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July 3, 2026

The voice of Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore

DEQ Authorizes Funds for Citizen Water Monitors

DEQ Authorizes Funds for Citizen Water Monitors

By Linda Cicoira — The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality authorized $88,000 in grants to support citizen volunteer water quality monitoring. The monies could be used to purchase monitoring equipment, perform lab services, and more. The awards will...
Suspect Arrested in Horntown Stabbing

Suspect Arrested in Horntown Stabbing

By Linda Cicoira — A 50-year-old Horntown woman was arrested Monday, July 8, and charged with maliciously wounding another woman, according to Accomack Sheriff Todd Godwin. Just before 3:30 a.m., Sunday, the Accomack County Sheriff’s Office received a call from...
Exmore Man Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Manslaughter

Exmore Man Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Manslaughter

By Linda Cicoira — An Exmore man pleaded guilty Monday in Northampton Circuit Court to felony involuntary vehicular manslaughter in connection with the death of a 17-year-old boy near Cape Charles. Calvin Earl Berryhill Jr., 41, who was living at Madame C J...
One Suicide, Two Homicides

One Suicide, Two Homicides

By Linda Cicoira — The injury on a Nelsonia man, who was found with two others in a house trailer fire last February, was self-inflicted. Wilson L. Escalante-Perez, 24, died from a stab wound to the chest. His death was ruled a suicide, said Alvin Hopson, a...