Norfolk

Grand Illumination in Downtown Norfolk

cubecandy — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Celebrate the Season with our parade. It all kicks off at 7p.m. with the spectacular illumination of the Downtown Norfolk and Olde Town Portsmouth skylines. The City of Portsmouth is a major sponsor and will have a float in the parade.

Skinny Pupply plays at the NorVa

cubecandy — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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Shipping line will add cargo at port of Hampton Roads

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:07:23 -0500

NORFOLK Mediterranean Shipping Co., the second-largest shipping line in the world, has made Hampton Roads its "last out" and southern-most port of call on a revised service to the Middle and Far East, a port executive told a panel of state officials on Friday.

Norfolk razes damaged decks built on public property

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:53:11 -0500

NORFOLK Two years ago, Michelle Schenck sank her life savings into a bungalow on the Chesapeake Bay, a "forever dream house" with a private deck on the dune and a wide beach just beyond the back door.

Church group offers free laundry service for storm victims

Patrick.Wilson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:43 -0500

NORFOLK The Virginia Baptist Mission Board is offering free drop-off laundry service today and Saturday to South Hampton Roads residents whose clothing was damaged during last week’s nor’easter.

Ruling: Member of 'Norfolk Four' can be retried

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:26:29 -0500

By Larry O'Dell RICHMOND Prosecutors can retry an ex-sailor who received a conditional pardon from Virginia's governor after spending 11 years in prison for the rape and murder of a fellow sailor's wife, a federal judge has ruled.

Month later, Norfolk mall remains devoid of teens in evenings

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:07:53 -0500

By Jaedda Armstrong NORFOLK At 5:05 Wednesday evening, 17-year-old Tiffani Walker stood outside MacArthur Center waiting for her mother to pick her up. She'd rather have still been inside shopping, but she would have been asked to leave and been escorted out by the downtown mall's security guards. The guards now stood at every entrance scanning each passing face for a hint of adolescence.

Some see racial overtones in Norfolk's pet-adoption event

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:02:46 -0500

NORFOLK It's billed as a "Blowout adoption event for our black babies." The Norfolk Animal Care Center, the city's animal-control facility, is offering half-off fees on black dogs and cats starting the day after Thanksgiving, dubbing the event "Black Fur-iday."

Police arrest suspect in Norfolk parking deck shooting

Cindy.Clayton — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:26:54 -0500

NORFOLK Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of two men Thursday morning in the Freemason Street parking deck.

Investigators arrested Brandon Deshawn Bethea Sr., 24, of the 2600 block of King Court in Chesapeake, a police statement said. He was arrested in the 1100 block of Oldwood St. in Chesapeake.

Maersk Alabama captain thanks Bainbridge crew

Cindy.Clayton — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:29:06 -0500

NORFOLK There are no rules of etiquette for thanking the highly trained snipers who killed your captors, no guidelines about how to express gratitude to the crew of a warship that stood by while pirates held you hostage.