NORFOLK Jenny Greco has heart failure. It's a chronic condition. And she's got back pain. That's chronic, too. Both conditions need regular medical care so they don't get out of hand. What Greco doesn't have is health insurance, until recently, she also didn't have a doctor she could call her own.

The USS Ponce and USS Gunston Hall returned a few days early this morning after a six-month deployment to the Middle East. The Ponce returned to Norfolk Naval Station and the Gunston Hall to Little Creek Amphibious Base.

NORFOLK Police have arrested one man and are seeking another who was free on bail in connection with a slaying early Saturday in the 800 block of Church St. The victim, identified as Timothy Yates, 32, whose last known address was in the 6200 block of Chesapeake Blvd., was found shot to death in the parking lot of the Church Square shopping center. The shooting occurred about 2:10 a.m.

By Teresa Annas The Virginian-Pilot NORFOLK GORDON PARKS' photographs, which go on view Friday at the Chrysler Museum of Art, can be imagined as self-portraits. His famous 1942 picture of Ella Watson, a cleaning lady posed before the American flag, might have been a projection of how he felt as a young man, when he was told that menial work was his destiny.

NORFOLK Rising land costs have stalled plans for a shopping center on the southern side of ODU's University Village, slowing the progress of redevelopment along Hampton Boulevard.

NORFOLK Police are investigating the slaying of a Norfolk man who was found shot to death in the 800 block of Church St. early Saturday. Chris Amos, a police spokesman, identified the victim Saturday night as Timothy Godphre Yates, 32, whose last known address was in the 6200 block of Chesapeake Blvd. There have been no arrests in the slaying.

Corliss Artis has a list. She gets up at 6 a.m. every morning and, before leaving for her job at Priority Toyota, takes an hour to complete a new task on her inventory of renovations. Caulking? Check. Painting? Check. Hang wallpaper? Check.

REALIZING YOU DON’T WIN if you don’t shoot, the Admirals ramped up one of their best efforts of the season and continued to throw pucks at the net. Problem was, ex-Admiral Michael Leighton kept throwing them back. Shutting ’em down

Sitting before Mitzi Glass is a young man about to step into what some call “the abyss.”