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King's Fork

Clean sweep for Suffolk hoops: King’s Fork boys and girls, Lakeland girls advance

King’s Fork’s boys and girls basketball teams, and Lakeland’s girls, advanced to the state semifinals after all of them collected home wins Friday. Starting the ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, March 4, 2022 11:12 pm

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Curtis Milteer Sr. championed a Whaleyville recreation center. Now it will be renamed in his honor

The Whaleyville Recreation Center was something former Councilman Curtis Milteer Sr. had championed and was proud to cut the ribbon for when it opened in ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, March 4, 2022 7:00 pm

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Suffolk Public Schools students still have to mask on buses

People riding public school buses or vans in Suffolk will still be required to wear masks, despite a new directive from the Centers for Disease ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, March 4, 2022 6:58 pm

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Route 58 flyover project aims to make regional landfill access easier

The Suffolk City Council this week received an update on the $39.4 million project to improve access to the regional landfill off of U.S. Routes ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, March 4, 2022 6:56 pm

Nansemond River

Nansemond River had the inside track on state championships as boys, girls sweep titles

Nansemond River’s girls indoor track team had won state championships before, while the boys had come their closest in 2020 in finishing second. This season, ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 8:41 pm

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Vocal vitriol over city lease with councilwoman’s farm

A land-use issue involving Councilwoman Shelley Butler-Barlow raised a point of contention with another councilman who faced a similar issue early in his first term ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 8:40 pm

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Suffolk superintendent’s proposed $232.5 million budget provides raises for school employees

Emphasizing the retention and recruitment of teachers, support staff and bus drivers while providing relief for overburdened staff, Superintendent Dr. John B. Gordon III has ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, February 25, 2022 10:44 pm

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Redistricting plan adopted by council has been 10 years in the making 

Ten long years. Lue Ward ran for Suffolk City Council largely on the issue of redistricting, saying some Black communities had been split into two ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, February 25, 2022 10:43 pm

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No oral exam, but students at Booker T. Washington Elementary School receive dental kits to help their teeth 

They may have had to modify their outreach due to COVID-19, but members of the Suffolk Chapter of The Links Inc. were still able to ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, February 25, 2022 10:41 pm

Sports

Do the King’s Fork boys and girls basketball teams have it in them to win state championships? ‘For sure.’

King’s Fork coach Rick Hite expected Sam Brannen to have a big game, and his unheralded junior guard delivered. Brannen led the Bulldogs with 32 ... Read more

by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, February 25, 2022 10:40 pm

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