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  • Chief G. Anne Richardson of the Rappahannock Tribe performs a ceremonial blessing before the start of Wednesday's event celebrating seven Virginia Tribes who recently received federal recognition October 3, 2018. “This is liberty for us. This is justice for us,” Richardson said. “And we’re finally seeing the promises that are inherent in our constitution that we’ve been left out of all these years.”
  • Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew falls to one knee and touches the hearse carrying officer Katherine Thyne outside of the Newport News Police Department South Precinct during a procession Saturday afternoon January 25, 2020. Officer Thyne died Thursday night after being dragged by the car of a man who she and another officer were questioning. On Saturday, the Newport News Police Department transported officer Katherine Thyne from the Medical Examiner’s Office in Norfolk to Altmeyer Funeral Home in Newport News.
  • David Wrench, center, takes a deep breath at the Portage Recruitment Center as Staff Sgt. Shoji Harris goes over final paperwork and preparations for David's departure into U.S. Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego. David is flanked by his father, Tom Wrench, and mother, Jonna Jameson. The 18-year-old graduated early from Plainwell High School in order to leave for boot camp.
  • Maya Mercer, left, holds a rose as Newport News police officers wait to place the Flag, Boots and Hat during Thursday's candlelight memorial service to remember the 11 police officers who have died on duty and to honor those who serve today.
  • Johnathan Jackson, left, talks with Tom Thorpe as he completes the finishing touches on the master bedroom inside Jackson's newly built home. Jackson lost his leg in Afghanistan after doctors say he was exposed to an unknown toxin. Homes for Our Troops built Jackson a house and he takes the keys to the new home on Friday.
  • Jessica Leitch, right, begins to cry as Benjamin Leitch, left, and Gracelyn Leitch enter the family's van Sunday morning July 17, 2016 to move to Missouri from Smithfield. Jessica is leaving behind her husband John Leitch in hopes of finding better special education for Benjamin.
  • Jakob Settembrino, 7, makes a face while touching Santa Claus' hand through a plexiglass barrier at Patrick Henry Mall Friday afternoon December 4, 2020. Guests are required to make a reservation, pass a temperature screening, maintain social distance and stay behind a plexiglass barrier. Staff sanitizes and wipes down all touch points after each guest interaction.
  • Virginia Beach police officers grab Aubrey JaPharii Jones of Black Lives Matter 757 during a protest at the Oceanfront of Virginia Beach Saturday evening September 5, 2020.
  • Tech Sgt. Grant Kiekhaefer kisses his two-year-old daughter Kori Kiekhaefer during a homecoming ceremony at Langley Air Force Base Tuesday afternoon October 9, 2018. One hundred eighty-seven members of the 1st Fighter Wing returned home after a six month deployment in the Middle East.
  • Ryan West, center, paddles a boat with other children through rising flood water in Poquoson Saturday afternoon October 3, 2015.
  • Family members grieve at the scene of where two Newport News' men drowned while swimming in Deep Creek Tuesday afternoon.
  • Braden Long, center, holds his head up as school administrators speak to Martha Tereska's first grade class during the first day of school Tuesday morning at Yates Elementary School on September 08, 2015.
  • From left Spencer Satchell, 16, Carter Ashley, 14, and Nick Long, 15, jump into the air to gain speed while sledding down a hill at Riverview Farm Park in Newport News Wednesday morning.
  • The casket of Donovon Lynch is escorted out of Wave Church following a celebration of life ceremony Monday April 5, 2021. Lynch was shot and killed by a Virginia Beach police officer Friday, March 26 at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.
  • Erica Carcamo, 4, plays in the sand while laying in a hammock as waves wash ashore underneath the pier of Buckroe Beach Friday morning.
  • Jacquela Wynn, left, Zyion Jones, center, and Serenity Jones attempt to take cover underneath a blanket as high winds, rain and storm clouds approach Huntington Beach.
  • A lone dove flies among pigeons perched on a line above Buckroe Beach Wednesday afternoon October 9, 2019.
  • A protester kneels before Hampton police officers at Peninsula Town Center in Hampton Tuesday evening June 2, 2020.
  • Keith Graves uses a sign as a shovel to clear snow from the lot of the RipTide Car Wash in Hampton Saturday morning January 22, 2022.
  • Four-year-old Mekhi Flores looks up at his mother, officer Melessia Burwell, and other Newport News police officers while they salute a procession transporting officer Katherine Thyne to a funeral home Saturday afternoon January 25, 2020. Officer Thyne died Thursday night after being dragged during a traffic stop. On Saturday, the Newport News Police Department transported officer Katherine Thyne from the Medical Examiner’s Office in Norfolk to Altmeyer Funeral Home in Newport News.
  • Amanda Westmoreland reacts as she approaches the scene of a shooting Tuesday evening in York County. Westmoreland's friend, Dylan Peters, was killed after being shot several times through the front door of his home.
  • Jenn DeBoer, 19, right, watches as Chris Davis, 18, soars through the air after jumping off a swing at South Haven's South Beach. {quote}I used to jump from the swings when I was a child, it's nice to come to the beach and relive that,{quote} said Davis.
  • Precinct workers and voters are reflected in a poster at the Virginia War Museum in Newport News Tuesday November 2, 2021.
  • Kimmie Eaton, 10, of Centreville rests on her two dairy cows inside a barn at the St. Joseph County Grange Fair. This is Eaton's first year participating in 4-H.
  • An oil-soaked Canada goose struggles to fly out of the Kalamazoo River after a pipeline ruptured July 26, sending nearly a million gallons of oil into the river near Marshall. The feathers of the goose were saturated in thick crude oil, making it impossible to fly.
  • Retired Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer John Minehart begins to tear up as his wife, Patty Minehart, holds a phone to his ear as his 16-year-old daughter tells him, {quote}I love you,{quote} Thursday evening at Providence Hospital in Southfield. Forcing words past his life support tubes, Minehart replied, {quote}I love you too{quote}. While investigating a traffic accident 17 years ago, Minehart and two other officers were hit by a drunken driver. Pinned between a car and a fire truck, Minehart's leg was practically hanging on by the skin. Now he suffers from bedsores, also known as pressure sores or pressure ulcers, which can go into the bone. For two months, John Minehart was being treated by spending time in a hyperbaric chamber. The pure oxygen was helping his pressure wounds heal, but only a few months after this photo was taken John Minehart finally lost his battle to stay alive.
  • Charmaine Vauters holds her hands to the sky during a flower petal throwing ceremony as part of the 2019 First African Landing Commemorative Ceremony at Fort Monroe Saturday August 24, 2019.
  • A man walks past a damaged house with a chainsaw in the Riverview neighborhood of Suffolk after Tropical Storm Isaias moved through the region Tuesday August 4, 2020.
  • Tonnette Bennett stands kisses 18-year-old Patrick Lucas, Wednesday afternoon. Lucas has Fragile X Syndrome, which causes him to function at 3-year-old level. He was enrolled in a special-needs after school program before it was suspended in December. The city of Newport News is planning to eliminate the program.
  • Dionne Williams, the mother of Jauwan Holmes, emotionally sings along to {quote}I'll Fly Away{quote} with the Virginia State University Gospel Choir as they dedicate the song to him. A memorial service was held at VSU's Daniel Gymnasium for Holmes and Marvell Edmondson after both drowned in the Appomattox River during what authorities have called a hazing incident.
  • Ospreys battle for a fish while flying above the James River Tuesday afternoon May 2, 2017.
  • Media tour beneath the bow of the carrier Gerald Ford as it sits in Newport News Shipbuilding's dry dock before water is released for the first time flooding the dock.
  • Debbie Bunch of Carrollton admires the rainbow over Ft. Monroe Sunday evening. Bunch was at Ft. Monroe with friends and family to view the rise of Sunday's super moon.
  • Hundreds of guests watch UniverSoul Circus members perform Saturday afternoon outside the Hampton Roads Convention Center August 3, 2019. The circus featured dancers, stunts and performers from around the world. Performances continue through Sunday at 12:30, 3:30 and 6:30 p.m.
  • John Vincent Grogan III, center, looks to the heavens after being baptized by St. Joseph County Jail chaplain Jake Schwartz, left, and Three Rivers' Riverside Church assistant pastor Jerry Solis, right, during a full immersion baptism of inmates at the St. Joseph County Jail in Centreville Thursday morning. The baptism was through the church's Christ Center Celebrate Recovery program.
  • A great blue heron rests atop a tree as the sun sets over the James River Monday evening March 21, 2016.
  • Tess McEnroe of Minneapolis, Minn. is reflected in a puddle of water as she stops during a hike through the Grand Canyon to shield her eyes from the sun and admire the view. McEnroe and eleven others spent over two weeks whitewater rafting down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
  • Mimi Johnson of Kalamazoo is overcome with emotion immediately following the announcement Barack Obama won the 2008 election for President during the Kalamazoo County Democratic Party election party at the Radisson Plaza Hotel. {quote}There is a reason why he was elected president,{quote} said Johnson, {quote}And I'm praying for him.{quote}
  • Western Michigan University students Ryan Ehmann, 20, left, and Rusty Good, 19, swim through the National City Bank parking lot on bodyboards after heavy rainstorms caused flooding in parts of Kalamazoo leaving many roads impassable.
  • An insect rests on a wet flower petal Tuesday morning August 8, 2017. According to the National Weather Service rain is expected to continue through the day after thunderstorms moved through the region Monday evening.
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  • Pilot Reed Basley's hot air balloon is reflected in a body of water near Lanexa Monday evening.
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