16+ hour, 45+ min ago  (642+ words) She'd been so looking forward to lounging around that March 1 morning. But a voice in Breona Brown's'head kept repeating: "Get up. Go to church." On a top shelf in a back closet is where she found it: her grandmother's secret....

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (166+ words) Kale on Books: Ever wanted to know more about John Hancock? Here's a book for you.Daily Press He might have had the largest signature of any signer of the Declaration of Independence, but many people don't know much about…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (414+ words) There are dates that people from different generations remember. For some, it could be where they were when President John F. Kennedy was killed; for others it could be where they were on 9/11. Although they were killed on Dec. 20, the news…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (713+ words) In 1920, prohibition was enacted. The 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was ratified. The country was still on the gold standard. And the First World War had ended just two years earlier. Sliced bread wasn't commercially sold until…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (299+ words) The attempted erasure of Black history within the U.S. military has gotten itself into a quagmire of resistance in a land far away and a time long ago, back to the days of Jim Crow. It also reflected recent efforts in…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (564+ words) The date is Dec. 4, 1945, at Pearl Harbor. Four years of war have passed since the infamous attack on this'U.S. naval base, and'Japan has surrendered. Now, in port, times are now relatively quiet. A ship steward is drinking with fellow sailors…...

5+ mon, 19+ hour ago  (675+ words) William "Bill" Crow, retiring president of the Virginia Ship Repair Association, dedicated his life's work to the maritime industry. Crow, a retired Navy captain, died on Oct. 25. He was 67. Brad Moyer, vice president of business development and strategic planning for…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (728+ words) YORKTOWN " For 40 years, Sharon Owen has been a "volunteer" at Historic Yorktown, including nearly a quarter century at the Gallery at York Hall on Main Street. Volunteers, though, typically don't work six days a week " about 50 hours total " or come…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (633+ words) The First Landing license plate elevates a message of faith, freedom and the enduring purpose declared on Virginia's shores, community advocate Pamela Burnham writes in a guest column. In the shadow of Cape Henry's windswept dunes, where the Atlantic meets…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1571+ words) On June 12, 1940 " just over a year before the U.S. was drawn into World War II " 19-year-old Ernest Pugh joined the Army. He was a new graduate of Botetourt High School in Gloucester and was stationed at what was then called Langley…...