The house was badly damaged by a fire two years ago. The restoration work to turn it into a museum is expected to be completed by 2026.

From the Southside to the Peninsula, Dr. King’s influence on our area is visible. In Norfolk, an 83-foot granite Martin Luther King Monument towers over the intersection of Chur ...

But preserving the Martin ... Luther King Jr. “It was just those first three or four years. Someone … got upset that we planted a tree,” Milton said. Finally, after three or four trees died ...