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Police Reports

Police Reports for May 26-29

The following information comes directly from Suffolk Law Enforcement’s Event Map.   May 26 Motor vehicle theft, Clara Court Tampering with a vehicle, Clara Court ... Read more

by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, May 30, 2023 5:30 pm

Columnists

Column – Change reaches Suffolk

The mid-1960s news belonged to the schools.  In January 1963, Florence Bowser School was dedicated. It was one of several new schools built or renovated.  ... Read more

by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, May 30, 2023 5:26 pm

Columnists

Column – Eyes to the sky 3….2….1…. blast off

The year 1961 starts off in an explosion of news and turmoil. On Jan. 4, an explosion of a nuclear reactor killed three people in ... Read more

by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, May 23, 2023 3:53 pm

Columnists

Column – Race and Space

School integration dominated the front pages nationwide. Locally, Virginia passed legislation that allowed for funding of private schools in the case that public schools were ... Read more

by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, May 16, 2023 4:15 pm

Columnists

Column – Nuclear-level tension

The United States continued its development of nuclear power, but it wasn’t the only country to do so. All of the world’s superpowers were testing ... Read more

by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, May 9, 2023 4:38 pm

News

Music of a different sort

Hey, what’s that sound? Everybody look, what’s going down? There was some lovely music coming from the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Saturday, and ... Read more

by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, May 2, 2023 5:20 pm

Columnists

Column- Race dominates discussions

The topic of school integration continued through 1956. In the first week of January, several stories covered the front page regarding the “Gray plan.” The ... Read more

by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, May 2, 2023 4:32 pm

Columnists

Column – ‘Separate but equal has no place’

1955 and ’56 were filled with turmoil as well as advances in civil rights and medicine.  In early 1954, the first full-scale thermonuclear explosion in ... Read more

by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, April 25, 2023 5:31 pm

Columnists

Column – Cities, roads and alligators

As the Korean War dragged on through 1952-53, other conflicts appeared in the country.  In January, the Moses bill was introduced in Richmond. If the ... Read more

by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, April 18, 2023 5:28 pm

Columnists

Column – Passing of time

The 1950s were ushered in with a worldwide interest in nuclear weapons. As the world’s superpowers raced to develop weapons of their own, the United ... Read more

by Jen Jaqua, Tuesday, April 11, 2023 4:16 pm

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