BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — During a recent expo at the Law Enforcement Training Academy, Officer S.D. Simmons III from the city’s Third Precinct
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THE INDEPENDENT NEWS CREEDS — The Senior Resource Center, Inc., in Creeds recognized public safety personnel Wednesday, Feb. 1, during the center’s annual First Responders
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE – The city reached a settlement in December with the family of a woman who died after a collision near Lynnhaven
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE OCEANFRONT — One day in November, police Sgt. Lonnie Cain and other members of the Second Precinct were having dinner to see
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — If only in terms of crimes involving cars, 2016 ended for Virginia Beach with an unfortunate consistency with what had
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS Several people were displaced this morning after a house fire on the 100 block of Wade Avenue in Knotts Island, N.C.,
BY VENI FIELDS VIRGINIA BEACH — Between the lettuce and tomatoes she was stacking on a row of turkey on white sandwiches, Kaiya Putman noticed
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2016: The year in photos by The Princess Anne Independent News
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS PUNGO — Here are some of images that, with few exceptions, we ran in print or online during this past year. Click
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – A Circuit Court judge on Wednesday, Oct. 19, sentenced a Pungo man to 15 years for involuntary manslaughter and
Ed. note – What follows is the text of a plan submitted by the Virginia Beach NAACP, the Virginia Beach Interdenominational Ministers Conference and