hit-and-run victim dies; police still seek driver.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Jim Washington Jul. 5--VIRGINIA BEACH -- A 22-year-old man who was struck by an SUV on Shore Drive in a hit-and-run on June 25 has died. Larry Paul Bryant Jr. died at 4:06 a.m. Tuesday at Sentara Virginia Beach General...

Better exchange rate brings more Canadians south to Virginia Beach.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Tom Shean Jul. 5--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Yvon Bourret shrugged at paying $200 for his drive from the outskirts of Montreal. "It's much better to drive more miles for what you want," said Bourret, who drove 900 miles to Virginia...

EDITORIAL: Hampton in corner on Fort Monroe.(Editorial)
July 5, 2006... Jul. 5--Free to good tenant: one historic stone fort, great location, private moat, intriguing past; pricey to maintain; one owner leaving town, the other uninterested. That's the want ad the Defense Department should be shopping up and...

EDITORIAL: A laudable cover-up for illegal signs.(Editorial)
July 5, 2006... Jul. 5--They look like giant pale blue sticky notes, plastered on the advertisements that dot our public landscape like mushrooms after a rain: "Illegal Sign," it says in large letters. In much smaller ones, it provides a reason: "Sign on...

Post Script: Pharmacist's lifestyle was a match for his extroverted ways.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Fred Kirsch Jul. 5--VIRGINIA BEACH -- If he saw a pair of shoes or a shirt he thought a friend would look sharp in, Clarence Jones would buy it for him, telling his buddy, "This is you." If Jones was enjoying an exceptional...

Concerned Isle of Wight panel delays hotel plan.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Linda Mcnatt Jul. 5--ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY -- Members of the Planning Commission aren't happy with plans for a proposed 100-room hotel in the fast-growing northern end of the county. They don't like the parking. They don't like...

EVMS studies uses of cervical-cancer vaccine.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Elizabeth Simpson Jul. 5--It could have cost the family of 16-year-old Brittany Tedder $360 to have her receive the newly approved vaccine against cervical cancer. The Chesapeake teen, though, started the three-round series...

This plain-spoken captain loves the sea, and the chase.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Lee Tolliver Jul. 5--HATTERAS VILLAGE, N.C. -- The diesel belched a stinky cloud of gray as Rick Caton fired up the Free Agent . Caton took a deep breath of the salt, smoke and fish cocktail that filled the warm morning air. ...

2 hurt, 19 left homeless after fire at Norfolk apartments.
July 5, 2006... Byline: Janette Rodrigues Jul. 5--NORFOLK -- An early morning apartment fire displaced 19 people and injured a resident and firefighter Tuesday in northwest Norfolk. Firefighters were called at about 2:11 a.m. to the building at...

Former mayor asks court to move trial from Suffolk.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Dave Forster Jul. 6--SUFFOLK -- Former Mayor Johnnie E. Mizelle wants the trial of a lawsuit that was filed against him moved because of what his attorneys call irresponsible and inflammatory media coverage . Mizelle, a lawyer, is...

Boy who sued Suffolk teacher over stolen iPod loses court case.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Dave Forster Jul. 6--SUFFOLK -- A boy who sued a teacher over his stolen iPod lost his court case Wednesday, easing the worries of a teachers' union about similar lawsuits in the future. Brenton Stokes , 13, said someone stole...

Man indicted on first-degree murder charge in missionary's shooting.
July 6, 2006... Byline: John Hopkins Jul. 6--CHESAPEAKE -- A grand jury has indicted a 19-year-old Chesapeake man in the first-degree murder of Morgan W. Young, a Mormon missionary who was fatally shot while going door to door. Young was killed and...

OPINION: Pedestrians are the ones suffering by Town Center.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Kerry Dougherty Jul. 6--Ah, it seems like just yesterday some of us in the media were invited to an exciting Virginia Beach news conference where ambitious plans for Town Center were unveiled. The conference was organized, as I...

Bus brings financial advice to neighborhoods.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Jennifer Jiggetts Jul. 6--PORTSMOUTH -- Don't call Tiffany Cherry cheap. She prefers thrifty. The 25-year-old said she's cautious with her finances. She uses coupons and is serious about tucking away money to buy a home in a...