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Mike Hixenbaugh

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Senior reporter @NBCNews | Author of THEY CAME FOR THE SCHOOLS | Co-creator of SOUTHLAKE & GRAPEVINE podcasts | Peabody winner & Pulitzer finalist

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Mike Hixenbaugh’s Biography

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Mike Hixenbaugh covers the military for The Virginian-Pilot.

Prior to joining The Pilot in March 2011 to cover Virginia Beach government, he worked for three years at daily newspapers in North Carolina, where he covered stories ranging from local zoning scuffles to a suspected serial killer in rural Edgecombe County. He won nine awards from the North Carolina Press Association during his tenures with the Rocky Mount Telegram and the Fayetteville Observer.

He graduated from the University of Akr…

Mike Hixenbaugh’s Journalist Portfolio

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The war next door | Can a veteran with PTSD come home?

The war next door | Can a veteran with PTSD come home?

The man in the grainy surveillance footage strides through the sleepy cul-de-sac with purpose, like someone i…

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Jet crash gave him a shot at redemption | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Jet crash gave him a shot at redemption | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

VIRGINIA BEACH – An apartment maintenance man was thrust into an unlikely role after a malfunctioning Navy fi…

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Gay couples find wedded bliss in Delaware town

Gay couples find wedded bliss in Delaware town

Two by two, they come. They drive north across bridges and through tunnels, along a sliver of land that separ…

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The atypical, unpredictable Bison

The atypical, unpredictable Bison

This doesn’t feel like an interview with a wildly popular indie folk band on the verge of a major record deal…

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Report: Missteps led to fatal Navy helicopter crash

Report: Missteps led to fatal Navy helicopter crash

By the time the Norfolk-based Navy helicopter began falling, it was too late. The MH-53E Sea Dragon was spinn…

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Myanmar refugees face cultural and language barriers in Robeson County

Myanmar refugees face cultural and language barriers in Robeson County

LUMBERTON – Hundreds of refugees from the Southeast Asian nation formerly known as Burma have found hope for …

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Years of ignored warnings freed a children’s pastor to sexually abuse girls, lawsuit says

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By Mike Hixenbaugh Verified
| Yahoo Verified
This article is part of “Pastors and Prey,” a series investigating sex abuse allegations in the Assemblies of God. More than a decade before police found dozens of videos of naked children on the computer of longtime children’s pastor Tony Waller, girls at his Assemblies of God church in Arkansas repeatedly warned adults about what was happening behind closed doors, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
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Years of ignored warnings freed a children’s pastor to sexually abuse girls, lawsuit says

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By Mike Hixenbaugh Verified
| NBC News Verified
May 22, 2026, 12:32 PM EDT This article is part of “Pastors and Prey,” a series investigating sex abuse allegations in the Assemblies of God. More than a decade before police found dozens of videos of naked children on the computer of longtime children’s pastor Tony Waller, girls at his Assemblies of God church in Arkansas repeatedly warned adults about what was happening behind closed doors, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
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Families caring for disabled relatives face unthinkable choices as Medicaid cuts loom

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| Bay Area Daily News
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Interview

Who do you wish followed you?

Desmond Tutu, Michael Lewis, Jim Thome. In that order.

Why did you become a journalist?

I wanted to be a sports writer in college, but I didn't enjoy writing in cliches or interviewing half-naked linebackers.
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