People and Milestones

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (654+ words) The 46th annual Norfolk Lions Club parade is set for Saturday, Sept. 19, in downtown Norfolk with this year’s theme, “United We Serve — Honoring 250 Years of Freedom.” Randy Stingley, the club’s greater membership chairman, said although Lions Clubs International is a worldwide…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (437+ words) The Norfolk police and fire divisions will face off once again in a friendly competition aimed at helping replenish the nation’s blood supply during the annual Battle of the Badges blood drive on Wednesday, Sept. 9. The event, organized in partnership…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (662+ words) For generations of Virginians, there was only one Sheriff Steve Draper. Draper, the longtime Martinsville lawman whose 32 years in office made him the longest-serving active sheriff in the Commonwealth, died on Saturday, Aug. 29. His death ended a remarkable run in…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (121+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Law Foundation awarded grants totaling more than three-quarters of a million dollars to nearly 30 nonprofit organizations at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture. CBS 6's Bill Fitzgerald helped emcee the Thursday luncheon, where each recipient…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (775+ words) He loved his dance hall. To him it was more than a workplace, never just a business. The club was his first thought in the morning and last at night, as his wife explained in his eulogy. “I jokingly teased…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (238+ words) Each year, Richmond magazine readers vote for the area's best businesses and service providers, including those in the banking sector. This year marks the fifth consecutive year VACU has been honored as "Best Credit Union" and the third successive year…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (44+ words) Community members gathered at Calvary Revival Church in Norfolk on Saturday to pay their final respects to longtime City Councilman Paul Riddick. Community members gathered at Calvary Revival Church in Norfolk on Saturday to pay their final respects to longtime…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (992+ words) Known as one of the highest-paid actresses in film, Sandra Bullock has won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, both for Best Actress in the film “The Blind Side.” Other noteworthy movies include “Speed” and “Miss Congeniality.” Lowe became…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (281+ words) Girlguiding Norfolk is about to celebrate both a 10th and an 80th birthday with two special events this weekend at the county’s Archive Research Centre (ARC). It is 10 years since the centre, now an accredited museum, was founded at Patteson Lodge Estate…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (716+ words) Todd Moran of Omaha holds his son Barrett, 6, on his shoulders as they watch the parade on Saturday morning. Kids look for candy to be thrown during the parade on Saturday morning. Connor and Jessa McCarthy watch the parade with…...