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Southampton man, woman charged with sexual assault
COURTLAND A Capron man and Newsoms woman have each been charged with felonious sexual assault, which allegedly took place against another woman on Dec. 30, ...
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East Pavilion residents getting protection
FRANKLIN The majority of residents in East Pavilion at Bon Secours Southampton Medical Center have received the first ...
Children, adults change the narrative
Group seeks to unify community in positive ways FRANKLIN On Saturday morning at the Martin Luther King Jr. ...
Fire destroys Clay Street house
Tenant’s four animals perished FRANKLIN A fire that ruined a house in the 600 block of Clay Street ...
Rock Lions triumph in basketball on new home court
Games were first in Ben S. Dillon Life Center By Megan Shultz FRANKLIN The first basketball game in ...
Franklin
Fire destroys Clay Street house
Tenant’s four animals perished FRANKLIN A fire that ruined a house in the 600 block of Clay Street early Saturday morning destroyed not only the ...
by Stephen Cowles.
Isle of Wight County
Windsor solar farm approved — again
WINDSOR Isle of Wight County’s Board of Supervisors once again on Jan. 21 gave its approval for an 85-megawatt solar farm just outside the town ...
by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, January 21, 2021 10:15 pm
Letters to the Editor
Dealing with changes requires adaptive skills
To the Editor: I have frequently been surprised that I failed to hear anything about most school shooters being white males. Mainstream media, psychological circles, ...
by Letters to the Editor, Thursday, January 21, 2021 11:29 am
Letters to the Editor
Legalization of recreational marijuana is wrong
To the Editor: Virginia is now poised to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. For many years decisions have been made, which in my opinion ...
by Letters to the Editor, Thursday, January 21, 2021 11:16 am
BREAKING NEWS
WTHD to move to Phase 1B
The Western Tidewater Health District announced Wednesday that next week it will move into Phase 1B of its COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Based on the Virginia ...
by Staff Reports, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 7:40 pm
Isle of Wight County
Grice, Rosie to lead IW supervisors
ISLE OF WIGHT Isle of Wight County’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Jan. 7 to name Dick Grice of Smithfield as its chairman for 2021 ...
by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 6:38 pm
Opinion
Grateful for work of foodbank
Food insecurity is a longstanding issue in Western Tidewater, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the issue. According to the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia ...
by Staff Reports, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 3:24 pm
Franklin
Foodbank establishes Western Tidewater branch
FRANKLIN Nearly 22,000 people in Western Tidewater have food insecurity issues, and the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore wants to help. To ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 12:24 pm
Business
A legacy continued
New owner seeks to breathe new life into venerable Franklin business By Tony Clark FRANKLIN When Tonya Temple decided to purchase the former Elvin Vaughan ...
by Contributor, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 11:22 am
Opinion
1865 all over again
By Nathan Richardson 1865 all over again Excerpt from a newspaper article published in the Leavenworth (Kan.) Times in 1860: “Armed pro-slavery militias streamed into ...
by Guest Columnist, Tuesday, January 19, 2021 6:11 pm
News
Personal property tax forms won’t be mailed this year
COURTLAND Southampton County Commissioner of Revenue Amy B. Carr wants residents to be aware that personal property tax forms won’t be mailed this year. In ...
by Stephen Cowles, Tuesday, January 19, 2021 5:46 pm
Franklin
Franklin schools to stay virtual nine more weeks
FRANKLIN In response to rising COVID-19 diagnoses in Franklin, the city’s School Board voted unanimously Jan. 14 to keep instruction virtual for all grade levels ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, January 15, 2021 6:25 pm
News
Governor says schools ‘need to be open’
RICHMOND The state Department of Education released new COVID-19 guidelines for PreK-12 schools, changing the emphasis to focus on how to get schools open, rather ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Thursday, January 14, 2021 5:40 pm
Opinion
Learning lessons from 2020
By Nathan Rice I ran across an old T-shirt of mine that has “I Survived the Mayan Apocalypse” printed on the front, with the date ...
by Contributor, Thursday, January 14, 2021 5:32 pm
Franklin
Franklin prepares to host county court functions
FRANKLIN The city of Franklin is making final preparations to host Southampton County’s court functions while its historic courthouse on Main Street in Courtland undergoes ...
by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, January 13, 2021 6:37 pm
News
City, county offices to close for holiday
FRANKLIN In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 18, all City of Franklin offices will be closed, and re-open on Jan. 19. ...
by Staff Reports, Wednesday, January 13, 2021 6:34 pm
Opinion
Celebrating 50 years at PDCCC
By Dan Lufkin For most institutions, 2020 was a challenging, unprecedented year. Our lives were affected in ways we had never seen before. As the ...
by Guest Columnist, Wednesday, January 13, 2021 6:32 pm
Franklin
FRHA seeks to buy house in Isle of Wight
FRANKLIN Isle of Wight’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Jan. 7 to authorize the Franklin Redevelopment and Housing Authority to purchase properties in the county ...
by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, January 13, 2021 1:48 pm
Franklin
Franklin prepares to host county court functions
FRANKLIN The city of Franklin is making final preparations to host Southampton County’s court functions while its historic courthouse on Main Street in Courtland undergoes ...
by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, January 13, 2021 8:44 am
BREAKING NEWS
Windsor to poll citizenry on monument
WINDSOR Windsor plans to poll its citizenry on the idea of moving Isle of Wight County’s Confederate monument to the town’s municipal cemetery — surveys ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 11:31 pm
Franklin
City utility billing office closed due to COVID-19
FRANKLIN The city of Franklin’s utility billing department is currently closed and will remain so through at least Jan. 19 due to COVID-19 exposure among ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 6:29 pm
Opinion
Leaders should lead by example
For most of us, these are unprecedented times. We haven’t lived through a pandemic, nor have we been witness to insurrection at the highest level ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 6:14 pm
News
Southampton students to be phased back in
COURTLAND Barring a spike in reported COVID-19 cases, many Southampton County Public School students will be able to return to classes in a hybrid model ...
by Stephen Cowles, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 6:10 pm
Business
Southampton County Land Transfers – December 2020
The following land transfers were recorded in Southampton Circuit Court for the month of December: Barbara B. Cutchin to Margaret Cutchin, Franklin City, 2.275 acres, ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 12:16 pm
Franklin
Local experts skeptical of plan to cut vaccine doses
FRANKLIN Local health experts who participated in the Isle of Wight County NAACP’s virtual COVID-19 panel discussion Jan. 4 expressed reservations about a U.S. Food ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, January 8, 2021 6:33 pm
News
‘Use it or lose it’: Governor urges faster COVID-19 vaccine process
RICHMOND Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday urged a more rapid pace in administering COVID-19 vaccines while also saying that effort would depend on its availability. ...
by Jimmy LaRoue, Friday, January 8, 2021 3:14 pm
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