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SCPS School Board candidate: Sitrina B. Pope

Editor’s note: She is running against Natalie Dever King on the ballot in the race for an at-large ...

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Belmont Peanuts expands deli, warehousing

Belmont Peanuts recently completed construction on an expansion to its gourmet deli kitchen and on the addition of ...

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Southampton Academy receives Dollar General Literacy Foundation grant

Southampton Academy is one of 15 Virginia schools to receive a share of The Dollar General Literacy Foundation’s ...

Lifestyles

Fair queens shine on pageant stage

The Franklin-Southampton County Fair queens shined amid a stormy Sunday afternoon, Aug. 4, emerging from the pageants to ...

Lifestyles

2024 Miss Franklin-SoCo Fair Queen contestant: Chloe Elizabeth Bunn

Chloe Elizabeth Bunn is the daughter of Bryant and Carolyn Bunn of Newsoms. Her grandparents are Charles and ...

Lifestyles

2024 Miss Franklin-SoCo Fair Queen contestant: Rachel Blythe

Rachel Blythe is a recent graduate of Southampton High School (something we never thought was possible). Her plans ...

Lifestyles

2024 Miss Franklin-SoCo Fair Queen contestant: Kaydence Carter

Kaydence Carter is the daughter of Jennifer and Tyson Carter and granddaughter of Joyce and Gavin Carter. Kaydence ...

News

Southampton County School Board looks to merge building projects

The Southampton County School Board and Southampton County Public Schools administration moved in the direction Monday, Aug. 12, ...

Opinion

COLUMN: Coach would have made a great V.P. too

By Dennis Edwards Your Turn I called my Suffolk High School Football Coach the other day. Left a ...

Opinion

EDITORIAL: When nature redefines the fair

The Franklin-Southampton County Fairgrounds became the unlikely stage for a dramatic display of nature’s power on the evening ...

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