Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)

Midwest hit by snowstorm as California battles wildfires

2013-05-02 09:30:00

It may be spring, but the United States on Thursday found parts of its midsection caught in the grip of record snow and ice while in part of California wildfires were spreading woe. The upper Midwest, particularly Minnesota and Wisconsin, were...

May Day in New York: Protesting just about everything

2013-05-01 15:36:00

NEW YORK -- There are many things to protest against in the world, and people rallying against a fair number of them took to one of New York’s iconic squares on May Day as part of nationwide rallies in celebration of the traditional workers holiday....

Jamestown settlers ate 14-year-old girl, researchers say

2013-05-01 13:47:00

The early American settlers called it "the starving time," and accounts of the winter of 1609-1610 were so ghastly, and so morbid, that scholars weren't sure if the stories were true. George Percy, then president of the English settlement of Jamestown...

May Day: Phoenix immigration rally includes workplace issues

2013-05-01 20:31:00

PHOENIX — Brenda Juarez has been in this country so long that she doesn’t remember what Mexican state she was born in. She hopes she and her mother will be allowed to stay. The two women joined about 300 people at Arizona’s state...

Man accused of selling drugs from Santa Paula smoke shop

2012-12-17 10:13:07

Dann Cahn dies at 89; editor on 'I Love Lucy'

2012-11-25 00:00:00

Using a newly developed editing machine that he dubbed the "three-headed monster," Dann Cahn pioneered multi-camera editing on sitcoms in the 1950s while helping to craft a classic, "I Love Lucy." "Lucy" broke ground in television by employing three...

'The Fiddler on Pantico Run' is a genealogy adventure

2012-11-03 10:30:00

-------------------- The Fiddler on Pantico Run: An African Warrior, His White Descendants, a Search for Family Joe Mozingo Free Press: 304 pp, $25.99 -------------------- Joe Mozingo's captivating debut, "The Fiddler on Pantico Run: An African...

Jill Lepore's 'Story of America' an engrossing journey

2012-10-20 12:55:00

-------------------- The Story of America Essays on Origins Jill Lepore Princeton University Press: 416 pp, $27.95 -------------------- For Jill Lepore, a Harvard history professor and New Yorker staff writer, the story of America is part myth,...

Russell Train dies at 92; conservationist was early head of EPA

2012-09-19 18:16:00

Russell Train, an important American conservationist and former tax court judge who helped craft some of the nation's early and enduring environmental laws, has died. He was 92. Train, who led the Environmental Protection Agency in the 1970s, died Monday...

Man dies of apparent self-inflicted gunshot at O.C. shooting range

2012-08-03 08:22:38

Weekend Escape: Sonora, Calif.'s antiques, eateries and train ride

2012-06-10 00:00:00

Sonora, Calif., the county seat of Tuolumne County, has a charming downtown full of antiques shops, clothing boutiques and restaurants. Start the weekend by heading to the Sonora Farmers Market on Saturday morning. The market, at Theall and Stewart...

Lucille Ball museum: Where you can love Lucy all over again

2011-07-10 00:00:00

Even though she was born 100 years ago next month and her mega-hit TV show premiered 60 years ago this October, there remains a single truth about Lucille Ball: We still love Lucy. "I Love Lucy" is in black and white, and the fashions are outdated, but...

Some of the Bay Rivers District's top 2013 girls pose after the singles tournament at Huntington Park. From left: York's Teresa Alvarez (fourth place), York's Gaby Tersigni (third), Jamestown teammates Anna Walter (runner-up), Leah Walter (champ) and Elizabeth Wallace, and Grafton's Sydney Short.

2013-05-15 15:15:00

The Jamestown-Scotland Ferry system will operate at reduced capacity as two of its four vessels undergo required maintenance.

2013-05-14 06:19:00

Jamestown senior Sam Ross was the No. 1 player on the Bay Rivers District's best team. He will further his education at Durham University in England.

2013-05-14 00:00:00