by James Ritch | Jul 29, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — A man is in critical condition after suffering multiple gunshot wounds early Sunday at a large gathering in Painter. The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office around 12:09 a.m. Sunday received a report of shots fired on Shell Bridge Road, according to...
by James Ritch | Jul 29, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — A 35-year-old Onancock man died in an accidental drowning Tuesday. The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday at around 8:08 p.m. received a report of a body found floating in the water off Scarborough’s Island near Harborton, according to...
by James Ritch | Jul 28, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Gov. Ralph Northam announced today he will tighten coronavirus-related restrictions in Hampton Roads due to its increased rate of positive cases of COVID-19, but other Virginia regions, including the Eastern Shore, will remain in Phase III of the...
by James Ritch | Jul 25, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — A judge certified to the grand jury charges against Robert James Northan, 34, of Parksley, in connection with a shooting near Accomac in March. Judge Gordon Vincent in Accomack County General District Court Friday certified two charges against...
by James Ritch | Jul 23, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The Cape Charles Town Council voted July 16 to apply for funding for Phase IV of the Southern Tip Hike and Bike Trail that currently begins near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and ends at Capeville Drive, just north of Kiptopeke Elementary...
by James Ritch | Jul 23, 2020 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Northampton County Public Schools will not take a “one size fits all” approach to education when classes resume in the fall amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Instead, parents will get to choose one of two learning options that will work best...