With the upcoming presidential election, more than ever people are focused on the government’s unemployment statistics. Last Friday, the Labor Department announced a slight increase…

Ashley Smith, from Chesapeake, won the pageant in Las Vegas July 17, becoming only the second African American to win the Miss United States title in the competition’s 11 years of existence. “I was actually planning to take a year off from pageants to focus on school and work,” said Smith, 23. “But something inside […]