by James Ritch | May 9, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — The Chesapeake Bay is crabby from the blues. According to results of the 2019 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey, the Bay’s blue crab stock remains healthy and able to support quality commercial and recreational harvests. The number of potential...
by James Ritch | May 9, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — A Parksley man pleaded no contest Monday in Accomack Circuit Court to capital murder by a prisoner in connection with a 2017 scheme to kill a police informant. The victim, Nathaniel Johnson, 30, survived being shot three times. His...
by James Ritch | May 9, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Two people who were found dead at a house near Parksley Monday “appear” to have been killed in a murder/suicide, Accomack Sheriff Todd Godwin announced late Wednesday. “A final disposition is pending the medical examiner’s report and the...
by James Ritch | May 8, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — When NASA Wallops Flight Facility’s lab manager/quality assurance officer at the agency’s sewage plant went on vacation in March 2018, another worker began updating control charts and found lab records had discrepancies that couldn’t be...
by James Ritch | May 7, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — An Exmore woman died Monday afternoon after driving a car into a house on Lankford Highway in Painter. Peggy Kellam, 53, of the 7000 block of Prettyman Court, died on impact, according to Sgt. Michelle Anaya of the state police. Kellam was not...
by James Ritch | May 6, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — The bodies of two people were found early Monday morning at a house on Lankford Highway near Parksley, according to a prepared statement issued by Sheriff Todd Godwin. The sheriff’s office received a report at 2:35 a.m. When deputies arrived they...