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A "WKRP in Cincinnati Reunion' held at the Los Angeles Paley Center For Media in 2014. From left to right: Tim Reid, Loni Anderson, Jan Smithers and the late Howard Hesseman. Norfolk native Reid, an actor and director, is one of the honorees at the Virginia Black Film Festival in Hampton, Sunday, June 22
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Arts & Culture
The Virginia Black Film Festival in Hampton highlights history, culture and community
Staff Report
The Virginia Black Film Festival in Hampton opens Thursday with Juneteenth celebrations and includes three days of film screenings, panel discussions and a gala.
A polling place sign in Norfolk during November 2024 elections.
Photo by Steve Walsh
Elections
Here are results from Hampton Roads’ primary elections
Mechelle Hankerson
Candidates for local offices in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Newport News faced tough races to represent their political party in November’s general election.
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Education News
With federal funding uncertain, Virginia faces $8 million gap for attendance, teacher retention programs
Nathaniel Cline
Meghan Ashburn, chairperson of the Virginia Beach Special Education Advisory Committee, is seen during a committee meeting on May 12, 2025. The committee spoke with city schools officials and the executive director of Southeastern Cooperative Educational Programs about seclusion and restraint policy during the meeting.
By John-Henry Doucette
Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism
Key Panel Endorses Ban On Secluding Virginia Beach Students
A special education advisory committee wants Beach Schools to stop a controversial practice typically used on children with special needs
Meg Lemaster helped spearhead the resistance to the now-de
By Ryan Murphy
Business & Growth
Chesapeake City Council rejects data center proposal
Ryan Murphy
Residents concerned about noise and environmental impacts flooded City Hall to speak against what would have been the first major data center in the region.
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Grantchester: Season 10

Grantchester, Season 10
There’s no shortage of murder and mayhem in the seemingly quiet 1950s Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester, where a vicar turned amateur sleuth helps the local Detective Inspector.


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