https://vnpaphotogs.com/2019/01/04/3rd-quarter-2018-clip-contest-winners/2020-03-03T19:57:41+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/about/2019-03-28T12:42:53+00:00weekly0.6https://vnpaphotogs.com/2019/03/27/4th-quarter-2018-clip-contest-winners/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04-2018-mjm-multiple-02-09.jpgAnsly Damus - Cleveland Heights, OHAnsly Damus talks on a phone with his family as he lives at the home of Gary Benjamin and his wife, Melody Hart on Saturday December 01, 2018 in Cleveland Heights, OH. Damus, who is from Haiti has been detained since 2016 after coming to the United States to seek asylum. Ansly was released on Friday to live with Benjamin and Hart.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04-2018-mjm-multiple-02-08.jpgAnsly Damus - Cleveland Heights, OHAnsly Damus wears an ankle monitor as he sits in the home of Gary Benjamin and his wife, Melody Hart on Friday November 30, 2018 in Cleveland Heights, OH. Damus, who is from Haiti has been detained since 2016 after coming to the United States to seek asylum. Ansly was released on Friday to live with Benjamin and Hart.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04-2018-mjm-multiple-02-07.jpgAnsly Damus - Cleveland Heights, OHGary Benjamin and his wife, Melody Hart pray with Ansly Damus as they stand in Ansly's room at their home on Friday November 30, 2018 in Cleveland Heights, OH. Damus, who is from Haiti has been detained since 2016 after coming to the United States to seek asylum. Ansly was released on Friday to live with Benjamin and Hart.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04-2018-mjm-multiple-02-06.jpgAnsly Damus - Chardon, OHAnsly Damus picks up his belongings with Gary Benjamin and his wife, Melody Hart at the Geauga County Sheriff's Office on Friday November 30, 2018 in Chardon, OH. Damus, who is from Haiti has been detained since 2016 after coming to the United States to seek asylum. Ansly spent most of his time in detainment at the Geauga County Safety Center located on the same grounds at the Sheriff's office. Friday he was released from an ICE facility in Brooklyn Heights, OH and had to travel to Chardon, OH to get his belongings. Ansly was released on Friday to live with Benjamin and Hart.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04-2018-mjm-multiple-02-05.jpgAnsly Damus - Brooklyn Heights, OHAnsly Damus hugs Gary Benjamin after Ansly was released from an ICE facility on Friday November 30, 2018 in Brooklyn Heights, OH. Damus, who is from Haiti has been detained since 2016 after coming to the United States to seek asylum. Ansly was released on Friday to live with Benjamin and his wife, Melody Hart.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04-2018-mjm-multiple-02-04.jpgAnsly Damus - Cleveland Heights, OHMelody Hart and her husband, Gary Benjamin find out that an agreement was agreed upon to have Ansly Damus released from detainment on Thursday November 29, 2018 in Cleveland Heights, OH. They are the sponsors for Damus, who is from Haiti has been detained since 2016 after coming to the United States to seek asylum. Ansly was released on Friday to live with Benjamin and Hart.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04-2018-mjm-multiple-02-03.jpgAnsly Damus - Ann Arbor, MIGary Benjamin carries spare clothes for Ansly Damus after Gary and others rode a bus from Cleveland, OH in order to attend a hearing for Damus at the Ann Arbor Federal Building on Wednesday November 28, 2018 in Ann Arbor, MI. Damus, who is from Haiti has been detained since 2016 after coming to the United States to seek asylum. Ansly was released on Friday to live with Benjamin and his wife, Melody Hart.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04-2018-mjm-multiple-02-02.jpgAnsly Damus - Cleveland Heights, OHSupporters of Ansly Damus board a bus to attend a hearing for Damus on Wednesday November 28, 2018 in Cleveland Heights, OH. The hearing was in Ann Arbor, MI. Damus, who is from Haiti has been detained since 2016 after coming to the United States to seek asylum.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04-2018-mjm-multiple-02-01.jpgAnsly Damus - Brooklyn Heights, OH3rd Place Multiple: Matt McClain, Washington Post---Ansly Damus, who is from Haiti had been detained since 2016 after coming to the United States to seek asylum. Strangers rallied to get him released, including Gary Benjamin and Melody Hart. Damus was released on Friday November 30th to live with Benjamin and Hart. Ansly Damus rides in the vehicle of Gary Benjamin and his wife, Melody Hart after he was released from an ICE facility on Friday November 30, 2018 in Brooklyn Heights, OH. Damus, who is from Haiti has been detained since 2016 after coming to the United States to seek asylum. Ansly was released on Friday to live with Benjamin and Hart.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/04-2018-mjm-multiple-01-09.jpgBorder Patrol Academy - Artesia, NMChristopher Flores goes through a confidence course at the United States Border Patrol Academy on Thursday August 30, 2018 in Artesia, NM. The academy is on the grounds of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.2019-03-27T19:01:05+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2019/01/04/2nd-quarter-2018-clip-contest-winners/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/news-hm-.jpgMemorial Day flag retiring on Fort MonroeHM NEWS: JONATHON GRUENKE, DAILY PRESS--Margaret Wilkins disposes a piece of an American flag into a fire during a flag retirement ceremony on Fort Monroe Monday May 28, 2018. Hundreds of people, eight different Boy Scout Troops, the National Park Service and veterans gathered to retire close to 400 flags by burning them with dignity and respect.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/news-3rd-place.jpgnews 3rd place3rd PLACE NEWS: SHELBY LUM, RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH--A worker begins to remove a tree in the rain that had fallen across Monument Avenue near Blacker Street after heavy rain on Friday May 18, 2018, blocking all eastbound traffic.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/news-2nd-place.jpg757 Launch2nd PLACE NEWS: KRISTEN ZEIS, VIRGINIAN-PILOT--Sen. Mark Warner waits to take the stage while being introduced by Mayor Kenny Alexander at the 757 Launch event held at Selden Market in Norfolk, Va., on Friday, March 30, 2018.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/news-1st-place.jpgMemorialDay1st PLACE NEWS: MATT MCCLAIN, WASHINGTON POST Christian Jacobs, 7, sits against the headstone of his father, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher James Jacobs as he visits in observance of Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday May 28, 2018 in Arlington, VA. Christopher died during a training exercise in 2011.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/feature-hm-2.jpgAir Power over Hampton RoadsHM Feature Jonathon Gruenke, Daily Press--Jaidon Lee takes cover under a plastic bag in front the parked Thunderbirds as heavy rain begins to fall during Saturday's Air Power over Hampton Roads at Langley Air Force Base Saturday May 19, 2018.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/feature-hm-1.jpgPioneerInSightHM Feature Matt McClain, Washington Post --A rodeo participant warms up a horse as the setting sun illuminates dust during an evening rodeo that was part of Pioneer Days on Saturday May 05, 2018 in Guymon, OK. This was the 86th year of the event.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/feature-3rd-place.jpgGUYMON3rd Place Feature: Matt McClain, Washington Post--Guymon Fire Department firefighters, Alan Williams, left, captain Dennis Dudley and volunteer, Lupe Avalos, 20, work on cleaning up a vintage fire truck at Station 1 on Thursday May 03, 2018 in Guymon, OK. The truck was going to be used in the Pioneer Days parade. The department has had success finding volunteer firefighters.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/feature-2nd-place.jpgFairfaxFeature2nd PLACE FEATURE: Matt McClain, Washington Post--Emily Barroso, 3, looks out a window of the Lily's Storyland attraction while people on the Wave Swinger ride are reflected at a carnival that was part of the Celebrate Fairfax festival on Sunday June 10, 2018 in Fairfax, VA.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/feature-1st-place.jpgSpecial needs students run school coffee shop1st PLACE FEATURE: JONATHON GRUENKE, DAILY PRESS--Jake Mann hugs Betsy Ferguson while working at Poquoson Middle School's Cool Beans Cafe Thursday morning. Special needs students run all aspects of the coffee shop which help them get experience with job skills and social interactions outside a typical classroom environment.2019-01-06T03:09:48+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2018/03/18/2017-poy-va-singles-categories/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/4hm-spn-025-carfire01.jpgSpot News HM Nikki Fox/Daily News-RecordA firefighter puts out a vehicle as the flames spread to the surrounding trees around 11 p.m. north Harrisonburg, Va., Tuesday Aug. 8, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3-spn-012-tactical.jpgSpot News 3rd Place Aileen Devlin/Daily PressPlacing his hands behind his head, the shadow Khalil James projects onto an apartment complex off 400 block of Savade Drive in Newport News on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. Newport News Police Department and Tactical Operations Unit responded to the incident around 8:50 p.m. , where the suspect surrounded peacefully and was taken into custody for accusations of abduction, assault and battery, brandishing a firearm, failure to appear, capias and a civil summons.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2-spn-005-crash05.jpgSpot News 2nd Place Shelby Lum Cousino/Times-DispatchAuthorities near the scene of the helicopter crash near Charlottesville on Saturday Aug. 12, 2017. Virginia State Police confirmed two deaths in the crash.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1-spn-001-attack01.jpgSpot News 1st Place Ryan Kelly/Daily ProgressPeople are thrown into the air as a car plows into a group of protesters demonstrating against the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12, 2017. The attack killed Heather Heyer and injured 19 others. James Alex Fields Jr., the alleged driver, was charged with second-degree murder. The white nationalist rally was originally organized to protest the city of Charlottesville's plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/4hm-spf-009-coaching03.jpgSports Feature HM Bill Tiernan/Virginian-PilotJames River High School coach David Chase talks to his pitcher #5 Jordan Webster before she goes to the plate in the 6A South Regional semifinal softball game Wednesday, May 31,2017 against Kellam High School in Virginia Beach.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/4hm-spf-003-smoke01.jpgSports Feature HM Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald-CourierUNOH 200 Truck Race Winner Kyle Busch hangs out of his truck while performing a burnout after finishing the Rain Delayed race on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 in Bristol, Tennessee.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3-spf-001-rain03.jpgSports Feature 3rd Place Ryan Kelly/Daily ProgressCharlottesville midfielder Amdane Sanda (4) celebrates scoring a goal during a soccer game as rain falls in Charlottesville, Virginia on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Charlottesville defeated Liberty Christian 5-2 to win the Conference 23 championship.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2-spf-007-golfwin02.jpgSports Feature 2nd Place Rob Ostermaier/Daily PressLexi Thompson celebrates with friends Dan and Sydney Steger after winning the 2017 LPGA Kingsmill Championship Sunday May 21st. Thompson set a tournament record at 20 under beating Annika Sorenstam's record set in 2008.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1-spf_021_jumpjoy02.jpgSports Feature 1st Place Peter Cihelka/Freelance StarSpotsylvania High School team members Jonathan Rivard (left), Eugene Snyder (center) and Daniel Brooks celebrate their team's 7-5 victory over Tabb in the 3A Region finals at Spotsylvania on Thursday, June 1, 2017. The Knights will be heading to the state championships for the first time in school history.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/4hm-spa-026-tennis02.jpgSports Action HM Stephen Swofford/Daily News-RecordOlivia Offenbacker gets hit in the face during East Rock vs. Riverheads Tennis Wednesday afternoon.2018-03-21T02:03:20+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2018/03/18/2017-poy-va-sports-picture-story/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sps-002-cowboy11.jpgSnowmass Rodeo - Snowmass Village, COPeople gather under a threatening sky that produced showers during the Snowmass Rodeo on Wednesday July 19, 2017 in Snowmass Village, CO. This is the 44th year for the weekly rodeo that runs from mid-June through August.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sps-002-cowboy10.jpgSnowmass Rodeo - Snowmass Village, COKatie Ford, center, is seen in a shed used for participants to sign up to compete and other rodeo business at the Snowmass Rodeo on Wednesday July 19, 2017 in Snowmass Village, CO. This is the 44th year for the weekly rodeo that runs from mid-June through August.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sps-002-cowboy09.jpgSnowmass Rodeo - Snowmass Village, COZane Farris of Silt, CO poses for a portrait at the Snowmass Rodeo on Wednesday July 19, 2017 in Snowmass Village, CO. Farris was helping out at the rodeo. This is the 44th year for the weekly rodeo that runs from mid-June through August.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sps-002-cowboy08.jpgRodeo - Carbondale, CORyder Martin, 1, right, is held by his mother's friend, Ginny Harrington as they gather with others at the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo on Thursday July 20, 2017 in Carbondale, CO. Many people watch the rodeo from the back of vehicles or trailers. The weekly rodeo is in it's 13th year at it's current location. It runs from June to mid-August.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sps-002-cowboy07.jpgSnowmass Rodeo - Snowmass Village, CONile Thompson prepares to compete at the Snowmass Rodeo on Wednesday July 19, 2017 in Snowmass Village, CO. This is the 44th year for the weekly rodeo that runs from mid-June through August.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sps-002-cowboy06.jpgSnowmass Rodeo - Snowmass Village, COGarrett Buckley competes in the Saddle Bronc Riding competition at the Snowmass Rodeo on Wednesday July 19, 2017 in Snowmass Village, CO. Buckley got another ride after this first ride ended quickly as the horse he was riding went straight up and over after coming out of the gate. This is the 44th year for the weekly rodeo that runs from mid-June through August.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sps-002-cowboy05.jpgSnowmass Rodeo - Snowmass Village, COEvan Koster attends to his horse while standing next to J.D. Slagowski as Evan's wife, Maggee Koster holds their daughter, Raelyn Koster, 1, prior to the start of the Snowmass Rodeo on Wednesday July 19, 2017 in Snowmass Village, CO. This is the 44th year for the weekly rodeo that runs from mid-June through August.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sps-002-cowboy04.jpgRodeo - Carbondale, COA participant in the Team Roping event prepares to compete at the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo on Thursday July 20, 2017 in Carbondale, CO. The weekly rodeo is in it's 13th year at it's current location. It runs from June to mid-August.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sps-002-cowboy03.jpgSnowmass Rodeo - Snowmass Village, COStrider Leverton, of Vernel, UT, center, gathers with other participants at the Snowmass Rodeo on Wednesday July 19, 2017 in Snowmass Village, CO. This is the 44th year for the weekly rodeo that runs from mid-June through August.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sps-002-cowboy02.jpg3rd Place Sports Picture Story Matt McClain/Washington PostEvery year after the 4th of July, rodeos are plentiful in the western United States. Known as "Cowboy Christmas", participants can find a rodeo nearly everyday if they're willing to make the drive. Historically, rodeos began as a test of skill among workers on cattle ranches. The roots of this tradition is still visible in one of the many weekly small town rodeos in Colorado and throughout the mountain west. Mark Drummond works on his roping skills before during the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo on Thursday July 20, 2017 in Carbondale, CO. The weekly rodeo is in it's 13th year at it's current location. It runs from June to mid-August.2018-03-21T01:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2018/03/18/2017-poy-va-best-in-show-ryan-kelly-daily-progress/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bis-spn-001-attack01.jpgBest In Show Ryan Kelly/Daily ProgressPeople are thrown into the air as a car plows into a group of protesters demonstrating against the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12, 2017. The attack killed Heather Heyer and injured 19 others. James Alex Fields Jr., the alleged driver, was charged with second-degree murder. The white nationalist rally was originally organized to protest the city of Charlottesville's plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.2018-03-18T03:35:54+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2018/03/18/2017-poy-va-photographer-of-the-year/2018-03-18T03:27:34+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2018/03/18/2017-poy-va-sports-portfolio/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/spp-016-00-copy.jpgSports Portfolio 3rd Place Jonathon Gruenke/Daily PressSports Portfolio 3rd Place Jonathon Gruenke/Daily Presshttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1-019.jpgSports Portfolio 3rd Place Jonathon Gruenke/Daily PressSports Portfolio 2nd Place Peter Casey/USA Todayhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1st-sports-portfolio.jpgSports Portfolio 1st Place Todd Spencer/Virginian-PilotSports Portfolio 1st Place Todd Spencer/Virginian-Pilot2018-03-18T02:53:38+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2018/03/18/2017-poy-va-news-picture-story/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nps-016-christening08.jpgindianaChristening3From left, Vice President Mike Pence, Commander Jesse J. Zimbauer, and Matt Mulherin, president of Newport News Shipbuilding, celebrate after ship sponsor Diane Donald smashed a bottle of sparkling wine across the hull of the Virginia-class submarine Indiana during the christening ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding Saturday morning April 29, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nps-016-christening07.jpgindianaChristening10Several veterans from a previous USS Indiana, a World War II-era battleship, are recognized as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the christening of the Virginia-class submarine Indiana at Newport News Shipbuilding Saturday morning April 29, 2017. A total of 14 former Navy sailors from the last USS Indiana, the BB-58, a World War II-era battleship attended the christening. All in their 90s, they are among the roughly 60 or so men left from the original crew of 2,300.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nps-016-christening06.jpgindianaChristening1From left, Vice President Mike Pence, Commander Jesse J. Zimbauer, and Matt Mulherin, president of Newport News Shipbuilding, watch as ship sponsor Diane Donald smashes a bottle of sparkling wine across the hull of the Virginia-class submarine Indiana during the christening ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding Saturday morning April 29, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nps-016-christening05.jpgindianaChristening9Vice President Mike Pence hands out a coin before the start of the christening ceremony for the Virginia-class submarine Indiana at Newport News Shipbuilding Saturday morning April 29, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nps-016-christening04.jpgindianaChristening8Vice President Mike Pence, left, and ship sponsor Diane Donald stand beneath the Virginia-class submarine Indiana before the start of the christening ceremony at Newport News Shipbuilding Saturday morning April 29, 2017. Diane Donald, the wife of Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Kirkland H. Donald, will christen the Indiana by smashing a bottle of sparkling wine across its hull. Kirkland Donald commanded the Navy's nuclear propulsion program before retiring in 2012.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nps-016-christening03.jpgindianaChristening4Crew members of the submarine USS Indiana take selfies before the start the christening of the Virginia-class submarine Indiana at Newport News Shipbuilding Saturday morning April 29, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nps-016-christening02.jpgindianaChristening11Hundreds of people gather Saturday morning during the christening of the Virginia-class submarine Indiana at Newport News Shipbuilding April 29, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nps-016-christening01.jpgindianaChristening6Crew members of the submarine USS Indiana stand during the christening of the Virginia-class submarine Indiana at Newport News Shipbuilding Saturday morning April 29, 2017. The Indiana — or SSN-789 — is the 16th boat in the Virginia class of nuclear-powered subs being built. A total of 14 former Navy sailors from the last USS Indiana, the BB-58, a World War II-era battleship attended the christening. All in their 90s, they are among the roughly 60 or so men left from the original crew of 2,300. Vice President Mike Pence, who was governor of Indiana before becoming vice president, will keynote Saturday's event celebrating the Hoosier State's namesake vessel. The $2.5 billion, 377-foot Indiana will be delivered to the Navy in early 2018.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nps-001-charlottesville16.jpgnps-001-charlottesville16People visit a makeshift memorial for Heather Heyer on 4th Street at the Downtown Mall on Sunday, August 13, 2017. Heyer was killed Saturday when James Alex Fields, Jr. drove a Dodge Challenger into a crowd marching up the street.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nps-001-charlottesville15.jpgnps-001-charlottesville15Charlottesville SWAT team members set up on the roof of the Downtown Transit Station before a press conference called by Jason Kessler outside City Hall on Sunday, August 13, 2017, the day after the Unite the Right Rally.2018-03-18T02:40:53+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2018/03/18/2017-poy-va-feature-picture-story/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fps-012-almahdi01.jpgFPS-012-Almahdi01https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fps-012-almahdi00.jpgFeature Picture Story HM Aileen Devlin/Daily Presshttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fps-008-addiction01.jpgfps-008-addiction01Maddie Ross, 28, plays with her son, Dexter, at her motherÕs home in her old room in South Roanoke after seven months in Bethany Hall - a residential substance abuse treatment program. Artwork, magazine clippings and photos of friends from high school hang on the walls. Ross was homeless, suicidal and thought she would die by age 27 from her alcohol and opiates addiction. The Roanoke Times followed Ross and another woman, Kyla Donoho, as they worked their way through the substance abuse treatment program. "I think it really took Dexter coming into my life to see the world in a better perspective," said Ross, who had been through multiple treatment programs and attributes her success to Bethany Hall, "In other programs you donÕt get the education you need or the time to fix your thinking."https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1-008.jpgFeature Picture Story HM Heather Rousseau/Roanoke TimesMaddie Ross, 28, plays with her son, Dexter, at her motherÕs home in her old room in South Roanoke after seven months in Bethany Hall - a residential substance abuse treatment program. Artwork, magazine clippings and photos of friends from high school hang on the walls. Ross was homeless, suicidal and thought she would die by age 27 from her alcohol and opiates addiction. The Roanoke Times followed Ross and another woman, Kyla Donoho, as they worked their way through the substance abuse treatment program. "I think it really took Dexter coming into my life to see the world in a better perspective," said Ross, who had been through multiple treatment programs and attributes her success to Bethany Hall, "In other programs you donÕt get the education you need or the time to fix your thinking."https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fps-002-elvis11.jpgElvis essay - Memphis, TNMary Stonebraker sits in the living room of her home that is directly behind Elvis Presley's Graceland on Friday August 11, 2017 in Memphis, TN. She and her husband, Bud Stonebraker have lived in the home for 22 years. Bud refers to he and his wife as more Elvis fanatics than just fans. Their house is decked out with Elvis memorabilia.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fps-002-elvis10.jpgElvis essay - Memphis, TNElvis Tribute Artist, Bruce Hanson of Rice Lake, WI, performs in the backyard of Bud and Mary Stonebraker on Friday August 11, 2017 in Memphis, TN. The couple have lived directly behind Elvis Presley's Graceland for 22 years.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fps-002-elvis09.jpgElvis essay - Memphis, TNElvis Tribute Artist, Jimmy Smith of Aiken, SC looks over a fence at Graceland from the backyard of Bud and Mary Stonebraker on Monday August 14, 2017 in Memphis, TN. The couple have lived directly behind Elvis Presley's Graceland for 22 years. Bud refers to he and his wife as more Elvis fanatics than just fans. Their house is decked out with Elvis memorabilia. They hosted free concerts in their backyard during Elvis Week.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fps-002-elvis08.jpgElvis essay - Memphis, TNElvis Tribute Artist, Ron Tutor, 52, of Tinley Park, TN prepares to perform while listening to music in his Dodge Caravan outside the New Daisy Theatre during the Images of the King World Championship on Sunday August 13, 2017 in Memphis, TN. August 11-19 is Elvis Week. This year marks the 40th year since Elvis Presley's death.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fps-002-elvis07.jpgElvis essay - Memphis, TNElvis Tribute Artist, Doug Church uses a clothing steamer to take the wrinkles out of one of his jumpsuits backstage before performing during the Images of the King World Championship at the New Daisy Theatre on Monday August 14, 2017 in Memphis, TN. He ended up wearing another jumpsuit because a fellow competitor was wearing a similar one to the suit he was steaming.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fps-002-elvis06.jpgElvis essay - Memphis, TNElvis Tribute Artist, Daisuke Kiryu, of Tokyo, Japan stands outside Sun Studio after visiting on Friday August 18, 2017 in Memphis, TN. August 11-19 is Elvis Week. This year marks the 40th year since Elvis Presley's death.2018-03-18T02:23:14+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2018/03/18/2017-poy-va-portfolio/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/hm-portfolio.jpgHM Portfolio Jay Westcott/News & AdvanceHM Portfolio Jay Westcott/News & Advancehttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fol-012-portfolio00.png3rd Place Portfolio Aileen Devlin3rd Place Portfolio Aileen Devlin/Daily Presshttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fol-016-00.png2nd Place Portfolio Jonathon Gruenke/Daily Press2nd Place Portfolio Jonathon Gruenke/Daily Presshttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1st-place-portfolio.jpg1st Place Portfolio Matt McClain/Washington Post1st Place Portfolio Matt McClain/Washington Post2018-03-18T02:11:18+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2018/03/07/q4-clip-contest-results/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sports-hm-aileen-devlin-the-daily-press.jpgSports HM, Aileen Devlin, The Daily PressHeritage High's Nehemiah Carter (3) reacts after losing the VHSL Class 4 state semifinals game to Midlothian High held at Heritage High School on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sports-3rd-place-douglas-graham-loudon-now.jpgSports 3rd Place, Douglas Graham, Loudon NowUNITED STATES - July 8, 2017: Photos of the Year for 2017. Morven Park has launched its inaugural season of Polo in the Park at the Morven Park International Equestrian Center. Arena polo matches, picnicking and dancing will take place every Saturday evening in July and August.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sports-2nd-place-jonathon-gruenke-the-daily-press.jpgSports 2nd Place, Jonathon Gruenke, The Daily PressYork's Cole Edwards disappointedly sits in the end zone after losing 34-6 to Hopewell during Saturday's Region 3A championship game at Bailey Field November 25, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sports-1st-place-aileen-devlin-the-daily-press.jpgSports 1st Place, Aileen Devlin, The Daily PressTabb High's Gracie Roberts (5) nearly takes a ball to the face during the Class 3 state final champion game against James Monroe High held at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/portrait-3rd-place-matt-mcclain-the-washington-post.jpgPortrait 3rd Place, Matt McClain, The Washington PostSpeaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks to the media about tax reform at Capitol Hill on Tuesday October 24, 2017 in Washington, DC.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/portrait-2nd-place-aileen-devlin-the-daily-press.jpgPortrait 2nd Place, Aileen Devlin, The Daily PressArtificial light beams through Dean Shostak's glass violin as he warms up for a show at the Williamsburg Library on Friday , Dec. 8, 2017. Shostak is a multi-instrumental musician who specializing in unique glass instruments. The glass armonica was invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761 and composers such as Mozart and Beethoven wrote parts for the instrument.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/portrait-1st-place-jonathon-gruenke-the-daily-press.jpgPortrait 1st Place, Jonathon Gruenke, The Daily PressLocal pastor Curtis Harris, right, has opened his home to Brandon Gasper, center, who was released from Chesapeake Juvenile Service. Also pictured are Jazell Bodie, left, and Denya Dancy. Curtis Harris runs Original BROTHAS Outreach, a nonprofit that provides support and mentorship to young men, many of whom are involved in juvenile court. For many, Original BROTHAs (Brothers Reaching out to Help and Serve) is an alternative to prison when Newport News and Hampton courts allow it. The program provides tutoring, computer skills, life skills and group counseling, and Harris is on call practically 24/7 for crisis intervention. “Basically he’s the only father I ever knew and he could be my father and teach me how to be a man,” Gasper said.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/news-3rd-place-matt-mcclain-the-washington-post.jpgNews 3rd Place, Matt McClain, The Washington PostMia Herman has an acquitance take a photo of her sitting on a fire hydrant on a flooded street as Hurricane Irma hits the area on Sunday September 10, 2017 in Miami, FL.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/news-2nd-place-shelby-lum-richmond-times-dispatch.jpgNews 2nd Place, Shelby Lum, Richmond Times DispatchRameer Battle (left) and Jordan Roney, both kindergarteners at Walnut Hill Elementary, lead a group of kids in a march around the school to protest bullying on Friday Oct. 27, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/news-1st-place-aileen-devlin-the-daily-press.jpgNews 1st Place, Aileen Devlin, The Daily PressPlacing his hands behind his head, the shadow Khalil James projects onto an apartment complex off 400 block of Savade Drive in Newport News on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. Newport News Police Department and Tactical Operations Unit responded to the incident around 8:50 p.m. , where the suspect surrounded peacefully and was taken into custody for accusations of abduction, assault and battery, brandishing a firearm, failure to appear, capias and a civil summons.2018-03-09T23:54:52+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/06/19/1st-q-clip-contest-winners-2017/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/portrait-hm-jill-nance-the-news-advance.jpgPortrait HM, Jill Nance, The News & AdvanceDelores Nash Hicks was one of the last members of New London United Methodist Church before it closed in 1990.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/portrait-3rd-place-jay-westcott-the-news-advance.jpgPortrait 3rd place, Jay Westcott, The News & AdvanceAPPOMATTOX, VA - JAN 8: Delonta Kelso, All-Area Athlete of the Year, Defense, poses for an HDR Portrait on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 in Appomattox, Va.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/portrait-2nd-place-shelby-lum-richmond-times-dispatch.jpgPortrait 2nd place, Shelby Lum, Richmond Times-DispatchChef Mike Ledesma poses for a portrait on Friday March 24, 2017. Ledesma is headlining Taste of Richmond. He is the corporate executive chef for Richmond Restaurant Group, which operates The Hill Cafe, East Coast Provisions, Pearl Raw Bar, The Daily Kitchen & Bar and two locations of The Hard Shell.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/portrait-1st-place-aileen-devlin-daily-press.jpgPortrait 1st place, Aileen Devlin, Daily PressHampton native Raymond McNeil poses for a photograph next to a sewing machine at his home mother's home in Hampton. Currently living in L.A., McNeil is a fashion designer who designed multiple dresses for Margot Lee Shetterly, the author of "Hidden Figures, " as she travels on the press tour for the movie. Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sports-3rd-place-aileen-devlin-daily-press.jpgSports 3rd place, Aileen Devlin, Daily PressCNU teammates surround in Makeda Wright (2) in celebration after defeating UMW during the Capital Athletic Championship game held at Christopher Newport University on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sports-2nd-place-rob-ostermaier-the-daily-press.jpgSports 2nd place, Rob Ostermaier, The Daily PressGrafton's Zack Wojnarowski tries to get the tag on Tabb's Hunter Watson as he slides in safe at second during the fourth inning Tuesday March 21, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sports-1st-place-jonathan-gruenke-the-daily-press.jpgSports 1st place, Jonathan Gruenke, The Daily PressFans run onto the court to celebrate with Christopher Newport University's Marcus Carter, left, after defeating Salisbury 55-53 during Wednesday's game at the Freeman Center January 25, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/news-hm-jonathan-gruenke-the-daily-press.jpgNews HM, Jonathan Gruenke, The Daily PressMembers of the Navy salute before President Donald Trump speaks abroad the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford CVN-78 at Newport News Shipbuilding Thursday afternoon March 2, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/news-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot.jpgNews 3rd place, Kristen Zeis, The Virginian-PilotAs seen reflected in a window, participants walk along Atlantic Avenue in the Faith, Freedom, Justice March held in Virginia Beach, Va., on Saturday, February 25, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/news-2nd-place-shelby-lum-richmond-times-dispatch.jpgNews 2nd place, Shelby Lum, Richmond Times-Dispatch(From left) Latanya Walker and her sisters China and Dequalla hold each other during the vigil on Monday Feb. 20, 2017 for their sister Shaquenda Walker who was shot killed with her mother Deborah Walker at the Oliver Crossing apartments on Thursday.2018-01-24T00:52:32+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/12/26/3rd-q-clip-contest-winners-2017/2017-12-26T18:03:57+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/09/08/2nd-q-clip-contest-winners-2017/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sports-hm-2-aileen-devlin-daily-press2.jpgSports HM 2, Aileen Devlin, Daily PressTabb High's Andrew Lenfant (8) reacts while Riverside High players accept the trophy after winning the 3A East Region boys soccer championship held at York High School on Monday, June 5, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sports-hm-1-aileen-devlin-daily-press2.jpgSports HM 1, Aileen Devlin, Daily PressYork High's Britney Hepner (27) catches the ball during the 3A East Region softball semifinal game against Riverside High held at York High School on Thursday, June 1, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sports-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot2.jpgSports 3rd place, Kristen Zeis, The Virginian-PilotHickory's Jacob Mustain tags out Hanover's Brian Sisson during the fourth inning of their game at Hickory High School in Chesapeake, Va., on Wednesday, April 12, 2017.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sports-2nd-place-erica-yoon-the-roanoke-times2.jpgSports 2nd place, Erica Yoon, The Roanoke TimesNorthside High School third baseman Sam McLaughlin (23) loses the ball as Cave Spring's Logan Altizer (7) slides into third safely during the first inning of the Region 3A West quarter final at Northside High School Tuesday evening, May 30, 2017. Cave Spring won 4-3.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sports-1st-place-rob-ostermaier-the-daily-press2.jpgSports 1st place, Rob Ostermaier, The Daily PressLexi Thompson celebrates with friends Dan and Sydney Steger after winning the 2017 LPGA Kingsmill Championship Sunday May 21st. Thompson set a tournament record at 20 under beating Annika Sorenstam's record set in 2008.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/portrait-hm-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot.jpgPortrait HM, Kristen Zeis, The Virginian-PilotDorothy Clark holds a comfort blanket named Happy Feet, in the bedroom of her Virginia Beach, Va., apartment on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Clark, who has an intellectual disability, is able to live independently with the help of the Hope House Foundation.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/portrait-3rd-place-kaitlin-mckeow-the-virginian-pilot2.jpgPortrait 3rd place, Kaitlin McKeow, The Virginian-PilotA mime with Virginia Beach-based Magical Solutions prepares to exit a tent and perform at Hampton Roads PrideFest on June 17, 2017 in Town Point Park.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/portrait-2nd-place-shelby-lum-richmond-times-dispatch2.jpgPortrait 2nd place, Shelby Lum, Richmond Times-DispatchRev. Alexander Evans who at the time was pastor of Blacksburg Presbyterian Church during the Virginia Tech shootings and was chaplain to the Blacksburg Police Department, found his calling helping law enforcement cope with trauma. He started a non-profit, Virginia Law Enforcement Assistance Program, which holds seminars for police officers who have been through trauma. He now preaches at Second Presbyterian in Richmond.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/portrait-1st-place-jonathan-gruenke-the-daily-press2.jpgPortrait 1st place, Jonathan Gruenke, The Daily PressJamestown's Grayson DeBerry is the tennis athlete of the year.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/news-hm-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot2.jpgNews HM, Kristen Zeis, The Virginian-PilotDavid LeGrand holds up a prosthetic eye to measure for accurate pupil size before beginning painting a new scleral cover shell for Martha Seidel, of Virginia Beach, Va., at LeGrand Associates in Chesapeake, Va., on Wednesday, May 31, 2017.2017-09-13T13:47:57+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/05/02/vnpa-scholarship-applicant-3/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sunsetparty2.jpgsunsetparty2https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sunset-party.jpgsunset partyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/santa3.jpgsanta3https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/santa2.jpgsanta2https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/santa1.jpgsanta1https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/personalphoto10.jpgpersonalphoto10https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/personalphoto9.jpgpersonalphoto9https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/personalphoto8.jpgpersonalphoto8https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/personalphoto7.jpgpersonalphoto7https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/personalphoto6.jpgpersonalphoto62017-05-02T14:46:58+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/05/02/vnpa-scholarship-applicant-2/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/athuman_vnpa_19a.jpgBestOfTheBestRodeo 06222016Blythe Beshears, 17 of Gilbert, AZ, competed in the Barrel racing, Poles, breakaway and team roping during the Best of the Best timed events Rodeo on June 22, 2016 at Red Rock Park in Churchrock, Nm.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/athuman_vnpa_18.jpgBestOfTheBestRodeo 06222016Shad Mayfield, 15 of Clovis NM, follows his father's footsteps as a calf roper and Team roping. Mayfield was one of the few competitors invited to compete in the best of the best timed event rodeo in Churchrock, NM.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/athuman_vnpa_17.jpgLionClubRodeo 06182016Desiree Wilson, 19 of Vanderwagen, NM, has been competing as a blurred for the past 2 years and will compete in the 68th annual Gallup Lions Club Rodeo on Saturday June 18, 2016 at Red Rock Park in Churchrock, Nm.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/athuman_vnpa_16.jpgHigh School Rodeo portraits 05272016Kash Pablo, 17, of Crownpoint, Nm. was one of many participants who came all over the state to Red Rock park to compete in the New Mexico High school and Junior High school Rodeo Association state finals on Friday, May 27, 2016 in Curchrock, Nm.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/athuman_vnpa_15.jpgLionClubRodeo 06182016Chance Yazzie, 12 of Ganado, Az, will compete as a steer rider in the 68th annual Gallup Lions Club Rodeo on Saturday at Red Rock Park in Churchrock.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/athuman_vnpa_14.jpgWrestling_StatesDavid Giantonio junior at Christiansburg high school wraps his arm around Bake Hohman, junior at New kent High school, neck during a VHSL finals on Saturday February 22, 2014. David won states in his weight class of 145pounds.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/athuman_vnpa_13.jpgBasketballLady Toppers forward Ivy Brown (23) and Marshall University forward Talequia Hamilton (0) fight for a rebound during the Lady Toppers' 73-57 win over Marshall University on Saturday Jan. 21, 2016 at E.A. Diddle arena.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/athuman_vnpa_12.jpgWKU_HilltopperRelayWKU pole vaulter Getter Lemberg runs to jump during the Hilltopper Relay April 08, 2016 at Charles M. Rueter Track and Field Complex in Bowling Green, Ky.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/athuman_vnpa_11.jpgBestoftheBest_SpotNews 06252016Dina Ponce is held by her boyfriend as they watch their homes burn down on Saturday June 26, 2016 in the Gamerco neighborhood on in Gallup, Nm. Ponce's trailer burned along with her bother's but her daughter's, Janelle Trujillo, home survived.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/athuman_vnpa_10.jpgStreetJohn Smiley works on a car in his father's shop, Miller Automotive and transmission shop. Miller Automotive and transmission shop has been open for the past forty years, and Smiley has been working there for the past 20 years of it. Smiley's shop is just off the interstate, and usually is open from 7am to 3am to accommodate to broke down motorists.2017-05-11T15:22:59+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/05/02/vnpa-scholarship-applicant-1/2017-05-02T14:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/03/26/2016-photographer-of-the-year-winners/2017-03-26T21:43:52+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/03/26/2016-photos-of-the-year-virginia-best-in-show/2017-03-26T21:42:50+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/03/26/2016-photos-of-the-year-virginia-portfolio-category/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hm-portfolio-14.jpgHM Portfolio 14https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hm-portfolio-13.jpgHM Portfolio 13https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/3rd-place-portfolio.jpg3rd Place Portfoliohttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2nd-portfolio.jpg2nd Portfoliohttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1st-place-portfolio.jpg1st Place Portfolio2017-03-26T21:29:27+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/03/26/photos-of-the-year-virginia-sports-portfolio/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hm-sports-portfolio.jpgHM Sports Portfoliohttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/3rd-sports-portfolio.jpg3rd Sports Portfoliohttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2nd-sports-portfolio.jpg2nd Sports Portfoliohttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1st-sports-portfolio.jpg1st Sports Portfolio2017-03-26T21:10:09+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/03/26/2016-photos-of-the-year-virginia-multimedia-category/2017-03-26T20:56:15+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/03/26/2016-photos-of-the-year-sports-picture-story-category/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sps-020-football12.jpgTia Watkins - Imperial, PATia Watkins, right, poses for a photograph with family and friends following the Women's Football Alliance championship game or W Bowl against the Dallas Elite at West Allegheny High School on Saturday July 23, 2016 in Imperial, PA. Tia plays for the D.C. Divas, a full-contact female football team. The Divas won the game.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sps-020-football11.jpgTia Watkins - Imperial, PATia Watkins, center, celebrates with teammates following the Women's Football Alliance championship game or W Bowl against the Dallas Elite at West Allegheny High School on Saturday July 23, 2016 in Imperial, PA. Tia plays for the D.C. Divas, a full-contact female football team. The Divas won the game.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sps-020-football10.jpgTia Watkins - Imperial, PATia Watkins, left, helps to tackle Tiffany Hill of the Dallas Elite during the Women's Football Alliance championship game or W Bowl at West Allegheny High School on Saturday July 23, 2016 in Imperial, PA. Tia plays for the D.C. Divas, a full-contact female football team. The Divas won the game.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sps-020-football09.jpgTia Watkins - Imperial, PATia Watkins, right center, talks with Whitney Simms, right, during half-time of the Women's Football Alliance championship game or W Bowl against the Dallas Elite at West Allegheny High School on Saturday July 23, 2016 in Imperial, PA. Tia plays for the D.C. Divas, a full-contact female football team. The Divas won the game.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sps-020-football08.jpgTia Watkins - Washington, DCTia Watkins plays with her son, Shawn Watkins Jr. before her football practice with the D.C. Divas at Spingarn High School on Wednesday July 20, 2016 in Washington, DC. The D.C. Divas is a full-contact female football team. Among the things that motivate her to play a sport not widely known as a women’s sport is the role model she can provide for her children. “Having a son, I’m showing him to respect women and that women can do anything you can do.” For her daughter Tia believes that having Jori watch her play football will result in her having a greater “sense of self” as well as “increasing her confidence and just showing her that I can be whatever I want to be , even if it’s not playing football. If I want to be President of the United States or the CEO of a company, there’s no limits.”https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sps-020-football07.jpgTia Watkins - Severn, MDTia Watkins reads with her daughter, Jori Watkins and son, Shawn Watkins Jr. at the home where they live on Tuesday July 26, 2016 in Severn, MD. Tia plays full-contact football for the D.C. Divas.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sps-020-football06.jpgTia Watkins - Severn, MDTia Watkins, right, jokes with her daughter, Jori Watkins at the relatives' home they live on Tuesday July 26, 2016 in Severn, MD. Tia plays full-contact football for the D.C. Divas.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sps-020-football05.jpgTia Watkins - Landover, MDTia Watkins prepares for her football game against the Philadelphia Phantomz at Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex on Saturday May 21, 2016 in Landover, MD. She plays for the D.C. Divas, a full-contact female football team.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sps-020-football03.jpgTia Watkins - Landover, MDTia Watkins, left, talks to teammate, Emily Grossman, center, during a game against the Pittsburgh Passion at Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex on Saturday June 25, 2016 in Landover, MD. Tia plays for the D.C. Divas, a full-contact female football team.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sps-020-football02.jpgTia Watkins - Washington, DC1st Place Sports Picture Story: Matt McClain, Washington Post--Tia Watkins practices with her fellow members of the D.C. Divas at Spingarn High School on Thursday May 19, 2016 in Washington, DC. The D.C. Divas is a full-contact female football team.2017-03-26T20:35:38+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/03/26/2016-photos-of-the-year-news-picture-story/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nps-005-jail14.jpgnps-005-jail14Holly Johnson celebrates on Nov. 3, 2016 after telling fellow inmates at Chesterfield County Jail that she will be released later that day. She said she would be moving into a recovery home through the McShin Foundation.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nps-005-jail13.jpgnps-005-jail13Tomme Pantoni hugs Sheriff Karl Leonard after he said he would try and bring in a tattoo artist to the pod at the Chesterfield County Jail to tattoo "Harpettes" on the women who wanted it on Oct. 19, 2016. Pantoni and the other women are part of an opioid program in the jail. The program started with the men and was called HARP for Heroin Addiction Recovery Program. The women have dubbed themselves the "Harpettes."https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nps-005-jail12.jpgnps-005-jail12Alyssa Dodson laughs as she shows off photos of her boyfriend of five years Frank Davis at the Chesterfield County Jail on Oct. 19, 2016. Dodson said she planned to head right to the courthouse after she got out to get married.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nps-005-jail11.jpgnps-005-jail11Women at the Chesterfield County Jail play spades in the common area of the pod on Oct. 19, 2016. The women are part of an opioid program in the jail.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nps-005-jail10.jpgnps-005-jail10Jennie Lansberry (left) and Alyssa Dodson change over loads of laundry at the Chesterfield County Jail on Oct. 19, 2016. They are part of an opioid program in the jail.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nps-005-jail09.jpgnps-005-jail09Amy Wetzel writes her initials in her shirt before starting a load of laundry at the Chesterfield County Jail on Oct. 19, 2016. Wetzel is part of an opioid program in the jail.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nps-005-jail08.jpgnps-005-jail08Jennie Lansberry rests her head on Kelly Dobrick's shoulder at the Chesterfield County Jail on Oct. 19, 2016. They are part of an opioid program in the jail.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nps-005-jail07.jpgnps-005-jail07Holly Johnson makes a phone call in the common area of the pod at the Chesterfield County Jail on Oct. 19, 2016. Johnson is part of an opioid program in the jail.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nps-005-jail06.jpgnps-005-jail06Books stack on a table in the common room at the Chesterfield County Jail on Oct. 19, 2016. The women there are part of an opioid program in the jail.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nps-005-jail05.jpgnps-005-jail05Tomme Pantoni sports bands at the Chesterfield County Jail that represent time clean. Orange bands represent 30 days, green bands represent 60 days and red bands represent 90 days. Pantoni is part of an opioid program in the jail.2017-03-26T20:15:34+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/03/26/2016-photos-of-the-year-feature-picture-story/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fps-010-tangier011.jpgTangier IslandLocal children hang out in an alley way with their motorized scooters as night falls on Tangier Island on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fps-010-tangier010.jpgTangier IslandAs the sun begins to set over the marshy waters Scott "Junior" Stier yells "you're mean" as his friend ditches him on a moped on Wednesday night in Tangier. Aug. 10, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fps-010-tangier09.jpgTangier IslandBenjamin Patten-Dunivan, 11, come up for air while swimming with other children on Tangier island on Thursday, Aug. 11. At five o'clock everyday the local youths congregate at the ice cream restaurant and walk to the gas dock to jump from the pier before the sun goes down.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fps-010-tangier08.jpgTangier IslandEveryday a group of local Tangier Island youths spend the last few hours of sunlight climbing and jumping off the wooden docks, swimming with the "water gulls" or jellyfish, hoping not to get stung. Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fps-010-tangier07.jpgTangier IslandTown manager Renee Tyler hangs up the phone after talking with a resident in office at the town hall. Tyler holds multiple responsibilities such as town maintenance, public concerns, collecting taxes and utilities, along with serving as a general liaison between the mayor and town council. Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fps-010-tangier06.jpgTangier IslandWhile crossing a wooden bridge a couple holds each other as they walk on a sunny day on Tangier Island. Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fps-010-tangier05.jpgTangier IslandCustomers bustle in and out of the Daley & Son Grocery store of Tangier Island on Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. The island has one grocery store and if residents want a specialty item they must place an order to be brought in by ferry.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fps-010-tangier04.jpgTangier IslandDerek Barbee, 11, left, looks at his brother Scott, 9, center, while Dakota Dunivan, 10, right, counts change for a customer while they sell hand-made items to tourists who visit Tangier Island on Wednesday, Aug. 10 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fps-010-tangier03.jpgTangier IslandTown of Tangier Mayor James "Ooker" Eskridge holds out one of the larger Chesapeake blue crabs from his catch while working on his shanty on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/fps-010-tangier02.jpgTangier IslandColored crab pot buoys hang from a line outside of the mayor's work shanty off Tangier Island. The island is a working watermen village which draws leagues of tourists ferried in from the mainland every summer for fresh, locally caught Chesapeake blue crab and laid-back lifestyle. Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016.2017-03-26T19:53:12+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/03/26/2016-poy-virginia-winners-singles-categories/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hmstspn-009-stormdamage01.jpgspn-009-StormDamage01HM Spot News: P. Kevin Morley, Richmond Times-Dispatch--Ameyah Graves (far left) couldn't believe that her mother's car was totaled by a fallen tree during Thursday night's storm. She and neighbors along Patrick Avenue lost their power. From left: Ameyah Graves, Jamya Mobley (11), Aquan Mobley (7), their mother Audreyel Mobley and Audreyel's husband, Jonas Baptist.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hmspn-015-tornado01.jpgHMspn-015-tornado01HM Spot News: Jill Nance Waugh, News & Advance-- Nick Mobley helps finds possessions for the house owned by Jack Baker at 13720 Richmond Highway on February 24, 2016, a hour after an EF3 categroy tornado tore miles-long swatch of damage through in Appomattox County, Va.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/3spn-034-omg-01.jpg3spn-034-OMG-013rd Place Spot News: Lee Luther--The front wheel came off of Susan Malburg's stroller tipped over but the baby and Malburg were not hurt as both were quickly cared for by other runners in the IRON 5 K Race on Sunday.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2spn-026-shooting01.jpgPolice involved shooting2nd Place Spot News: Todd Spencer, Virginian-Pilot--Melody Spraggin holds her ten year old son Mark Spraggin outside a residence in the Tidewater Gardens neighborhood, where Norfolk Police say two officers were involved in a fatal shooting inside. Melody said that the man shot was her uncle and she was waiting for information from the police.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1spn-012-drown01.jpgHomeowners tear down pool after Friday night drowning1st Place Spot News: Kristen Zeis, Virginian-Pilot--"This devastates the hell out of me," said Kevin Dillard while draining a pool that was the location of the drowning of his toddler neighbor in Virginia Beach, Va., on Saturday, April 2 , 2016. On Friday, April 1, 2016, a toddler was reported missing on the 1800 block of Old Ridge Road in Virginia Beach, Va., shorty after, her body was found in the pool in Dillard's backyard. ÒThey have to look at that pool every day,Ó he said. ÒIÕm not doing that to them. IÕm not doing that to me.Óhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hmspf-031-sportsmanship01.jpgHMspf-031-sportsmanship01HM Place Sports Feature: Jay Westcott, News & Advance--E.C. Glass senior TJ Jones (left) and teammate Ricardo Crews (right) console Liberty Christian's Jay Barber after Thursday night's postseason elimination basketball game.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/hmspf-017-pizza03.jpgspf-017-pizza03HM Place Sports Feature: Heather Rousseau, Roanoke Times--The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets react to the game as they eat pizza during the first half of the game against Miami University in Blacksburg, Va. Thursday, October 20 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/3spf-014-sweatysteam01.jpgfootball3rd Place Sports Feature: Jonathon Gruenke, Daily Press--Steam rises above Hampton's Burnell Pulley before the start of Friday's Region 5A South playoff game against Indian River at Darling Stadium November 18, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2spf-007-backwards01.jpgThe young football players of the 757 Seahawks Youth Athletic Association.2nd Place Sports Feature: Bill Tiernan, Virginian-Pilot--From left: Coach Leon Wilson jokes with Kemon Wood,4, who plays with the super tiny mites football team of the 757 Seahawks Youth Athletic Association, after he put his shoulder pads on backwards before a team practice Sept.29, 2016. His father Detrell Wood, an assistant coach of the super tiny mights, was helping his son get his pads turned around. Wilson is a coach of the 10U division players.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1spf-014-hockeyselfie03.jpgairVSsea21st Place Sports Feature: Jonathon Gruenke, Daily Press--Members of the USS Abraham Lincoln hockey team take selfies before the start of Saturday's Air vs. Sea hockey game at the Scope Arena in Norfolk on January 30, 2015.2017-03-26T19:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/03/11/poy-va-2016-judges/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/randolph_headshot.jpgrandolph_headshothttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/mdibari.jpgMDiBarihttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/image1.jpgimage12017-03-11T22:09:54+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2017/02/08/4th-q-clip-contest-winners-2016/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/news-3rd-place-jonathan-gruenke-the-daily-press1.jpgnews-3rd-place-jonathan-gruenke-the-daily-pressPeople walk through a flooded road near City Line Apartments near Lassiter Drive Saturday evening October 8, 2016 as heavy rain from Hurricane Matthew hits the area.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/multiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-6.jpgmultiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-6Arthur Lawrence Jr. sings during his parents wedding ceremony at New Weeping Mary Missionary Baptist Church in Chesapeake, Va., on Saturday, December 10, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/multiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-7.jpgmultiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-7Elizabeth and Arthur Lawrence Sr., center, exit the church with their children and grandchildren following their wedding ceremony at New Weeping Mary Missionary Baptist Church in Chesapeake, Va., on Saturday, December 10, 2016 following their wedding. The couple has been married for 50 years but due to LawrenceÕs military career, they were unable to have a planned wedding and married in a quick ceremony in 19https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/multiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-8.jpgmultiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-8The family of Elizabeth and Arthur Lawrence Sr., watches on as they greet their guests before sitting down at their wedding reception at New Weeping Mary Missionary Baptist Church in Chesapeake, Va., on Saturday, December 10, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/multiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-4.jpgmultiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-4Bride Elizabeth carefully walks around the corner so as to not reveal her dress to groom, Arthur Lawrence Sr., prior to the start of their wedding at New Weeping Mary Missionary Baptist Church in Chesapeake, Va., on Saturday, December 10, 2016. The couple has been married for 50 years but due to LawrenceÕs military career, they were unable to have a planned wedding and married in a quick ceremony in 1966. Lawrence's daughter, Elizabeth Coleman, planned a wedding for her parents.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/multiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-5.jpgmultiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-5The toes of Elizabeth Lawrence peek out from her shoes underneath her wedding dress at New Weeping Mary Missionary Baptist Church in Chesapeake, Va., on Saturday, December 10, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/multiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-1.jpgmultiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-1Elizabeth and Arthur Lawrence Sr., share a kiss at the end of their wedding at New Weeping Mary Missionary Baptist Church in Chesapeake, Va., on Saturday, December 10, 2016. The couple has been married for 50 years but due to LawrenceÕs military career, they were unable to have a planned wedding and married in a quick ceremony in 1966.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/multiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-2.jpgmultiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-2Eva Stallings helps her sister, Elizabeth Lawrence, prepare for her wedding at New Weeping Mary Missionary Baptist Church in Chesapeake, Va., on Saturday, December 10, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/multiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-3.jpgmultiple-3rd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot-3Arthur Lawrence Jr., far right, checks on his mother, Elizabeth, far left, and aunt, Eva Stallings, prior to the start of her wedding at New Weeping Mary Missionary Baptist Church in Chesapeake, Va., on Saturday, December 10, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/multiple-2nd-place-daniel-lin-daily-news-record-6.jpgmultiple-2nd-place-daniel-lin-daily-news-record-6(20161104) - (Broadway) Army Captain John Baer touches a photo of former Broadway football player Brian "Bucky" Anderson as he leaves the Broadway High School locker room. Baer was Anderson's platoon leader when the Broadway native was killed in action in an IED attack in Afghanistan in 2010.2017-02-09T18:11:32+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2016/12/07/3rd-q-clip-contest-winners-2016/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/feature-1st-place-rob-ostermaier-the-daily-press.jpgfeature-1st-place-rob-ostermaier-the-daily-pressMichael White and Isaiah Hill continue to fish near the Coleman Bridge in Yorktown as a series of thunderstorm cells move through the area Friday July 15, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sports-2nd-place-rob-ostermaier-the-daily-press.jpgsports-2nd-place-rob-ostermaier-the-daily-pressHeritage is on the sideline Friday September 9, 2016 to take on the Hampton Crabbers as the sun sets over Todd Stadium in Newport News.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sports-3rd-place-jonathan-gruenke-the-daily-press.jpgsports-3rd-place-jonathan-gruenke-the-daily-pressJP Rutledge prepares for the Men's 35+ race during Saturday's Criterium at Oyster Point.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sports-1st-place-jonathan-gruenke-the-daily-press.jpgsports-1st-place-jonathan-gruenke-the-daily-pressFrom left Orlando Storm's Jackson Stephens, Tanner Reid, Tank Kelley and Nolan Juvers jump to catch a ball before the start of Tuesday's opening ceremony of the Cal Ripken Southeast Regional baseball tournament July 12, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/portrait-1st-place-james-diem-eastern-shore-news.jpgportrait-1st-place-james-diem-eastern-shore-newsAngelica Garcia sits with her guitar on the box pews in the sanctuary of St. James Church in Accomac, Va. on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016. Garcia will have her debut album "Medicine For Birds" released on Sept. 30th. Garcia wrote the majority of her songs in the church's nearby rectory and parish house. Her single "Orange Flower" has been featured on NPR.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/portrait-2nd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot.jpgportrait-2nd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilotNichole Credle, is photographed at her Suffolk, Va., home on Wednesday, August 31, 2016. Credle signed a contract with Sea-Thru, a Virginia Beach, Va., window company in June 2016 and has yet to receive her windows. She's battling the company in an effort to retrieve a $2,278 deposit for preach of contract. Credle's current windows are leaking and she's worried about the risk of mold, which she says would result in health issues for her children, who are asthmatic. Credle is photographed with her children, Collin Credle Jr., 5, and Hailey, 6.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/news-3rd-place-lathan-goumas-news-advance.jpgnews-3rd-place-lathan-goumas-news-advanceFirefighters battle an apartment fire on Duiguid Drive on Sunday July 31, 2016 in Lynchburg, VA.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/news-1st-place-austin-bachand-daily-news-record.jpgnews-1st-place-austin-bachand-daily-news-recordIsaiah Burroughs, 9, of Bridgewater, and his grandfather Junior Knight, of Elkton, ride the fireball ride at the Rockingham County Fair in Harrisonburg, Va., on Friday, August 19, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/news-2nd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot.jpgnews-2nd-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilotWhile blocking Interstate 264 protestors of the local Blacklivesmatter757 put their hands up during a "Hands up, Don't Shoot" chat in Portsmouth, Va., on Sunday, July 10, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/multiple-hm-lathan-goumas-news-advance-11.jpgmultiple-hm-lathan-goumas-news-advance-11A driver performs a burnout before racing at the New London Dragstrip on Sunday September 11, 2016 in Forest, Va.2016-12-07T21:54:41+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2016/08/24/2nd-q-clip-contest-winners-2016/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sports-3rd-place-jonathon-gruenke-daily-press1.jpgSports, 3rd place, Jonathon Gruenke, Daily pressKecoughtan players celebrate after defeating Bethel in overtime during Thursday's Conference 10 final on May 26, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sports-1st-place-jonathon-gruenke-daily-press1.jpgSports, 1st place, Jonathon Gruenke, Daily PressYork's Max Poelker heads the ball away from Tabb's Andrew Lenfant, right, during Friday's Conference 27 final at Bailey Field on May 27, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/portrait-3rd-place-aileen-devlin-daily-press1.jpgPortrait, 3rd place, Aileen Devlin, Daily PressRhiannon Hartman poses for a photograph after winning the 2016 Daily Press reader poetry contest with her poem "Birth" while at her home in Williamsburg on Friday, May 27, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sports-hm-shelby-lum-richmond-times-dispatch.jpgSports, HM, Shelby Lum, Richmond Times-DispatchMaggie Walker’s Ryan Buscaglia, who finished fourth in the mile at the Southern Track Classic last week, receives a hug from Douglas Freeman’s Waleed Suliman, who won the race at the Southern Track Classic track and field meet on Friday May 13, 2016. Buscaglia's father died suddenly earlier that week and he received an outpouring of support from the local track community. His father, Bruce, has been planning on going to the doctor for bruising on May 9, was diagnosed with acute leukemia, which he didn't know he had and passed away May 10.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sports-2nd-place-lee-luther-jr-amherst-new-era-progress.jpgSports, 2nd place, Lee Luther Jr, Amherst New Era-ProgressThe front wheel came off of Susan Malburg's stroller and tipped over but the baby and Malburg were not hurt as both were quickly cared for by other runners in the IRON 5 K Race on Sunday.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/portrait-2nd-place-james-diem-easern-shore-news.jpgPortrait, 2nd place, James Diem, Easern Shore NewsNorthampton's Makayla Wilson poses for a portrait in the home dugout at Northampton High School's softball field on Thursday, April, 14, 2016. Wilson is the team's leading hitter and one of its vocal leaders on the diamond.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/portrait-1st-place-jill-nance-the-news-advance.jpgPortrait, 1st place, Jill Nance, The News & AdvanceJulia Manherz, 94, poses in her living room in Wintergreen. Manherz was an actress and modeling coach is her early years.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/news-3rd-place-jay-westcott-the-news-advance.jpgNews, 3rd place, Jay Westcott, The News & AdvanceLYNCHBURG, VA - MAY 15: Benjamin Melin, 2, squeezes the face of his father, Captain Ben Melin, left, Company Commander of HHC 1-116 Infantry, Army National Guard, after a ceremony for the deploying unit at Monument Terrace on Sunday, May 15, 2016 in Lynchburg, Va.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/news-2nd-place-kevin-morley-richmond-times-dispatch.jpgNews, 2nd place, Kevin Morley, Richmond Times-DispatchAmeyah Graves (far left) couldn't believe that her mother's car was totaled by a fallen tree during Thursday night's storm. She and neighbors along Patrick Avenue lost their power. From left: Ameyah Graves, Jamya Mobley (11), Aquan Mobley (7), their mother Audreyel Mobley and Audreyel's husband, Jonas Baptist. June 17, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/news-1st-place-kristen-zeis-the-virginian-pilot.jpgNews, 1st place, Kristen Zeis, The Virginian-Pilot"This devastates the hell outta me," said Kevin Dillard while draining a pool that was the location of the drowning of his toddler neighbor in Virginia Beach, Va., on Saturday, April 2 , 2016. On Friday, April 1, 2016, a toddler was reported missing on the 1800 block of Old Ridge Road in Virginia Beach, Va., shorty after, she was found in the pool in Dillard's backyard. ÒThey have to look at that pool every day,Ó he said. ÒIÕm not doing that to them. IÕm not doing that to me.Ó2016-08-24T20:42:50+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2016/05/04/1st-q-clip-contest-winners-2016/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sports-hm-daniel-lin-daily-news-record2.jpgSports HM, Daniel Lin, Daily News-RecordSpotswood sophomore guard Meredith Vetter jumps into the arms of her twin sister, sophomore forward Brooke Vetter as the team celebrates after winning their VHSL 3A state championship game against Magna Vista in Richmond, Va., Saturday, March 12, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sports-3rd-place-peter-casey-usa-today2.jpgSports 3rd place, Peter Casey, USA TodayFeb 13, 2016; Daytona Beach, FL, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Danica Patrick (10) signs autographs through her garage window during practice for the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sports-2nd-place-rob-ostermaier-the-daily-press2.jpgSports 2nd place, Rob Ostermaier, The Daily PressChristopher Newport's Marcus Carter is run into by St. Mary's Pat Ryan during the second half of their tournament game.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sports-1st-place-jay-westcott-the-news-advance2.jpgSports 1st place, Jay Westcott, The News & AdvanceLYNCHBURG, VA - E.C. Glass senior TJ Jones (left) and teammate Ricardo Crews (right) console Liberty Christian's Jay Barber after Thursday night's postseason elimination basketball game.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/portrait-3rd-place-kevin-morley-the-richmond-times-dispatch2.jpgPortrait 3rd place, Kevin Morley, The Richmond Times-DispatchCharlotte McCutcheon sips a tea blend during a Downton Abbey exhibit event for members of the Virginia Historical Society, Jan. 11, 2016. Members enjoyed a wine-and-tea reception and were able to view the Downton Abbey exhibit one last time before it leaves. McCutcheon, of Richmond, said that she bought the hat in New York City years ago.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/portrait-2nd-place-jonathan-gruenke-the-daily-press2.jpgPortrait 2nd place, Jonathan Gruenke, The Daily PressChris Davis, dressed as a Star Wars Sith Master, poses in the hallways of DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Williamsburg during Saturday's 16th annual MarsCon. The event features panels, workshops, games, demonstrations and art.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/portrait-1st-place-aileen-devlin-the-daily-press2.jpgPortrait 1st place, Aileen Devlin, The Daily PressMenchville High School Daily Press All Star swimmer Alex Moore poses for a photograph at the Brittingham-Midtown Community Center on Wednesday, March 30, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/news-3rd-place-aileen-devlin-the-daily-press2.jpgNews 3rd place, Aileen Devlin, The Daily PressMother of Kawanza J. Beaty, Melissa Dargen, reacts after hearing the officer who shot and killed her son in July 2015 will not be indicated outside of the justice building in downtown Newport News. Friday, Feb. 26, 2016.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/news-2nd-place-jill-nance-the-news-advance2.jpgNews 2nd place, Jill Nance, The News & AdvanceNick Mobley helps clean up a house owned by a family friend at 13720 Richmond Highway on Wednesday February 24, 2016 after a category EF3 tornado hit Appomattox County, Va.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/news-1st-place-jonathan-gruenke-the-daily-press2.jpgNews 1st place, Jonathan Gruenke, The Daily PressHampton firefighters and police extract a person from a vehicle after it overturned near the intersection of Pembroke and LaSalle Avenue Saturday afternoon on January 23, 2016.2016-05-04T20:33:14+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2016/03/06/2015-vnpa-contest-portfolio/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/folio-1.jpg1st PORTFOLIO: Jonathon Gruenke, Daily Press1st PORTFOLIO: Jonathon Gruenke, Daily Presshttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/folio-2.jpg2nd PORTFOLIO: Jahi Chikwendiu, Washington Post2nd PORTFOLIO: Jahi Chikwendiu, Washington Posthttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/folio-3.jpg3rd PORTFOLIO: Sangjib Min Richmond, Times-Dispatch3rd PORTFOLIO: Sangjib Min Richmond, Times-Dispatchhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/folio-hn.jpgHM PORTFOLIO: Mike Morones Military TimesHM PORTFOLIO: Mike Morones Military Timeshttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/folio-hm.jpgHM PORTFOLIO: Matt McClain, Washington PostHM PORTFOLIO: Matt McClain, Washington Post2016-03-10T16:46:45+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2016/03/06/2015-vnpa-contest-sports-portfolio/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sports-folio-11.jpg1st PLACE SPORTS PORTFOLIO: Jonathon Gruenke, Daily Press1st PLACE SPORTS PORTFOLIO: Jonathon Gruenke, Daily Presshttps://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sport-folio-21.jpg2nd PLACE SPORTS PORTFOLIO: Rob Ostermaier, Daily Press2nd PLACE SPORTS PORTFOLIO: Rob Ostermaier, Daily Press2016-03-06T17:37:54+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2016/03/06/2015-vnpa-contest-news-picture-story/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nps-022-cominghome-08.jpgnps-022-ComingHome-08E-3 Terin Lillard, left, and E-3 Darell Reddick, center, laugh while waiting to leave the USS George Washington after the aircraft carrier arrived at Naval Station Norfolk Thursday morning December 17, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nps-022-cominghome-06.jpgnps-022-ComingHome-06USS George Washington service members pack Wednesday afternoon in the hanger bay as they continue preparations to return to Naval Station Norfolk following it's deployment in Japan Thursday December 17, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nps-022-cominghome-02.jpgnps-022-ComingHome-02USS George Washington service members rearrange the Navy flag Wednesday morning. The aircraft carrier USS George Washington is returning to Naval Station Norfolk following it's deployment in Japan Thursday December 17, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nps-022-cominghome-07.jpgnps-022-ComingHome-07Sailors stand on the flight deck of the USS George Washington as the aircraft carrier begins to arrive at Naval Station Norfolk Thursday morning December 17, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nps-022-cominghome-11.jpgnps-022-ComingHome-11Petty Officer 1st Class Tim Walden holds his two-year-old daughter, Teagan, left, and three-year-old daughter, Zoe, right, after the USS George Washington arrived at Naval Station Norfolk Thursday morning December 17, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nps-022-cominghome-10.jpgnps-022-ComingHome-10Sailors stand on the flight deck of the USS George Washington as the aircraft carrier begins to arrive at Naval Station Norfolk Thursday morning December 17, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nps-022-cominghome-03.jpgnps-022-ComingHome-03USS George Washington LS-3 Vu Le, left and LS-2 Willie Rollins, center, pack boxes as service members wait Wednesday afternoon in the hanger bay. The USS George Washington is returning to Naval Station Norfolk following it's deployment in Japan Thursday December 17, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nps-022-cominghome-04.jpgnps-022-ComingHome-04AD-3 Jonathan Woodell, left, Amean Ruben Morones, center, Amean Chase Allen, right, and other USS George Washington service members play cards Wednesday afternoon in the hanger bay. The USS George Washington is returning to Naval Station Norfolk following it's deployment in Japan Thursday December 17, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nps-022-cominghome-09.jpgnps-022-ComingHome-09Family members wait as sailors begin to leave the USS George Washington after the aircraft carrier arrived at Naval Station Norfolk Thursday morning December 17, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/nps-022-cominghome-01.jpgnps-022-ComingHome-011st PLACE NEWS PICTURE STORY: Jonathon Gruenke, Daily Press---A MH-60 helicopter departs aircraft carrier USS George Washington Wednesday morning in the Atlantic Ocean. The USS George Washington is returning to Naval Station Norfolk following it's deployment in Japan Thursday December 17, 2015. The crew of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington begin to travel to Naval Station Norfolk, which will be its first homecoming in Hampton Roads, and its new home port, since 2008.2016-03-06T17:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2016/03/06/vnpa-2015-contest-sports-picture-story/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sps-007-underground-01.jpgSPS-007-Underground-0HM SPORTS PICTURE STORY: Doug Graham, Loudon Now---Underground bicycle racing is held during the winter months in Northern Virginia and is called "Wednesday Night Spins". The event is held at 2345 Crystal Drive in the underground parking garage in Crystal City. The race has a huge following and is held every Wednesday and is open to the general public to watch and to race.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sps-006-warrior-01.jpgsps-006-warrior-01HM SPORTS PICTURE STORY: Mike Morones, Military Times---Summary: Athletes representing all of the service branches converged on Marine Corps Base Quantico to compete in the annual Warrior Games competition. The service members are all recovering from combat wounds, illnesses or other injuries.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sps-016-marksmanship-10.jpg[CAT] [3-WORD SLUG]A scope's view of the targets at the 54th Interservice Rifle Match held at Quantico Va., on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sps-016-marksmanship-07.jpg[CAT] [3-WORD SLUG]Sgt. Kristoffer Friend, of the Army Reserve Marksmanship Team, steadies his breathing before competing at the 54th Interservice Rifle Match held at Quantico Va., on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sps-016-marksmanship-06.jpg[CAT] [3-WORD SLUG]Army CW3 David Kerin gives feedback to Air Force Staff Sgt. Evan Jones, of the National Guard Shooting Team, during the 54th Interservice Rifle Match held at Quantico Va., on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sps-016-marksmanship-03.jpg[CAT] [3-WORD SLUG]Competitors take part in the 54th Interservice Rifle Match held at Quantico Va., on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sps-016-marksmanship-11.jpg[CAT] [3-WORD SLUG]Marine Cpl. Brandon Yaser, of the Paris Island Shooting Team, reacts after one competition at the 54th Interservice Rifle Match held at Quantico Va., on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sps-016-marksmanship-05.jpg[CAT] [3-WORD SLUG]Air Force Staff Sgt. Evan Jones looks at his score card at the 54th Interservice Rifle Match held at Quantico Va., on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sps-016-marksmanship-09.jpg[CAT] [3-WORD SLUG]Staff Sgt. Chad Ranton (right). of the U.S. Marine Corps Rifle Team, competes at the 54th Interservice Rifle Match held at Quantico Va., on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sps-016-marksmanship-02.jpg[CAT] [3-WORD SLUG]3rd PLACE SPORTS PICTURE STORY: Daniel Woolfolk, Military Times---Sgt. Kristoffer Friend, of the Army Reserve Marksmanship Team, wears shooting glasses that he assembled for competing and woreat the 54th Interservice Rifle Match held at Quantico Va., on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. The Marine Corps’ Weapons Training Battalion hosted the event from June 24 to July 1.2016-03-06T17:06:14+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2016/03/06/2015-vnpa-contest-feature-picture-story/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fps-011-keeper-05.jpgfps-011-keeper-05Sapphire Gayle keeps her eyes on her father as Paul searches for a place for them to live. “I can’t be your safety net forever,” his mother had told him and decided against giving him his own key to her house.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fps-011-keeper-06.jpgfps-011-keeper-06Paul Gayle entertains Sapphire before putting the child to sleep at the home of Paul's best friend. When he graduated from high school the year before, he had been celebrated as one of the principal’s handpicked “turnaround stories.”https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fps-011-keeper-02.jpgfps-011-keeper-021st PLACE FEATURE PICTURE STORY: Jahi Chikwendiu, Washington Post---Paul Gayle and his daughter, Sapphire Gayle, head home after taking a fatherhood development class called Fragile Families and Responsible Fatherhood at Next Door Foundation in Milwaukee, WI. When he found out he was having a daughter, he was unemployed, single and still pursuing his high school diploma. Lately, Paul had had been purchasing his Pampers one at a time, repeating the same transaction so often at a corner store that a clerk had dubbed it the Daddy Paul Special, 75 cents for a single cigarette and a size-3 diaper.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fps-011-keeper-13.jpgfps-011-keeper-13Paul and Sapphire at the home of the young father's best friend. “I’m gonna be the best daddy for this girl,” he wrote on his Facebook page shortly after she was born. Only in the next months did he begin to understand what that would require.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fps-011-keeper-10.jpgfps-011-keeper-10Between job searching and fatherhood class, Paul and Sapphire wait for a city bus. His former high school counselor told him about a job opportunity in a nearby suburb, three bus transfers away.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fps-011-keeper-11.jpgfps-011-keeper-11Held in the arms of her father, Sapphire is entertained by Paul's best friend , Sly Nixon, who regularly allows Paul and Sapphire to stay at his house and who regularly babysits his friend's young child.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fps-011-keeper-12.jpgfps-011-keeper-12With his daughter napping, Paul sparks marijuana with friends. He had moved nine times in seven months and had been offered two jobs but failed the drug tests.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fps-011-keeper-07.jpgfps-011-keeper-07Skin art displays pieces of Paul's character, a whacky tongue to the sometimes too serious world and a plant that he says helps keep him calm through it all.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fps-011-keeper-08.jpgfps-011-keeper-08Paul and Sapphire participate in a parenting exercise during a fatherhood development class at Next Door Foundation. He had pushed a creaky stroller through one of Milwaukee’s worst neighborhoods and ridden a bus across the city not because he wanted to attend a class called Fragile Families and Responsible Fatherhood, but because, like everyone else in the room, he saw no other choice. He agreed to continue coming after his 16 sessions were up, thinking he might need the guidance and the free baby supplies offered by the foundation.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fps-011-keeper-04.jpgfps-011-keeper-04With his daughter in a stroller closely, Paul Gayle heads toward home after attending one of his fatherhood development classs at Next Door Foundation. Paul doesn’t have a car and relies on the bus system as his main method of transportation.2016-03-06T17:01:05+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2016/03/06/best-in-show-2015-p-kevin-morley-richmond-times-dispatch/2016-03-06T14:37:49+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2016/03/06/the-vnpa-2015-contest-winning-singles/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lifestyle_hm_01.jpglifestyle_HM_01HM LIFESTYLE: Jahi Chikwendiu, Washington Post---As temperatures plunged to feel like almost zero degrees, a homeless man who wishes not to be named prepares his bed for the night outside a busy Union Station, on January 8, 2015, in Washington, DC. As the first serious cold for 2015 hit the district, the city activated its Cold Emergency Plan to protect homeless and at-risk residents who wished to accept the offer of warm shelter.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gennews_02.jpggennews_022nd PLACE GENERAL NEWS: Hyunsoo Leo Kim, Virginian Pilot---"It's great to have her home." Even before the giant white ship with a big red cross on each side pulled into view, Lt. Col. Greg Hoffman stood out front on the rainy pier under an umbrella, wearing an elegant suit and holding a bouquet of pink flowers. He's a Marine with 26 years of service. His wife, Lt. Cmdr. Beth Hoffman, is a Navy nurse at Portsmouth Navy Medical Center and was selected for commander on this deployment. In the decade since they got married, they've both deployed so many times - including several combat tours - that they've been apart as much as they've been together, Hoffman said. "This one was tough," he said. Communications were difficult. Compared to the Navy's warships and aircraft carriers, the Comfort's communications are less sophisticated. There are no phones or video chatting. It doesn't get easier, said the seasoned combat officer, his eyes welling with tears.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lifestyle_03.jpglifestyle_033rd PLACE LIFESTYLE: Jahi Chikwendiu, Washington Post---John Johnson, 73, prepares to rest in his rented home of the Minnie B. Anderson Homes neighborhood, a dilapidated housing complex adjacent to the former Craig Air Force Base in Selma, AL. These units, mostly vacant and ransacked, were residences for Craig AFB personnel but were converted to low-income housing after the base closed in 1977. President Barack landed at the base next to the complex and drove past en route to deliver remarks in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lifestyle_02.jpglifestyle_022nd PLACE LIFESTYLE: Todd Spencer, Virginian-Pilot---Eleven-year-old Michaeyla Nadeau, who has been diagnosed with osteosarcoma, reaches up from her wheelchair as simulated snow falls from the roof of the Children's Museum of Virginia during the Snow Wonders event outside the museum in Portsmouth, Virginia.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gennews_hm_03.jpggennews_HM_03HM GENERAL NEWS: Todd Spencer, Pilot---LTJG William K. Reade exits the The Los Angeles-class attack submarine Boise after it returned to the Naval Station Norfolk from a seven-month deployment.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gennews_hm_01.jpggennews_HM_01HM GENERAL NEWS: Bill Tiernan, Virginian-Pilot---Friends and family gathered at Camelot Park, a small neighborhood park in Chesapeake to remember their friend Stratton Mitchell,20, who was shot and killed early Saturday morning in the 2500 block of Atlantic Ave. at the oceanfront.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gennews_hm_02.jpgvotingHN GENERAL NEWS: Daniel Lin, Daily News-Record---Bryan Kiracofe, of Briery Branch, casts his vote on election day with some help from his daughter Chloe, 6, at the Ottobine Elementary School voting location.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gennews_01.jpgGED Graduation1st PLACE GENERAL NEWS: Rob Ostermaier, Daily Press---Newport News inmate Gregory Washington talks on the phone at the jail annex as he prepares for a GED graduation ceremony. Three inmates participated in the ceremony inside the jail.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lifestyle_01.jpglifestyle_011st PLACE LIFESTYLE: Matt McClain, Washington Post---A man gathers up his belongings next to a photograph promoting a new luxury restaurant along 15th St. NW on Monday February 2, 2015 in Washington, DC.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gennews_03.jpggennews_033rd PLACE GENERAL NEWS: Daniel Min, Times-Dispatch---Shaqwanna Boisseau, facing, comforts her cousin, Kalesha Jones, 11, best friend of Amiya Moses, during a vigil. Amiya, the 12-year-old, was killed at her friend's apartment.2016-03-06T02:38:15+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2016/02/25/2015-vnpa-contest-judges/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12804281_10153947304230987_874079903_n.jpg12804281_10153947304230987_874079903_n2016-03-05T00:07:35+00:00monthlyhttps://vnpaphotogs.com/2016/03/03/4th-q-clip-contest-winners/https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/news-2nd-place-rob-ostermaier-daily-press3.jpgNews 2nd place- Rob Ostermaier-Daily PressLori Fernandez is reunited with her dog Minnie after it was pulled from her burned out home in the Cambridge Apartment complex in Hampton. Fernandez was no home where her apartment caught fire but all of her pets were rescued by Hampton fire personel.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/news-3rd-place-daniel-lin-daily-news-record3.jpgNews 3rd place- Daniel Lin-Daily News-RecordReuben Miller, 5, of Harrisonburg, plays Christmas songs on a recorder for neighbors Pat Hedrick, at right, and Lewis Siever for donations as he helps raise money to cover the costs of a heart pump for his great-uncle, Kenneth Dove Jr.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/news-2nd-place-rob-ostermaier-daily-press2.jpgNews 2nd place- Rob Ostermaier-Daily PressLori Fernandez is reunited with her dog Minnie after it was pulled from her burned out home in the Cambridge Apartment complex in Hampton. Fernandez was no home where her apartment caught fire but all of her pets were rescued by Hampton fire personel.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/news-3rd-place-daniel-lin-daily-news-record2.jpgNews 3rd place- Daniel Lin-Daily News-RecordReuben Miller, 5, of Harrisonburg, plays Christmas songs on a recorder for neighbors Pat Hedrick, at right, and Lewis Siever for donations as he helps raise money to cover the costs of a heart pump for his great-uncle, Kenneth Dove Jr.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/multiple-hm-heather-rousseau-roanoke-times-06.jpgMultiple HM- Heather Rousseau-Roanoke Times 06Angela Barber of Roanoke unloads her cart in the checkout line during the grand opening of Aldi grocery store at Crossroads Mall in Roanoke on Thursday. "I have five kids," said Barber, "I knew they had really good pricing so I've been waiting," she added about doing her grocery shopping at Aldi.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/multiple-hm-heather-rousseau-roanoke-times-04.jpgMultiple HM- Heather Rousseau-Roanoke Times 04Scarlet Waugaman, 4, shops with her grandma Trish Makoui, both of Roanoke County, during Audi grocery store's grand opening on Thursday morning in Roanoke.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/multiple-hm-heather-rousseau-roanoke-times-07.jpgMultiple HM- Heather Rousseau-Roanoke Times 07A new Aldi store opened Thursday morning to a crowd of hundreds at Crossroads Mall in Roanoke. The discount chain is also planning to open a store in Lynchburg and perhaps another in Christiansburg.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/multiple-hm-heather-rousseau-roanoke-times-05.jpgMultiple HM- Heather Rousseau-Roanoke Times 05A variety of squashes in the produce section of Aldi grocery store on Thursday. The grocery store takes pride in having fresh produce.https://vnpaphotogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/multiple-3rd-place-jill-nance-the-news-advance-05.jpgMultiple 3rd place- Jill Nance-The News & Advance 05Sweet Briar College students gather up snacks at the finals week tradition of "scream night." On Friday night the students gather outside the Chapel on campus. 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