POWs gather in Suffolk
Before Japanese soldiers captured Earl Szwabo in 1942, he had manned a 12-inch disappearing gun in a sea battery on the Philippines island of Corregidor. Read more | 1 comment
Latest news
Bank executives guilty
A federal jury in Norfolk on Friday handed down guilty verdicts for numerous charges against three top executives and a favored borrower in the Bank ... Read more
The Latest
Charges dismissed against school employee
A Portsmouth school employee arrested last year on charges of taking indecent liberties with a child had the charges dismissed in court this week. Read more
Obici honors volunteers
Sentara Obici Hospital Auxiliary honored its many volunteers with a dinner and awards for cumulative hours of service over their lives at Bethlehem Christian Church ... Read more
No cicada invasion
A 17-year cicada brood has arrived elsewhere in Virginia, but a Virginia Tech entomologist says Suffolk will be spared. Read more
Case against drunken driving
The carnage that confronted Nansemond River High School students Thursday may not have been real, but it was certainly realistic. Read more | 1 comment
Matchstick stadium
A replica of Yankee Stadium made from 75,000 matchsticks paved the way for one remarkable trip to the real Yankee Stadium for a couple of ... Read more
- Memorial Day services set
- Norfolk approves SPSA discussions
- Driver Ruritan Club gets new life
- Camp gives KFHS coach insight
- Book signing to benefit shelter
- School bus ‘mooner’ guilty | 16 comments
- Man charged in sex crimes
- Planners delay loft decision
- Camp for budding sleuths
- Pilot Club gives awards
- Fire destroys antique vehicles
- Suffolk man shakes it with Luke Bryan | 1 comment
- ‘I just did the best I could’
- Democrats nominate Holmes
- Rain dampens controlled burn plans
- Officer’s son born one year after attack | 6 comments
- Police seek shooting suspect
- Illegal-gambling arrests made
- Planes grounded, but spirits soar
- Rent vouchers squeezed | 8 comments
- NRHS valedictorian D.C.-bound
- Foundation fulfills dream for Suffolk kid
- Democrats to hold forum, straw poll
- Southall wins two gold, one silver medal
Sports
Roberts signs with Chowan
King’s Fork basketball standout Chantel Roberts will return to the court as a college freshman after committing to play for Chowan University during a signing ... Read more
- Wash leads Suffolk 2013 All-SED class
- Riggs named to all-district first team
- KFHS football players college-bound
Suffolk Living
Quiet on the set!
Wearing a green print dress and with her red hair piled on top of her head in the typical 1950s fashion, a very pregnant woman, ... Read more | 2 comments
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Military
Wounded Warrior competes for gold
The daughter of a Suffolk couple knows how an explosion, crash, gunshot, sickness or emotional trauma can push a military service member to a place ... Read more | 1 comment
Special Projects
The Siege is Lifted
Late in the afternoon of Thursday, April 30, 1863, Gen. James Longstreet received a message he had been expecting.
Faith & Family
New pastor from Suffolk leads Carrsville church
A Carrsville church has a new pastor and assistant pastor who come from New Mount Joy Food for Living Ministries in Suffolk. Read more
Fun & Leisure
Another ‘Taste’
Want to find great food, fabulous entertainment, and plenty of children’s activities all within walking distance of each other? Take a bite out of the ... Read more | 1 comment
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