The Virginian-Pilot, Daily Press, The Virginia Gazette, Inside Business and other Virginia Media papers won more than 70 awards Saturday from the annual Virginia Press Association news and advertising contest. The Pilot won the grand prize sweepstakes award for overall excellence in news and advertising among daily newspapers. The papers won more than 30 first-place awards. Veteran reporter .
Hampton Roads Hall of Fame s latest inductees include Zimmerman, Vick and McCorory – Daily Press dailypress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailypress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Zimmerman, Vick and McCorory will be inducted in a ceremony Nov. 8 in the Big Blue Room at Old Dominion's Chartway Arena in Norfolk along with high school football coach Tommy Reamon and longtime NBA referee Tony Brothers.
Harbor Park s Sodfather : How groundskeeper Kenny Magner helped downtown jewel rise from trash to treasure – The Virginian-Pilot pilotonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pilotonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NORFOLK — A few Septembers ago, after an underground pipe burst beneath the playing surface at Harbor Park, Kenny Magner noticed members of a construction crew starting to dig near the first base dugout in search of the problem. Magner, the Norfolk Tides’ longtime head groundskeeper, asked why the men were digging there. They produced the ballpark’s blueprint and pointed to where it mapped the .