3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (506+ words) This marked the 25th year that the GFWC Sedley Woman’s Club has recognized veterans and active-duty military service members with a program, and this year’s event, held on Saturday, July 4, at Grace Memorial United Methodist Church, also intersected with two other…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (519+ words) Mid Atlantic Dairy Queen is inviting Hampton Roads residents to celebrate Miracle Treat Day on Thursday, July 30, when every Blizzard Treat purchased at participating locations will generate a $2 donation to Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD). A Mid Atlantic…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (782+ words) I think that today, so many of us have been raised with a Western mindset towards fierce independence. I think that’s easily as much a good thing as not. Of course, I also believe we are created by God to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (786+ words) The town of Boykins is taking action to address blight and town code enforcement, while also seeking to obtain money owed to it in the form of back taxes and delinquent trash fees. Boykins Town Clerk and Treasurer Victoria Edwards…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (80+ words) The pinning ceremony recognizing Southampton High School’s nurse aide students, patient care technician students and certified nursing assistant students took place June 10 in the high school’s auditorium. The Southampton High School Nursing Program’s Class of 2026 included the following: • Hayden Briley…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (771+ words) Franklin City Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court reached verdicts Wednesday, July 15, in connection with one of three staff members at S.P. Morton Elementary School who were arrested in March on charges of assault and battery and contributing to the delinquency of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (161+ words) A juvenile died following a Monday evening, July 13, crash in Newsoms involving the collision of a dirt bike and a pickup truck. A Tuesday afternoon, July 14, news release from the Southampton County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) reported that on July 13 at…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (543+ words) Southampton County was right to put local rules in place for battery energy storage systems before Virginia’s new law took effect July 1. That does not mean the county’s work is finished. The Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on June 23 to adopt…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (843+ words) Chief Rodney “Dan” Riddle will be retiring effective Wednesday, July 1, from his role as leader of the Windsor Police Department (WPD) that he has served in since December 2013, and in his last full week of service as chief, he took…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (560+ words) The Tidewater News LOOKING BACK: Southampton County Bloodmobile On July 9, 1951, Southampton County hosted its first American Red Cross bloodmobile in Franklin, launching a program that supplied free hospital blood and aided soldiers and medical research. Another chapter in the history…...