The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA

Don't Blame Trucks for Tunnel Backups

It's the other (bad) drivers Anyone who believes that trucks are the cause of the daily traffic woes at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel or the Downtown, and Midtown tunnels is deluding himself.

Union Mission Stalwart to Be Honored for Life's Work

If he had his druthers, the Rev. Ted Bashford wouldn't be the guest of honor at an event next week. He'd just skip the testimonials, video presentation and reception marking his half- century at the helm of the Union Mission Ministries. "It was not my idea," Bashford, humble as ever, said in an interview Thursday about the Sept. 15 event at First Baptist Church of Norfolk.

For Virginia Beach, a Lesson Over the Line

Virginia Beach made two fateful decisions in the 1990s on transportation, first by killing the tolls on the expressway and then by quitting a light rail partnership with Norfolk. Both have come back to haunt the Beach now, severely complicating its ambition to remake the center of the city using the lessons learned at Town Center. Ending the tolls left it without a source for the $1 billion in I- 264 improvements recommended recently to keep traffic circulating along the city's midsection. By...

For 30 Years, Cafeteria Manager Nourished Bodies and Souls

BY FRED KIRSCH THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

San Antonio to Make Sept. 11 Visit to New York

the virginian-pilot NORFOLK - More than 300 sailors and Marines on the Norfolk-based amphibious transport dock San Antonio will enter New York Harbor on Monday to commemorate the five-year anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center.

A Day of Caring

BY janie bryant THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Hits and Misses

Hit: An idea worth repeating There's far too little bipartisan cooperation in Richmond these days. So, it was refreshing to read that Gov. Kaine asked one of his leading Republican tormentors, Beach Del. Leo Wardrup, to interview the three finalists for VDOT boss. Wardrup called the winner, David Ekern of Idaho, an "idea man." That bodes well for the future.

Widow Hopes to Increase Awareness of Funeral Thefts

BY Dave Forster THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Roads Plan Expected to Stir Debate

By Tom Holden The Virginian-Pilot

More Housecleaning Needed by New Sheriff

It is hard to believe in the year 2006, that a local sheriff's office would need a commonwealth's attorney to step in with the reminder that slavery is illegal. But exactly that twisted sort of culture has been allowed to fester in the Portsmouth sheriff's office for too long. On Thursday, former Sheriff Gary Waters and former auxiliary Deputy Matthew Ejma were both indicted by a grand jury for using prisoners as free labor to enrich themselves. A handful of misdemeanor indictments against a ...

Lewis and Clark's Crew of 124 Guides the Ship Home to Norfolk

BY JACK DORSEY THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Police Seek Robber Swiping Cigars, Cash

BY WILLIAM LIN THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

School Buses Cleaning Up Their Act with Biodiesel Fuel

BY LAUREN ROTH THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Driver in Shooting to Serve Less Time Than Jury Sought

BY MICHELLE WASHINGTON THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Portsmouth Deputy Turns Self in After Being Indicted Thursday

the virginian-pilot PORTSMOUTH - Matthew Ejma, a former auxiliary deputy indicted Thursday on eight misdemeanor charges in relation with using inmates to do lawn work, has turned himself in to the Sheriff's Office, said spokeswoman Sgt. Amber Whittaker.

High Tax On Virginia Food Is Nothing to Laugh At

Who says politicians don't have a sense of humor? Why just this week I met one for breakfast and here's what he said about splitting the tab :

Former Teacher Pleads Guilty in Indecency Case

BY LAUREN ROTH THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

Fire at Home Accidentally Set by Child, Officials Say

The VIRGINIAN-PILOT NORFOLK - A fire that displaced a family of five was started accidentally by the family's 7-year-old child, fire officials said.

City Seeks to Condemn 10 Properties

By dave forster and AARON APPLEGATE The Virginian-Pilot

Letters to the Editor - the Virginian Pilot

Science, not politics, for King William Reservoir The decision by the State Water Control Board in Richmond to deny Newport News a permit extension for its proposed King William Reservoir (news, Sept. 7) represents a welcome bureaucratic check on a locality that has gotten away with far too much in the almost 20 years it has been fighting for this ill-conceived water plan.