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Goodbye to a dear, old friend
I remember reading Frank Roberts’ stories in The Virginian-Pilot when I was still new to the newspaper business, trying to read as many different writers’ ...
R.E. Spears III, Author at The Suffolk News-Herald - Page 4 of 103
Western Branch Magazine
Light for the airwaves
Commercial radio in Hampton Roads is packed with rock and roll, hip hop, jazz and just about every other kind of secular music one could ...
by R.E. Spears III, Friday, March 3, 2017 10:00 pm
News
Big melt is coming
A little rain and a warming trend may have been what it took for Suffolk to begin to shake off the snow that blanketed the ...
by R.E. Spears III, Tuesday, January 10, 2017 8:40 pm
News
Big swing on the way
The big weather news for the weekend was surely the snow that resulted in churches, schools, city offices and many businesses throughout the city being ...
by R.E. Spears III, Monday, January 9, 2017 6:56 pm
BREAKING NEWS
Tuesday closings and delays [UPDATING LIST]
Tuesday’s closings and delays related to the weekend’s snowstorm are as follows:
by R.E. Spears III, Monday, January 9, 2017 12:50 pm
Archive
City officials warn of dangerous conditions
With temperatures never climbing out of the 20s on Sunday, road conditions throughout the city continue to be perilous in many places.
by R.E. Spears III, Sunday, January 8, 2017 4:56 pm
News
Blanketed!
In the end, the snow storm that had set its sights on Hampton Roads earlier this week turned the worst of its wrath to the ...
by R.E. Spears III, Saturday, January 7, 2017 8:39 pm
News
Snow piles up in Suffolk
At 10:30 a.m., snow continued to fall throughout Suffolk and the surrounding area, with the National Weather Service predicting that the greatest accumulation is yet ...
by R.E. Spears III, Saturday, January 7, 2017 11:16 am
BREAKING NEWS
Last-minute snow preparation
The weather service’s forecast warned of “near blizzard conditions” Saturday morning as the storm heads into the area from the south-southwest.
by R.E. Spears III, Friday, January 6, 2017 2:51 pm
News
Big snowfall expected
On Wednesday there was still plenty of uncertainty regarding the weekend’s snow forecast, leading National Weather Service meteorologists to take a conservative approach to their ...
