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High school scoreboard: No. 1 Kellam boys, girls win respective Class 5 Region A lacrosse championships
Danny Cox and Quincy Williams scored for No. 4 seed Smithfield in a shutout of No. 1 Gloucester, advancing to the boys soccer ...
Photos: Kellam girls and boys lacrosse defeat Cox to claim Class 5 Region A championships
Kellam girls defeated Cox 17-13 while the boys defeated Cox 11-4 to secure Class 5 Region A championship titles during games ...
Down go the champs: Hickory boys defeat Cox, advance to Class 5 Region A title game
Hickory, which also secured a state tournament berth with the win, will now face the winner of the Kellam/Great Bridge ...
Hampton rally beats Jamestown, nets first baseball state tournament berth in 35 years
The Crabbers scored seven runs in the sixth to erase a four-run deficit and qualify for the state tournament for the first ...
Newark airport runway project wraps up early, so when will flight limits ease?
The FAA limited the Newark airport to 28 arrivals and 28 departures an hour last month because of the construction and staff ...
Letters for June 3: The US is on an unsustainable spending path
Letter writers discuss national debt, tax burden on seniors, President Donald Trump’s ambush of South Africa’s president, and ...
Column: We must tax billionaires if we want to save Virginia
Unless we fight for change, the wealthy few will continue to stack the deck against us, NextGen America’s Will Winters writes ...
Editorial: Early childhood education programs deserve robust support
Virginia’s early childhood education programs would be imperiled by changes proposed by the Trump administration.
Can Trump fix the national debt? Republican senators, many investors and even Elon Musk have doubts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters and ...
Alf Clausen, Emmy-winning composer who wrote music for ‘The Simpsons’ for 27 years, dies at 84
Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer whose music provided essential accompaniment for the animated antics of “The Simpsons” ...
Norfolk firefighter who lost his job over medical marijuana use challenges firing after change in Virginia law
Former Norfolk firefighter Brandon Beltaine was fired in 2023 for medical marijuana use off the job — a dismissal that would now be illegal under changes made to Virginia law last year. He’s ...
Virginia Wesleyan prepares for Trine in best-of-3 NCAA D-III softball championship series
Seeking its fourth NCAA Division III softball championship since 2017, Virginia Wesleyan will meet Trine in the best-of-three finals in Bloomington, Illinois, starting at noon Eastern Tuesday. Game 2 ...