Area hall of fame to induct Portsmouth gold medalist
NORFOLK Olympic gold medalist LaTasha Colander-Clark of Portsmouth will be inducted into the Hampton Roads African American Sports Hall of Fame on Oct. 27 at Norfolk's Waterside Marriott Hotel. Joining...
View ArticleFire chief left job but still on Portsmouth payroll
PORTSMOUTH Former Fire Chief Don Horton left his job in July but remains on the city payroll under a law that protects employees' jobs while they are on leave. Horton is being paid sick time under the...
View ArticleMan survives jump from James River Bridge
Police said a Newport News man survived after jumping off the James River Bridge on Monday morning. Virginia State Police said an officer was traveling southbound on Route 17 on the bridge when he...
View ArticleFormer Portsmouth fire chief is back - but doing what?
PORTSMOUTH Former fire chief Don Horton is back at work for the city, nearly three months after he submitted a resignation letter. Just what he's doing isn't clear. When asked about his status on...
View ArticleEmbattled Portsmouth city manager is out
PORTSMOUTH The City Council unanimously voted to accept City Manager Kenneth Chandler's resignation Tuesday evening at a packed and at times raucous meeting. Chandler, who tried to explain why former...
View ArticleWorking to erase the racial gap in cancer mortality rates
Last of three parts | Part 1 | Part 2 ____ Cancer kills those who wait. Barbara Bynum first learned that lesson in 1975 when her 35-year-old sister died because she didn't go to the doctor in time. The...
View ArticleRetiring Portsmouth judge brought humor to bench
PORTSMOUTH James A. Cales Jr. arrived in Portsmouth fresh out of law school in 1968, ready for his first job as an assistant commonwealth’s attorney. And he stayed. Eleven years as commonwealth’s...
View ArticleAir your grievances, but no air time in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH City Council meetings this year will likely appear shorter, and a little less colorful, thanks to a recent decision to edit certain speakers out of rebroadcasts. Starting Tuesday, residents...
View ArticleMan drives car into house, forcing family to move
PORTSMOUTH A man driving a green Mercury sedan ran into a residence in the 1200 block of Florida Avenue this morning, doing enough damage that a family must move from the home. The 911 call came...
View ArticleMan wanted for years in Norfolk arrested in New York
NORFOLK A man wanted for more than half a decade on multiple child sex crime charges was arrested Wednesday. Miguel Santos Flores was picked up by U.S. marshals in Wantagh, N.Y., on warrants issued in...
View ArticleODU | Monarchs get back to basics in tackling 101
NORFOLK Coach Bobby Wilder said the Monarchs will live tackle in practice more often after watching a rigorous two-hour workout Tuesday morning.
View ArticleUAB cornerbacks among 10 players to sign with ODU
NORFOLK Jordan Petty and Devon Brown, the starting cornerbacks for the University of Alabama at Birmingham this season, were among 10 players who signed with Old Dominion on Wednesday, the beginning of...
View ArticleSorority providing safe place for tricycle riders
Children at the 105-year-old Ida Barbour Early Learning Center will soon have a new form of fun and exercise, thanks to the efforts of an even older sorority.
View ArticleLinemen from Northern Virginia, Atlanta commit to ODU
NORFOLK Old Dominion’s football program added some heft to its offensive line today when the Monarchs received verbal commitments from a guard in Northern Virginia and a tackle from suburban Atlanta....
View ArticleODU gets another three-star wide receiver from New Jersey
NORFOLK Old Dominion has attracted yet another three-star football recruit from New Jersey. Tyree Rodgers, a 6-foot-2 junior who plays quarterback at Camden Catholic High, has committed to ODU. Rated a...
View ArticleAmerican Sports Network will televise Appalachian State-ODU football game
NORFOLK In large part because of lobbying by Old Dominion coach Bobby Wilder, the American Sports Network announced Tuesday that it will televise ODU's Sept. 26 home game against Appalachian State.
View ArticleNorfolk State schedules football games with JMU, Richmond and W&M
NORFOLK Norfolk State has scheduled football games against three Colonial Athletic Association teams, including the school’s first ever against James Madison University and the University of Richmond,...
View ArticleWilder hopes ODU eventually adds Norfolk State to future football schedules
NORFOLK Old Dominion football coach Bobby Wilder said he's pleased the Monarchs have added VMI, Hampton and Buffalo to their future schedules. But he'd like to see one school added to that list:...
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