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A lost Spanish mission on the York River
When the first English settlers sailed into Hampton Roads in 1607, they were latecomers to Virginia. Four times during the previous half-century, Spanish explorers probed the James and York rivers - and on Sept. 10, 1570 they planted a Jesuit mission...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Mexico, Mexico City, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, Colonial Williamsburg
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Newport News preacher redefined the black church
When Lightfoot Solomon Michaux pitched his first revival tent at the corner of 19th and Jefferson in 1919, he'd already made his mark selling fish and groceries. Michaux was nearly 35 when he went from chasing profits to saving souls. And as he stood...
Tags: Washington, DC, Hampton Roads, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Religion and Belief, Labor Day
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Dickinson State to join North Star league
Dickinson State is leaving the Frontier Conference, officials announced on Friday. The Blue Hawks formally withdrew their membership with the league, effective July 1, 2014. Dickinson State is currently finishing their first full year in the... -
Graceful St. Luke's has lasted centuries
Step through the gate at old St. Luke's and the hourglass starts to flow backward. Behind you, echoing through the fields surrounding busy Route 10, a steady stream of cars and tractor-trailers roars to and from nearby Smithfield. But the sound...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Architecture, Isle of Wight County, Christianity, Anglicanism
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Welcome to "Our Story: 400 years of history in Hampton Roads"
When your job is writing about history, it's hard to have a week better than the one just past. One of Jamestown's oldest riddles was finally answered in pretty conclusive fashion by the butchered skull of a 14-year-old English girl -- and this first...
Tags: Hampton Roads, War of 1812, USS Monitor
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Inside the BRD: New Kent-Poquoson baseball and softball postponed, all other games a go
The New Kent at Poquoson baseball and softball games were postponed on Tuesday and have been moved to Thursday at 4:30 p.m. As of 3 p.m., all other Tuesday games are on: Bruton at York, Lafayette at Jamestown, Warhill at Smithfield and Grafton at Tabb.Tags: Grafton, Smithfield
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Jamestown cannibalism expert has worked here before
Famed Smithsonian Institution forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley, whose study of cannibalism and Native American scalping rituals made him indispensable to confirming the first physical evidence of cannibalism at Jamestown last week, has contributed...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Cannibalism, Smithsonian Institution, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Historic Jamestowne
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The pipes are calling
After welcoming a Buster over the weekend, the Hub City played host Monday to a busker. Kevin Moe, an 18-year-old from Laramie, Wyo., played the bagpipes Monday on a street corner in downtown Aberdeen. He is using the donations he receives to...
Tags: Entertainment, Fort Lauderdale, Music, Scotland, Trips and Vacations
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NAHL Frozen Four almost set
For the fifth year in a row, the Bismarck Bobcats will represent the Central Division at the Robertson Cup Tournament on championship weekend for the North American Hockey League. Second-seeded Bismarck will kick off the tourney at 4:30 p.m. Friday...Tags: American Hockey League, Central Division (NHL)
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Annapolis' Borland, Williams lead classes at NOOD Regatta
Two Annapolis sailors, Jeff Borland and Tim Williams, took advantage of favorable winds on their home Chesapeake Bay waters to take the lead in their classes Saturday at the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta. Borland leads the nine-boat Etchells class...Tags: Alexandria (Alexandria, Virginia), Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Boston, Severna Park
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Midwest hit by snowstorm as California battles wildfires
It may be spring, but the United States on Thursday found parts of its midsection caught in the grip of record snow and ice while in part of California wildfires were spreading woe. The upper Midwest, particularly Minnesota and Wisconsin, were...
Tags: Fires, National Weather Service, Guiberson Fire (2009)
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PC's football season set
Presentation College has released its football schedule for the 2013 season. The schedule features a program-high six home games and one road game on the west coast. The Saints will also play the four schools that, along with PC, will be charter...
Tags: Education, Separation of Church and State, Colleges and Universities
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