by James Ritch | Jul 21, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The Accomack County Board of Supervisors Wednesday voted 6-3 to implement four recommendations made by Director of Public Safety Charles R. Pruitt about how to improve fire and rescue services in the county. The board during a budget work session in...
by James Ritch | Jul 21, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Accomack County Public Schools career and technical education students have been busy with summer activities and achievements, Director of Secondary Education Karen Taylor told the school board Tuesday night. Nandua High School had six students...
by James Ritch | Jul 21, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — Jamar K. Walker, who graduated in 2004 from Nandua High School, where he was known for his scholarship, was nominated July 13 by President Joe Biden to serve as a judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Walker...
by James Ritch | Jul 21, 2022 | Headlines
By Carol Vaughn — The rate of both serious crimes and arrests on the Eastern Shore in 2021 was down from the previous year, according to the 2021 Crime in Virginia report, released recently by the Virginia State Police. The number of murders on the Eastern Shore...
by James Ritch | Jul 21, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – The New Road community of Exmore hosted a ribbon-cutting July 15 for six new houses that make up the first phase of what the New Road Community Development Group calls its Legacy Project to honor the late Ruth Wise and others who formed the...
by James Ritch | Jul 21, 2022 | Court Postings, Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson — Kevin Lawrence Clark, 42, of Lankford Highway, Nassawadox, was indicted July 11 on three felony charges of assault and battery of a law enforcement officer. Clark is accused of the assault and battery of Deputy D. Cobb and Deputy J.L. Smith,...
