http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/111 Category: Roger Chesley en-us Copyright 2008 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:48:59 -0500 Chesapeake police officials hope to get a sizable haul when they offer their first-ever gun buyback program at two precincts on Saturday, Dec. 6. People can turn in their firearms, no questions asked. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/drying-explosive-pool Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:58:26 -0500 We want our teenagers to do what's right and be safe: Take your vitamins. Wear your seat belts. Don't post too much information about yourselves on the Internet. Wait to have sex until after marriage. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/straight-talk-about-sex-beats-regret Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:14:11 -0500 RESIDENTS in Chesapeake's ill-fated South Hill neighborhood, where workers are cleaning up a massive fertilizer spill from a collapsed aboveground tank, must be wondering whether the discharge was a freak accident - or an omen of things to come. City officials are trying to figure out the same thing. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/searching-hints-south-hill Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:42:55 -0500 What do these two things have in common: America's military men and women, and U.S. Olympic athletes? You see it, sadly, when newspapers such as The Washington Post run collages of our dead troops from the Iraq war. You see it, happily, when our Olympians march into whatever stadium is holding the quadrennial games. The colors. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/colors-nation-and-president Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:56:20 -0500 In a presidential election season that's been endless, Virginians could face lines at the polls Tuesday that seem just as long. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/cast-your-ballot-early-and-weekend-voting Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:43:00 -0400 Among the hundreds of handguns, knives and military arms inside Bob's Gun Shop - "in a Navy town, you have to have military guns" - owner Robert Marcus rarely refuses to sell to potential buyers. In maybe 98 times out of 100, background checks go off without a hitch at his huge store on Granby Street in downtown Norfolk. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/norfolk-arrest-proves-value-background-checks Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:51:38 -0400 Norfolk Police Chief Bruce Marquis advises that, "First and foremost, it goes back to the family, or lack thereof." James Church, 43, Chesapeake auto dealer and former pro football player, says teens need to "think of the consequences of things happening, that might be beyond your control, at 11 o'clock or 12 o'clock" at night. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/keeping-young-black-men-alive Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:54:32 -0400 Supporters of Barack Obama have more reason for hope, barely a month from the presidential election, that their candidate could be the first Democrat to turn Virginia blue in 44 years. Four polls of state voters released in the past several days show the race a virtual dead heat in the commonwealth; Obama led in two polls, and Republican nominee John McCain led in the other two. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/race-factor-virginias-presidential-polling Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:41:20 -0400 Fan fondness for insensitive racial terms has reared its ugly head once again. Virginian-Pilot writer Catherine Kozak reports that a former member of the North Carolina Board is urging school districts in the state to rid itself of Indian mascots. Eddie Davis has taken aim, in particular, at those schools that still use terms such as "Redskins," as offensive a moniker there is. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/nc-schools-have-unseemly-link-dc-team Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:37:21 -0400 My chruch  has a ritual that's among the most moving experiences I've witnessed there. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/laying-hands-city Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:34:26 -0400