On Tuesday, City Council voted 6-1 to authorize the commemorative naming of a portion of 16th Street from Wickham Avenue to Walnut Avenue as Allen Iverson Way as a way of recognizing Iverson's accomplishments. Councilwoman Pat Woodbury, the lone dissenting vote, said she opposed honoring Iverson.
NEWPORT NEWS — NBA Hall of Famer Allen Iverson will soon have a street named after him in the Southeast Community, where he had ties growing up. On Tuesday, City Council voted 6-1 to authorize the commemorative naming of a portion of 16th Street from Wickham Avenue to Walnut Avenue as Allen Iverson Way as a way of recognizing Iverson’s accomplishments. The resolution passed notes that Iverson .
Hampton Roads activists have joined a chorus of speakers turning up at city council meetings across the country to ask local government leaders to weigh in on a war half a world away. More than a dozen U.S. cities, from Minneapolis to Detroit to Bridgeport, Conn., passed symbolic resolutions calling for a cease-fire in Gaza since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel ignited a war. But the .
More than a dozen U.S. cities have passed symbolic resolutions calling for a cease-fire in Gaza since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel ignited a war. But the movement has thus far shown little promise of gaining traction in Hampton Roads, where no local city councils have approved any resolutions supporting a cease-fire.
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