by James Ritch | Apr 29, 2022 | Headlines
Staff Report — State police are investigating a fatal shooting near Accomac Thursday. Police were called to the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Route 13 at the intersection of Front Street and Mary N. Smith Road. The crash was reported Thursday, April 28, at around...
by James Ritch | Apr 28, 2022 | Headlines
By Nancy Drury Duncan – Jamir Kuamel Giddens, 32, of Parksley, convicted of selling drugs and ordered to spend one year and five months of active jail time, will be released a month early to complete the classes at Eastern Shore Community College that he began at the...
by James Ritch | Apr 28, 2022 | Headlines
By Nancy Drury Duncan – A jury of nine women and three men found Jonathan Cornelius McNeal, 37, of Eastville, guilty of five counts of felony sex offenses against his daughter. His crimes began in 2012 when she was 7 years old and continued until 2018 when she was...
by James Ritch | Apr 28, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Chincoteague Town Council at its April 21 work session reviewed fiscal year 2023 tax rates. “It is no secret by now that the county’s biennial reassessment has come out and that the average tax rate on Chincoteague has increased on average by...
by James Ritch | Apr 28, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The company that has a gravel transport operation at the Onancock waterfront has put on hold a plan to also ship grain from there. “Chaney Enterprises has delayed the grain transport operation. We are looking forward to working with, and becoming...
by James Ritch | Apr 28, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Three speakers at the April 20 Accomack County Board of Supervisors meeting asked officials to consider renovating the former Accomac Primary School rather than tearing it down and constructing a new school administration office building on the...