Story archive for September 2004
Thursday, Sept. 30
- Council shifting attention to south Suffolk
- Social event of the year
- Public awareness of sexual assault essential for everyone
- Navy vs. Air Force-One game worth watching
- Johnnie Lee Lawrence
- Dorothy M. Cofield
- Sept. 30, 1961: Lead stories in the Suffolk News-Herald 43 years ago...
- Child's need for two lungs garners support
- Hidden Treasures at Riddick's Folly
- Suffolk airport starts transformation into the site of city's largest festivity
Wednesday, Sept. 29
- Revving up to roar
- Tickets on sale for Possum Hollow Ruritan swing concert
- Suffolk Meals on Wheels salutes volunteers at event
- Sept. 29, 1961: Stories featured in the Suffolk News-Herald on this date 43 years ago...
- Local pro takes first in Chester golf tourney
- Ann Call Taylor
- Jo Anne B. Mann
- Joan S. Bradshaw
- Setting the record straight on traffic signal, parking
- Randy Forbes thanked for help in repairing post office lot
- Just over the horizon
- Policy collides with doing the right thing
- News-Herald should focus on positive news of our community
- Changing course takes as much courage as `staying' it
- Lockheed to expand operations
- But it won't park your car
- Utility work begins today on Constance Road; expect detours
Tuesday, Sept. 28
- Micki Crumpler
- Preparing for the multitudes
- Britt: lifesaver, volunteer, award winner
- Choices and priorities called keys to success
- Suffolk Education Foundation golf tournament supports local classrooms
- Shrimp Feast to live up to reputation
- Operation Blessing makes an impact
- Suffolk once again under flood watch as remnants of another storm blow through
- Jeanne to dump rain in Suffolk
- Three hundred riders raise nearly #036;4,500 for a good cause
- Legal woes mount for Binkley
- Armed man robs store Saturday
- Sept. 26, 1937
- Felisia Emily Lamae Cherry
- Park dedicated
Saturday, Sept. 25
- Hobson to move forward
- Open door night with Liverman set for Monday
- Midshipman Garner completes Merchant Marine Academy
- Get your fingers sticky at the annual Peanut Butter Sculpting Contest
- Teachers to get tax break
- Sept. 25 1937
- Who let the dogs out? King's Fork did!
- Warriors stung, 49-12
- Beacon rentals come in handy in an emergency
- Kyle Gerald Smith
- Saints spike out a sweep
- 3-1 win is Saints' fourth in a row
Friday, Sept. 24
- Suffolk foundation helps children in need
- 'Novak Attack' leads Lady Bulldogs
- Lady Saints just miss upset win
- Suffolk man gets 15 years for molestation
- Murder suspect turns himself in
- Free food, fun available for all at Saturday's Operation Blessing giveaway
- Lady Cavs cruise, 4-0
- Mayor paints bright picture of downtown
- Sex offender gets 20 years
- Council members Milteer and Johnson should be commended for speaking out against UDO
- Raising the gas tax not the answer to pay for roads
- Better safe than sorry
- The invasion of the gift shops
- Credit interest rates have much to do with consumer reluctance to spend
- Planners doing their job
- James P-NUT Kid Nickelson Jr.
- A pair of quick goals help Saints win
- Running through the fall
Thursday, Sept. 23
- Feds assessing Hobson
- Duke to receive 2004 Ray of Hope award
- Historic expertise at close reach for local residents, businesses
- Money raised for Christina
Wednesday, Sept. 22
- Giermak out at Obici
- Tragedy keeps health concerns at the forefront at King's Fork Middle
- Thousands of Indians make their way to nation's capitol to celebrate heritage
- Teens charged with burglarizing businesses
- Planners balk at adding homes to high growth area
- Charles H. Wesley Jr.
- Brenda M. Gatling
- Sept. 22, 1937: Stories featured in the Suffolk News-Herald on this date 67 years ago:
- DAR celebrating Constitution Week
- Council should take closer look at UDO
- City should not rent a parking lot for a bar
- Drastic change can mean better service for some
- Being conservative is about tradition and sometimes change
- Coach Maupin should not have been fired
Tuesday, Sept. 21
- Mr. Peanut makes it to the Walk of Fame
- Rathmond Mills Collins II
- Barbara Ann Preston Brown
- James F. Parker
- Mabel Drake Holland Wilkins
- Young comes back to old town
- Sept. 21, 1937: Stories featured in the Suffolk News-Herald on this date 67 years ago:
- A ride to recovery: Bikers to help WTCSB
- Convicted murderer sentenced to 30 years
- Teacher death sparks warning
- Mother of injured student calls for road safety improvements
- Not all UCC churches embrace alternate sexual lifestyles
- The wizard of OZ and the levers of power
- Habitat needs community support more than ever
Sunday, Sept. 19
- How to spot a European
- An accident waiting to happen
- Oh Fudge
- Throwing to the dogs
- Goldie Byrum Turner
- Georgia C. Saunders
- Some final thoughts on the dangers of carbon monoxide
- Another late pick secures Warrior win
- Sept. 19, 1946
- Sept. 18, 1946
- Ousted city employee asks court to uphold panel's ruling
- City Council's annual retreat set in historic Williamsburg
- Young Warriors win round one
- Saints start tough, but fall short
- Saints break down Breakers in soccer, 6-0
- Ekanem returns from Persian Gulf
- Firm's employees lauded as essential to making plant a reality
- Set your taste buds for Shrimp Feast
- Suspect in Aug. 28 murder identified
- Praying for Christina
- Old hospital site nearly ready to go back on the market
- Suffolk's most wanted listed
- Obici well positioned for growth; '04 admissions at record level
Friday, Sept. 17
- Suffolk's Isaacs 1st VP of state Sheriff's Association
- Antoinette Wynn
- Warriors, Cavaliers get shutout wins
- Sept. 17, 1946
- Academy announces two large grants
- Growing pains on the minds of north Suffolk residents
- School's cheerleader captain clinging to life after crash
- Lack of growth in south decried
- Was I ever embarrassed!
- Safe food
- Preparing children for college
Thursday, Sept. 16
- Demps dumps points on St. Christopher's
- Sept. 16, 1948: Lead stories in the Suffolk News-Herald 56 years ago...
- Ordinance begs for more review
- Higher education agreement announced
- Antoinette M. Wynn
- Sara Lee to unveil #036;93 million facility
- Lady Saints fall in v-ball
- 'Favorite son' under fire
- Republicans should continue backing Jones
- Readers should put their facts on the table with regard to tax rates
- Santa Claus is coming to town
- More government waste--when will it ever stop?
- Bush supporters brainwashed; published views are disoriented
Wednesday, Sept. 15
- Affordable healthcare for all
- Being a true conservative
- Positions change, but result the same for River girls
- Sept. 15, 1946
- 'It's always been a part of the community'
- Learn all about bats at the Children's Learning Garden
- Local teens complete week-long leadership camp
- Forbes secures #036;350,000 for character ed.
- Elderly man pulled from fire Monday
- Panhandling should not be allowed
- Time to think as a region
Tuesday, Sept. 14
- Charles E. King Sr.
- The heaviest element in the periodic table
- Trust fuels our republic
- Outlawing firearms does not reduce rate of crime
- Council may green light 568 homes
- Benefits of regionalism touted at leadership meeting
- Puppy scammer sentencing delayed
- Suffolk remembers 9-11 victims
- A maze of maize
- Sept. 14, 1946
- Lady Cavaliers get it together for tournament win
- White scores three as young Saints win four
- Jacque B. McDaniel
- Clyde Bradley Sr.
- Horton Thomas Walker
- Milby W. Lloyd Jr.
- Edith Marie Alston
Sunday, Sept. 12
- Sept. 12, 1967
- Smither helps Lakeland escape
- Where carbon monoxide likes to hide
- Catches on both sides of the ball seal 17-7 Warrior win
- Annie M. Bond Overton
- Somebody better stop 'em
- The essence of advertising
- A new school year
- Red Cross launches disaster appeal
- Skydiver dangles 50 feet on tree limb
- School enrollment swells to new heights
- Police searching for two suspects
- Suffolk featured in Co-op magazine
Saturday, Sept. 11
- Suffolk devotes a day to 9-11
- Speeding at Springfield
- Sept. 11, 1967
- This week's most wanted
- United Way campaign off to good start
- Suffolk Presbyterian Church celebrates ministry
- Businesses, residents lend a hand for day of caring
- A day of caring
- River starts tourney with tie
Friday, Sept. 10
- IDA vote against e-commerce wrong
- Suffolk substitute teachers celebrate13th anniversary
- Sterling Bernard Watkins
- Rufus romps in 42-8 victory
- Suffolk goes 2-1 in field hockey
- Downtowners tell of panhandling woes
- Sept. 10, 1967: Stories featured in the Suffolk News-Herald on this date 37 years ago include:
- Choosing the Battleground
- Nice to have a man around
- Coach dismissed after B.Y.O.B. party
- Hale guilty of murder
- Sept. 11 candlelight memorial planned
- Capital campaign kickoff planned for North Suffolk YMCA
- Day of caring to usher in United Way campaign
- Historic Commission approves downtown improvements
- PETA scrutinizes Suffolk accident
Thursday, Sept. 9
- Cavaliers fly past Eagles, 7-1
- Reader agrees with A vote for evil commentary
- Peter Joseph Jones
- Planters Club lease extended
- Mosquito control in full force
- E-commerce program opposed down
- James Grant
- MacArthur Skeeter Turner
- Geraldine Barnes
- Lewis W. Hobbs
- Annie Arlease Ricks Perkins
- Della Lancelet Joynes Collins
- Decisions Decisions
- A right to criticize the critics
- Sept. 9, 1967
Wednesday, Sept. 8
- Saints take five
- New King's Fork High opens for the business of education
- Suffolk man will face school bomb threat charges in court this week
- The Suffolk Police Department made the following arrests from Aug. 31-Sept. 2
- Obici to sponsor course on clinical aromatherapy
- Police secure warrants for shooting suspect
- Readers come to defense of president, GOP
- Sept. 8, 1967
- Brandon Derek Bayens
- Jordans celebrate 50th anniversary in spite of adversity
- Concentrate on the road
Saturday, Sept. 4
- 'It was devastating'
- A vote for evil?
- It's no wonder so many good Christians are lost
- Paper challenged to probe UDO inequities
- Oops; somebody finally responded
- Sept. 6, 1953
- Gene V. Wolford
- Susanne McNees Baird
- Salvation Army helping leave no child behind
- Community says thanks to officers
Friday, Sept. 3
- Truck ban overdue
- Salary study questioned
- With the nuns, Part II
- Cast your vote and complain
- Conspicuous by their absence
- Forbes thanked for hospitality
- Know your Norfolk
- Mayor alters hours
- Ruby Mae Johnson
- Linda Ann Perry
- Carbon monoxide - Part I
- Garland Windell Elmore
- Suffolk Crime Line lists this week's wanted
- Academy students, faculty 'forging the future' in updated digs
- Sept. 4, 1949
- Saints escape with 28-24 victory
- One touchdown not enough as Warriors fall
Thursday, Sept. 2
- John William Bill Harville
- Cause of north Suffolk fire being probed
- Harward banking on hope of tax cut
- Obici Junior Volunteer Program recognizes eight teens
- Sept. 3, 1953
- Two youths get belted
- Ordinance begs for a review
- 60 pigs killed in Whaleyville truck crash
Wednesday, Sept. 1
- No excuse for not voting
- NSA student excels at leadership
- Joe T. Artis
- Don't expect to see fruit of darkness right out in open
- Harward's support of Kerry baffling
- The 2004 vote
- The true measure of a community
- Security to be beefed up at Suffolk airport
- Neighborhood college opens next week
- Oakland helping Charley victims with supplies
- Alternative considered for displaced TOC workers
- Community keeps child's memory alive
- Martin retires after 27 years with Riverside Health System
- Sept. 1, 1953
- Little Lazers beam to Olympic gold
- 20 years of service
- Cutchins helps Cavs to 2-0 wet win
- City shouldn't depend on these new revenue sources



