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As life becomes faster and attention spans of readers grow shorter, we have to adjust. I am doing so with this column, as from now on each week it will follow a new format that will feature three segments: one significant, one sentimental and one sassy....

In a congregation of 3,500 at New Life Providence Church, senior associate pastor Kevin Turpin sees young black and Latino men with the potential to change their communities. They are leaders already, engaged at school and involved with the church....

Augusta Commission members came out of a legal meeting and into the commission chamber crowded with folks for Tuesday's regular meeting. After settling in, they began voting on items read aloud by City Attorney Andrew MacKenzie. One of them would have...

One of the Virginia Symphony's most interesting programs of the season comes up this week in concerts Thursday in Williamsburg and Saturday in Virginia Beach. Associate Conductor Benjamin Rous leads the orchestra in Mendelssohn's incidental music to...

Virginia Military Institute announced Tuesday that Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell will give the graduation address this spring. The commencement ceremony is May 16 in Cameron Hall. “I feel confident Governor McDonnell will leave us with words...

Two of Hampton Roads major performing groups, the Virginia Symphony and Virginia Stage Company, this week announced their lineups for 2013-2014. Here are the details: Virginia Symphony Violin virtuoso Midori will open the symphony's 94th season Sept....

Matthew Paul Kinne, 45, of Traverse City, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Dec. 20, 2012. He was born in Ann Arbor in 1967 to Janet Gail Becker Kinne and Douglas George Kinne. He moved to Petoskey in 1973 and graduated from Petoskey...

For Steven Mingee, it was a simple case of not having enough hours in the day. Realizing he couldn't devote enough attention to both tasks, Mingee stepped down as Bethel's baseball coach to concentrate on studying for his master's degree. Mingee leaves...

No matter what type of education you're looking for, it's available here in Hampton Roads. Bryant & Stratton College. Hampton. The facility at Peninsula Town Center opened in 2010 with 80 students, with plans to expand as laboratories are opened and a...

A Baltimore County woman had about $340,000 in student loan debt discharged by a federal bankruptcy judge this month because Asperger's syndrome prevents her from holding a job. Carol Todd of Nottingham pursued college degrees "as a stepping stone toward...

Meet another member of South Florida's many-sided faith community. This week we're talking with the Rev. Terry Scalzitti, discipleship pastor at First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale. Q: How did you get into your vocation? A: I was interning at...

For the first time, the Virginia Symphony will perform three pops concerts at the Ferguson Center for the Arts in Newport News as part of its 2012-2013 season. The news was part of the Hampton Roads orchestra's upcoming season announcement made at this...