Recently added articles from Daily Press (Newport News, VA):
- BRIEF: Police identify suspect in Suffolk bank robbery.
- Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mike Holtzclaw Oct. 10--SUFFOLK -- Suffolk police are looking for 38-year-old William Allan Owens in connection with a bank robbery on Tuesday afternoon. At about 12:25 p.m. on Tuesday, police say a man entered the Wachovia Bank at 201 N. Main Street and ...
- BRIEF: Woman sexually assaulted in her home.
- Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mike Holtzclaw Oct. 10--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Police are looking for an armed man who sexually assaulted a woman in her Virginia Beach home on Tuesday morning. The 25-year-old victim told police she awoke early Tuesday morning at her residence on Woolard Crescent ...
- Lanes: Two. Lawyers: Lots.: An inside look at how hidden costs and legal snarls can cause a pile-up for a vital Newport News road project.
- Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Matt Sabo Oct. 10--It takes more than asphalt, concrete and orange cones to widen Warwick Boulevard. It also takes six legal firms or researchers at a cost of $179,549, with one of the lawyers who is working for the state embroiled in bankruptcy proceedings. ...
- Drought helps temperature soar: Tuesday's heat reached highs rarely seen for this time of year; it was the first 90-degree October day in 21 years.
- Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Patrick Lynch Oct. 10--The temperature in Hampton Roads soared Tuesday to a record high not reached on any Oct. 9 since the Dust Bowl. There have been hotter October days since then -- most recently, a 94-degree Oct. 4 in 1986. But the official National ...
- BRIEF: Hampton police looking for armed man who robbed store.
- Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mike Holtzclaw Oct. 10--HAMPTON -- Police are trying to identify the man who robbed a Hampton convenience store early Tuesday morning. The Hampton Police Division has released photos from the surveillance camera showing the man entering the 7-Eleven on Orcutt ...
- BRIEF: Fringe group to protest Davis' funeral.
- Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--A fringe group that blames war deaths in Iraq as a punishment for a U.S. tolerance for homosexuality said it plans to protest U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Davis' funeral Thursday. The Topeka, Kansas-based group, Westboro Baptist Church, did not explain why it will picket the ...
- Panel told to look beyond Tech tragedy: A House panel on mental health issues is warned that looking for short-term fixes may end up making the situation worse.
- Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Hugh Lessig Oct. 10--RICHMOND -- State lawmakers must see beyond the Virginia Tech tragedy in trying to fix the mental health system or they could make things worse, a top expert told a legislative panel Monday. Aradhana Bela Sood served on the independent ...
- Warwick holdout to get $1.5 million: VDOT settles with a doctor on Warwick Boulevard property.
- Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Matt Sabo Oct. 10--A $1.5 million settlement is ending a long-running dispute over the value of 1.1 acres at a medical complex on Warwick Boulevard. The property in question is the front portion of driveway, parking lot and entrances that the Virginia ...
- You can avoid the flu: Local health care providers offer advice to help you survive the viral illness season.
- Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Alison Johnson Oct. 10--While every flu season is different, there are some constants: Come October, it's never too early to get a vaccination against the viral illness. And throughout the winter, it's never too late. "Influenza might not appear in certain ...
- BRIEF: Newport News man killed in city's 25th homicide of '07.
- Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Mike Holtzclaw Oct. 10--NEWPORT NEWS -- A man was shot to death in Newport News early this morning, the city's 25th homicide of the year. Lavar Deshan Pierce, a 29-year-old Newport News resident, was pronounced dead at the scene outside an apartment complex on ...
- Blind man sees bright future -- with help: Insight Enterprises has helped about 18,000 disabled Peninsula residents live and work on their own in the last 20 years.
- Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Lisa Finneran Oct. 10--NEWPORT NEWS -- Andre Tynes knows there's nothing he can't do. "I just may have to do it a little differently," said Tynes, who was in his 30s when meningitis robbed him of his vision. But it wasn't always that way. ...
- Tech notes: Dunlevy kicing up perfection: Tech notes: Dunlevy kicing up perfection.
- Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Norm Wood Oct. 9--BLACKSBURG -- Maybe all Virginia Tech kicker Jud Dunlevy needed was a little pressure and a big crowd watching him. Something is working for him. Dunlevy, a 5-foot-9, 179-pound senior from Roanoke Rapids, N.C., has been perfect this season ....
- William and Mary defense crashes: Unit must rebound after a step back against Villanova.
- Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Dave Fairbank Oct. 9--WILLIAMSBURG -- William and Mary's steadily improving defense crashed into a sinkhole in a record-breaking loss at Villanova. The Tribe now must demonstrate that last Saturday's performance was an aberration, with a struggling opponent up ...
- Daily Press, Newport News, Va., David Teel column: PD powers clash again.
- Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: David Teel Oct. 9--Tracy Harrod chuckles at the suggestion that he's like some Nobel laureate unearthing a magic elixir. "We had a pretty good night," Denbigh High's football coach says. "But I don't think we solved any puzzle." Said puzzle is ...
- U.Va. notes: Pearman makes the most of opportunity: U.Va. notes: Pearman makes the most of opportunity.
- Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Melinda Waldrop Oct. 9--CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Andrew Pearman's career at Virginia has been interesting, with a transfer from Hawaii in 2004 and a withdrawal from school because of personal reasons last year. But until last Saturday's game at Middle Tennessee, it ...
- Star Track: Allison Wolfe.
- Oct 09, 2007 ... Oct. 9--Transfer Allison Wolfe's arrival on Christopher Newport's volleyball team has been an outstanding fit, to say the least. Wolfe, 20, a 6-foot junior outside hitter from Yorktown, has sparked CNU (17-5, 11-0 USA South) to a 16-match winning streak. Her team will set the school ...
- Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Dave Fairbank column: Billy D. stops at Heritage.
- Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Dave Fairbank Oct. 2--It's lunchtime on a Sunday in late September and inside the Heritage High gym, the head coach of the two-time defending NCAA basketball champs works up a sweat. Florida's Billy Donovan prowls the court, moving around players from the ...
- BRIEF: U.Va. announces UConn kickoff.
- Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--U.Va.'s game at against Connecticut on Oct. 13 will kick off at 3:30 p.m. and be televised on ESPNU. ... Sophomore cornerback and kick returner Vic Hall was named the ACC specialist of the week after returning four punts for 86 yards and scoring a 4-yard touchdown on a ...
- Star Track: Kyle Booker: Star Track: Kyle Booker.
- Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Sonny Dearth Oct. 2--is.Hampden-Sydney College senior Kyle Booker of Gloucester made probably the most memorable interception of his life Saturday. His pickoff with 4 seconds remaining clinched the Tigers' 38-31 home victory over Bridgewater, which has won five of the ...
- NASA rescues treasures at risk: NASA, Daily Press.
- Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Patrick Lynch Oct. 2--A mystery had enveloped the famous founding documents of this country. More precisely, the mystery had crept into the helium-filled, custom-made glass encasements that held the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. ...
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