by Ted Shockley | Aug 4, 2026 | News
On Aug. 5, 1956, Lillian Marshall, 7, of the Bayview community, near Cheriton, was fatally shot in the chest after she had been used as a human shield by a man attempting to escape an angry assailant. Obie Cruise, 31, of Bayview, threatened Roy Turner with a .38...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 4, 2026 | News
BY JIMMY SHOCKLEY, Eastern Shore Post — Forty years ago, a 34-year-old Paul Nolz started the Paul Nolz Soccer Camp, which in its first year had six participants. A 74-year-old Nolz looked across the soccer fields next to the Historic Onancock School on Tuesday, July...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 4, 2026 | News
Kristin Willis, who currently serves as Northampton County treasurer, has announced her candidacy for election to the office, pledging to continue building a treasurer’s office focused on professionalism, fiscal responsibility, and outstanding customer service....
by Ted Shockley | Aug 4, 2026 | News
A community vigil scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 4 in the wake of the shooting deaths of two Northampton County women will be held at 6:30 p.m., in a new location: the Eastern Shore Area Agency on Aging in Hare Valley. Northampton Sheriff David Doughty said the event has...
by Ted Shockley | Aug 3, 2026 | News
Former Chincoteague Combined School Principal John Killmon, who retired from Accomack County Public Schools effective July 31, has been named principal at Northampton Middle School, the Northampton County School Board has announced. Killmon has “over three decades of...
