by James Ritch | Apr 2, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — “I don’t know of white supremacy groups on the Shore,” Accomack Sheriff Todd Godwin said Monday after dozens of bags of Ku Klux Klan literature were apparently thrown from the window or windows of a pickup truck last Saturday, March 30,...
by James Ritch | Apr 1, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Two men were freed from Accomack Jail about three years ago after being charged with murdering a 22-year-old Horntown man because a prosecutor believed there wasn’t enough evidence to convict them. Those same suspects were indicted Monday by...
by James Ritch | Mar 31, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Police were following a tip when they found “both weapons” — firearms — in a substitute teacher’s vehicle that was parked in a Nandua High School parking lot last week, according to Major Shane Childress of the Accomack County Sheriff’s...
by James Ritch | Mar 31, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — A substitute teacher, who was working at Nandua High School last Wednesday, was charged with having firearms on school property, Accomack Sheriff Todd Godwin said in a prepared statement Sunday. The crime was reported on March 27. Following an...
by James Ritch | Mar 30, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — Ku Klux Klan literature linked to a North Carolina group was distributed across the Eastern Shore today via ziplock bags of bird seed that were evidently thrown from one or more vehicles. Reports of the activity in Franktown, Eastville, and...
by James Ritch | Mar 28, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira — The Eastern Shore Community College has a three-year plan that will protect the school’s independence, prioritize the students, and provide tools to meet the needs of the Eastern Shore, according to a recent letter ESCC Board Chairman Jeff...