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In 1858, Portsmouth became an independent city in Virginia. It’s home to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard and Navy Medical Center. The population is slightly over 95,000 people as of 2010. Blacks make up 55% of that population. Before Blacks became
Read moreWest Munden is the hood. Although you may not know it at first because of the manicured lawns, quaint little houses and a church that sits on the corner of the street. However, if you look pass the surface, you’ll
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. (VEN) — Antonio Z. Spruill (48), a Chesapeake Police Officer, has been charged with domestic assault. In a criminal complaint, Spruill’s fellow colleagues responded to a 911 call from Spruill’s girlfriend at their Old Greenbrier Road home. She
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WEST MUNDEN, SOUTH NORFOLK, CHESAPEAKE, VA — When I moved back here three years ago, I thought I was escaping Norfolk rough streets. However, I ran right into another problem. I quickly discovered that Rhodes Street in West Munden is
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Unfortunately, I know all too much about the hood. When I say hood, I’m not referring to an area with predominantly black people. To me, the hood is an area where criminal activity is normalized and accepted as a way
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