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Today on 13 News at Noon, we broke a horrible story of a body found on a construction site in Chesapeake. Workers were erecting homes when they found a ditch that someone dug and according to people in the area a hand appeared to be sticking out of the ditch.

I was heading to the Virginia Beach Oceanfront for another story around noon when my longtime colleague Vanessa Coria called with a tip from a source of hers that this was going ...

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13 News Anchor Lasalle Blanks is enjoying a little vacation time, so I've been anchoring 13 News Daybreak in his absence.
This morning, Janet Roach and I were telling you about a car that had broken down near the runway tunnel, and one lane of the interstate was now blocked.
Well when we look a live picture from the scene you could see where someone had placed flares signaling that the lane was closed, at least t...

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Tonight we're working a story about someone stealing a fire extinguisher off a school bus and using it to smash through the window of an elementary school building.

At first glance, some said, what's the big deal? Well think about it. Teachers are struggling with smaller budgets, school systems are looking for ways to give teachers raises, and buy better books to better prepare our children for school. Yet, the schools are continuing t...

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When I was working at my last TV station in Jackson, Mississippi and beginning to look to make a move to another station I was so excited to get a job offer in Hartford, Connecticut. I was there on a job interview, walked in the door and the station resembled a library, it was quiet, stuffy, very serious, people seemed unhappy, and were even rolling their eyes as the manager walked by. I wasn't looking forward to it, but it was a great ...

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Our lives have changed so much these days, we're in a world where many of us mean well but just get caught up in our own lives. So many times when tragedy happens and we go to a neighborhood to get information so many people say, oh I've seen that person but never spoken to them other then to say hi.

Well today I'm covering the murder of a woman over the weekend in Virginia Beach, I was so pleased and surprised to walk up to do...

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They always say it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks. I never thought I'd see the day when I became that old dog. I started in this business 14 years ago at the young age of 16. I was a teen news reporter in my hometown of New Orleans. Every station I've worked for, I've walked in, not just being the new reporter but the young one wanting to do liveshots all the time, and embracing all the newest trends in our business.
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As an investigative reporter, I'm charged with uncovering exclusive stories for 13 News each day. I also live in and am assigned to cover Virginia Beach. I often start my day at the Virginia Beach Muncipal Center, going from various offices to check with sources, to visiting the courthouse to look at police documents.

Many times my day is a waiting game of waiting for the material I've uncovered to be confirmed and able t...

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Many of the stories we cover are quite serious, especially as an investigative reporter, just my mere presence makes some people shifty and nervous.

This week a woman came home to find me walking down her driveway -- my photographer taking pictures in her block. The woman's husband was robbed at gunpoint earlier in the week. She flipped out, was a little nervous, why were the news people bothering her?

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Life on the job as a 13 News reporter often involves driving around in the big news van. I live and cover Virginia Beach for 13 News. I'm often working out of the news van -- it's my office on wheels.

Today, as we do many times I was working on multiple potential stories, driving around from place to place, trying to find the most informative and interesting story to tell you by 5pm. As is often the case, there is no time for th...

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Tonight on 13 News I'm breaking a story regarding a man who's been peeping into windows and exposing himself to women in one neighborhood.

A few hours ago, my photographer and I were talking to people in the neighborhood, getting their thoughts on the fact that this was happening. It's also an opportunity to inform the people who live in the immediate area of what is happening in their neighborhood.

Most people we met thanked f...

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