Instead of simpering platitudes about the alleged killer, why didn’t the chief ask what the hell a 14-year-old was doing on the streets at 1 a.m.?
All tagged Norfolk
Louise Lucas Recall Attempt
Instead of seeking a recall election, where Lucas would be forced to run for office again - these folks are attempting to use a relatively obscure statute that throws her future to courts.
Who’s Setting Car Fires In Norfolk’s Ghent Neighborhood?
The fire marshal isn’t ready to say this leafy neighborhood has a serial arsonist at work, but four car fires in the past year? Two separate car fires in the past two weeks? On the same block?
Pharrell Offers Low-Income Families School Choice
Low-income families will be able to give their kids a private education. Just like their middle class counterparts. Imagine that!
Casino Gambling. A Risky Bet.
Instead of getting something like Las Vegas’ Bellagio, Tidewater may wind up with something like the dreary riverboat gambling outposts along the Mississippi or the slots slums of Dover.
Why All The Secrecy About Hospital Beds And Covid?
A memo to staff at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital last Thursday showed nine Covid patients in regular rooms. Two in ICU. None on ventilators. This is terrific news. Why all the secrecy?
Norfolk Needs A Newspaper. So Does Virginia Beach.
No matter how much spin The Tribune attempts to put on its boneheaded decision to drag the remnants of the once-sprawling Virginian-Pilot staff to Newport News, this will no longer be a Norfolk newspaper.
So Our Region Is Now The 757?
“It’s garbage. Total garbage.”
When Kids Go Bad
Any 11-year-old playing with guns and hanging with gang bangers is out of control. Where are the parents?
Millennials Want Mayberry. Surprised?
Yep, as predicted, millennials have come to their senses and are now fleeing urban paradises with their children in tow.
Tidewater, Virginia. Our Home.
You know what this means, of course: Out-of-touch marketing monkeys will be hired to tell us where it is we live.
Travion Blount Is Getting Out Of Prison
He's a felon. Not a folk hero.
Do Your Job
Norfolk’s Commonwealth’s Attorney Greg Underwood does not like Virginia’s marijuana laws. He’s effectively legalized pot in his city by refusing to prosecute misdemeanor cases.
We Were All Monarchs
A Cinderella team from Norfolk that took down a football powerhouse.
Bloodthirsty Pit Bulls Terrorize Virginia Beach
It appears that a pair of pit bulls with a taste for blood are running loose at the North End of Virginia Beach.
Light Rail. Virginia Beach Dodged A Bullet
Beach voters had the smarts to say no to light rail in 2016, despite relentless pressure to say yes from The Virginian-Pilot’s editorial page, developers and politicians owned by developers.