by James Ritch | Jul 24, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Cynthia Harmon confessed to an Accomack Circuit Court jury last January that Evron Terrell Strand Sr. was her partner in love and crime. The illegal acts included selling drugs and arranging the murder of a police informant who was injured in...
by James Ritch | Jul 24, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Deandre Breshon Ayers, formerly of Painter, was sentenced to 34 years of active time in prison last week in Accomack Circuit Court for five felony charges including the 2016 attempted capital murder of Deputy Eric Nottingham. Ayers, 31, of...
by James Ritch | Jul 23, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Cape Charles Historic District Review Board prevailed when the town council upheld the board’s decision to deny permission to paint a mural on the front of the historic Hotel Cape Charles on Mason Avenue. The application was for creating...
by James Ritch | Jul 21, 2019 | Obituaries
Mr. Eli Emory Yoder, 85, of Sanford, husband of Minnie Godwin Yoder, passed away July 12, 2019, at his residence. Born Jan. 15, 1934, in Westover, Md., he was the son of the late John Bennett Yoder and the late Lena Huffman Yoder. Mr. Yoder worked at Tyson and was a...
by James Ritch | Jul 21, 2019 | Obituaries
Mr. James “Willard” Parker, 90, husband of the late Nora Francis Parker and a resident of Melfa, passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Va. Born November 11, 1928, in Jamesville, he was the son of the late John Stanley Parker and the...