Community-based literacy programs address local needs by offering family learning initiatives, structured curricula and partnerships with businesses to provide resources and training.

Tashonna McKinzie, 49, of Virginia Beach, was the Inmate Classification Manager, a civilian position within the sheriff’s department, according to the sheriff’s office.

Known for celebrating at Waffle House restaurants after victories, Queen gained his fifth win in the series this year but his ...

Matt Lloyd’s double and Bryan Torres’ single, both in the second inning, brought in the only runs Tides starter Roansy Contreras (6-3) allowed in five innings.

The Peninsula Pilots clinched the Coastal Plain League’s East Division regular-season title Friday on Fan Appreciation Night, bolting to a six-run lead and holding off the Tri-City Chili Peppers 6-4 ...

A Kill Devil Hills teenager has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeannie Seely, the soulful country music singer behind such standards like “Don’t Touch Me,” has died. She was 85. Her publicist, Don Murry Grubbs, said she died Friday after ...

Portsmouth’s Ports and Industrial Commission shared earlier this month a host of initiatives and opportunities underway to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Science Foundation can continue to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from researchers in ...

The more effectively the U.S. invests in diplomacy, the fewer costly and dangerous crises we face later, former diplomat ...

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This column ignores almost completely the elephant in the room: global warming. If we continue the present path to almost indiscriminate and non-stop polluting of our atmosphere with greenhouse gases, ...