by James Ritch | Apr 30, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — A Chincoteague man is dead and police have arrested his son on a charge of second degree murder. The Chincoteague Police Department at 8:15 a.m. Thursday received a report that a man had been shot on School Street, according to a press release. When...
by James Ritch | Apr 30, 2020 | Headlines
By Connie Morrison and Carol Vaughn — The National Guard last week helped test residents and staff of Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Nassawadox for COVID-19, according to a spokesperson for American Healthcare, the facility’s parent company. The Virginia Department of...
by James Ritch | Apr 30, 2020 | Headlines
Staff Report — One person is dead after a single-vehicle crash Thursday morning on Seaside Road south of Eastville. The Virginia State Police reported receiving a report at around 11:55 a.m. of the crash in the 18000 block of Seaside Road. Preliminary investigation...
by James Ritch | Apr 28, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — A team from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention arrived on the Eastern Shore Tuesday to help deal with the rise in COVID-19 cases among poultry processing plant workers. Gov. Ralph Northam said Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware are...
by James Ritch | Apr 28, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Town elections in Virginia will be held Tuesday, May 19, after Gov. Ralph Northam issued an executive order postponing the elections from May 5, when they were scheduled to be held. Northam, as governor, has legal authority to postpone the election...
by James Ritch | Apr 27, 2020 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — People in around three dozen vehicles honked their horns and flashed their headlights for nearly an hour Monday afternoon at a rally across Route 13 from the Perdue Farms processing plant in Accomac, held around the time when day shift workers leave...
