Friday, February 14, 2025

ICYMI in Hampton and Newport News: Julia Tomlin, ex-airport director, high-end galleries and more

With dozens of headlines every week, it’s easy to miss some here and there. Get in on the conversation. Here are this week’s most-read stories.

Julia Tomlin

The trial of a Hampton woman accused of killing her 2-year-old son has been moved while she undergoes a mental competency evaluation. READ MORE

Julia Tomlin, the woman charged in her toddler’s death, is getting a mental competency evaluation. Her trial, postponed

Ex-airport director

A federal jury Tuesday found a former Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport executive director guilty on 23 charges of intentional misapplication of funds, money laundering, false declaration, perjury, and obstruction of justice. READ MORE

Ex-Newport News-Williamsburg Airport director guilty of multiple federal charges

High-end galleries

Asa Jackson wanted to elevate the status of fine arts in Hampton Roads to be more on par with the art market. READ MORE

This art organization wants to make ‘high end galleries’ a reality

Toll app

Virginia now has an app that allows drivers to pay for tolls on their smartphones. READ MORE

App is available to pay tolls on a dozen roads in Virginia, including in Hampton Roads

Katherine Johnson

Three black astronauts joined hundreds of other mourners Saturday at a memorial service for pioneering African American mathematician and NASA researcher Katherine Johnson. READ MORE

Hundreds attend service in Hampton for NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson

 

John Mangalonzo
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John Mangalonzo (john@localdailymedia.com) is the managing editor of Local Voice Media’s Virginia papers – WYDaily (Williamsburg), Southside Daily (Virginia Beach) and HNNDaily (Hampton-Newport News). Before coming to Local Voice, John was the senior content editor of The Bellingham Herald, a McClatchy newspaper in Washington state. Previously, he served as city editor/content strategist for USA Today Network newsrooms in St. George and Cedar City, Utah. John started his professional journalism career shortly after graduating from Lyceum of The Philippines University in 1990. As a rookie reporter for a national newspaper in Manila that year, John was assigned to cover four of the most dangerous cities in Metro Manila. Later that year, John was transferred to cover the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines. He spent the latter part of 1990 to early 1992 embedded with troopers in the southern Philippines as they fought with communist rebels and Muslim extremists. His U.S. journalism career includes reporting and editing stints for newspapers and other media outlets in New York City, California, Texas, Iowa, Utah, Colorado and Washington state.

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