BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — A couple of weeks ago, Abby Furco’s mom, Patty Furco, asked did she want to go to the beach? Abby,
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — The sheriff’s office in June began Operation Green Thumb, a program that aims to improve the wellbeing of inmates with
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS SIGMA — Young members of Tabernacle United Methodist Church helped out last month during the 61st Annual Lotus Luncheon, which helps support
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — Police Chief Jim Cervera said there was an increase in the number of rapes in the first six months of
BY VENI FIELDS VIRGINIA BEACH — A row of inch-long needles glinted in my hairline, their exposed ends wrapped in a gleaming strand of copper. My
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — Youth from a leadership development camp visited the Virginia Beach Mounted Patrol Unit at its barn in Pungo on Wednesday,
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — The city may consider a cap on land use tax rates on agricultural land, valuation that — using an example
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — Children traveled to Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday, July 26, to participate in a fishing clinic led
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — A pilot flying a Waco biplane landed in a soybean field on Thursday, July 28, after the aircraft experienced
BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — Got mosquitoes? Get plants. That’s the advice of local outdoor enthusiasts, who swear by the insect-repelling properties of