Corrections Archive

Correction from The Virginian-Pilot

In a story on Page 3 of Thursday's Hampton Roads section ("Man dies after hitting bus head-on"), the name and age of the man killed in an accident Wednesday involving a minivan and a school bus were incorrect. The victim was Fredrick Michael Adkins, and he was 54.

Correction from The Virginian-Pilot

Because of a source error, a story on Page 11 of Wednesday's front section misstated the type of workers who would lose their jobs at Farm Fresh. No information technology positions are included in the planned layoffs by Farm Fresh's parent company, Supervalu Inc.

Suffolk man, 54, dies after plowing into school bus

CORRECTION: Because of a source error, the name and age of the man who died was incorrect in an earlier version of this story.
SUFFOLK
A 54-year-old city resident driving a minivan on U.S. 58 died after crossing into the opposite lane and hitting a school bus head-on during the morning commute Wednesday.

Correction from The Virginian-Pilot

Jennifer Wester is a spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry. Her name was incorrect in a story ("Golf course cited over worker's death") on Page 1 of Saturday's Hampton Roads section. Also, Cahoon Plantation golf course has 15 days to contest the citation from when the citation was received. The story misstated the deadline.

Chesapeake golf course cited after worker's death

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misspelled a labor department spokeswoman's last name. It also misstated the amount of time the golf course had to contest the findings. CHESAPEAKE

Corrections from The Virginian-Pilot

A story on Page 1 of Wednesday's Hampton Roads section ("Man extradited to U.S. to face sex assault charges") misstated the year of a June 11 rape in Virginia Beach. It happened in 2004, not 2006.

Man extradited from South Africa, charged in sex assault cases

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misstated the year of a June 11 rape in Virginia Beach. It happened in 2004, not 2006.
VIRGINIA BEACH

A South African man who police say sexually assaulted multiple women in Virginia Beach and the Outer Banks between 2003 and 2006 has been brought to the United States to face charges.

Corrections from The Virginian-Pilot

The ironclad Monitor rounded Cape Charles on March 8, 1862. Its route was incorrectly referenced in Sunday's "Our Stories" column on Page 3 of the Hampton Roads section.

Corrections from The Virginian-Pilot

Corrections

A photo that ran on page 4 of Sports on Monday (“NFC: Game-ending field goal was a second for Giants’ Tynes”) showed the Giants’ Steve Weatherford celebrating his team’s victory in the NFC Championship.

Corrections from The Virginian-Pilot

Two photo captions were incorrect in Saturday's Daily Break with a story (" 'Red Tails' flies into theaters") about Norfolk native and actor Nate Parker. The actor pictured on the cover was David Oyelowo. A photo on Page 3 showed Leslie Odom Jr., Michael B. Jordan and Parker.