Corinne Davis Jones was like nothing Norfolk had ever seen before. She was the wife of Hilary Jones Jr., the first African American member of the...
NORFOLK Olivia Driver Lindsay, one the Norfolk 17 to desegregate the Norfolk Public Schools, died July 24. Lindsay was one of seven African Americans to first...
OAKLAND, CA A former Chairwoman of the Black Panther Party will receive a $2.2 million settlement from the city of Oakland, Calif., to settle a 2015...
Over 4,000 of the 100,000 people diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) live in Virginia. It’s a disease which causes the body’s normally soft round-shaped red...
HAMPTON ROADS On Monday, July 16 and Tuesday, July 17, Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax convened three roundtables to hear from members of the community in Richmond...
An Academic Bridge-builder Champion of consensus and Committed to equality Hero Leader Visionary Shortly after the news of his death began spreading around Hampton Roads, apart...
NORFOLK Mrs. Corinne Jones, a notable personality in the Hampton Roads area, passed on July 15. The mother of three sons, Hilary, III, Darryl, and Circuit...
NORFOLK Three HBCU students participating in a national journalism program sponsored by General Motors’ Chevrolet Division are working at the New Journal and Guide before driving...
NORFOLK Norfolk State University is holding a series of forums July 16-17 to allow the various stackholding communities to give their input into the search for the...
Rodney Jordan (Ward 7) was succeeded as Chairman of the Norfolk City School Board by the panel’s Vice Chair, Dr. Noelle Gabriel, on the second day...