NORFOLK A production problem caused Virginian-Pilot newspapers to be delivered late this morning to homes and businesses across the company's circulation area.

NORFOLK Maurice Jones has been a Rhodes scholar, corporate lawyer, senior state official. His newest title: newspaper publisher.

ROANOKE Chris Tyree of The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk has been named Virginia News Photographer of the Year. The honor was announced Friday at the annual convention of the Virginia News Photographers Association, which was held in Roanoke. Runner-up honors were shared by two other Pilot photographers, Stephen M. Katz and Rich-Joseph Facun.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Stephen Katz , a photographer for The Virginian-Pilot, was named the Photographer of the Year in the National Press Photographer’s Association Northern Short Course 2008 Photo Contest. The awards were announced Saturday.

The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, The News & Advance of Lynchburg and the Northern Virginia Daily of Strasburg have been honored as the best daily newspapers in Virginia. The three publications repeated as winners for the second year in a row in the Virginia Press Association’s sweepstakes competition in their respective circulation groups.

By Denis Finley Today, you will not find your TV book, “What’s On?” inside the paper. A number of things have led to its demise: changing habits of our readers, more choices in the market, declining interest in the book, and hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in losses for many years.

Stephen M. Katz of The Virginian-Pilot was named the newspaper photographer of the year Friday night, taking the top honor in the 65th Annual Pictures of the Year International Competition.

Chesapeake David Bass and his female accomplice preyed on senior citizens throughout Chesapeake by fast talking their way into homes and stealing cash and valuables, prosecutors said.