by James Ritch | Jan 28, 2019 | Headlines
Story and Photos by Stefanie Jackson The Northampton County NAACP, Citizens for a Better Eastern Shore, and Northampton County Public Schools organized the 29th annual Community Unity Day breakfast in the Northampton High School cafeteria on Martin Luther King Jr....
by James Ritch | Jan 28, 2019 | Headlines
Story by Stefanie Jackson and Photo by Helene Doughty A house fire Sunday night, Jan. 20, in Birdsnest, claimed the life of one woman who has not yet been positively identified by authorities. The Eastern Shore 9-1-1 Center received the call at 11:25 p.m. Fire...
by James Ritch | Jan 25, 2019 | Headlines
UPDATE UPDATE By Linda Cicoira — After an hour of deliberation Friday, an Accomack jury recommended Evron Terrell Strand, 44, of Nelsonia be sentenced to 50 years for seven felony counts in a murder-for-hire scheme that resulted in the shooting of a police...
by James Ritch | Jan 25, 2019 | Headlines
UPDATE By Linda Cicoira — It took an Accomack Circuit Court jury about two hours Friday to convict Evron Terrell Strand, 44, of Nelsonia, of seven felony counts in a murder-for-hire scheme that resulted in the shootingg of a police informant and his girlfriend...
by James Ritch | Jan 25, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson Charlene Gray wants to serve as Northampton County’s commissioner of the revenue for a second term. “It is my pleasure each day to serve the citizens of this great county,” she said. Gray served as the deputy commissioner of the revenue for 25...
by James Ritch | Jan 24, 2019 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson David Doughty Jr. is seeking a third term as Northampton County sheriff. His career with the Northampton County Sheriff’s Office has spanned 25 years to date, beginning in 1994 when he became a jail deputy. Doughty was promoted in 1996 to patrol...
