Northampton County News

Authorities say the Eastern Shore Drug Task Force arrested multiple people that were indicted under seal for nineteen counts of drug distribution by the Northampton County Circuit Court Grand Jury this month.

Traci L. Johnson, Clerk of Court of Circuit Court of Northampton County in the records room at the Northampton County Court House in Eastville,VA Tuesday morning, April 22, 2013.

EASTVILLE -- A self-appointed task force made its case to the Northampton County Board of Supervisors this week for a free-standing emergency department to fill a void when Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital plans to relocate from Nassawadox to Onley in 2015.

Three Tasley men have been arrested and charged in the April 13 shooting death of Jessie Leon Jordan of Cape Charles, following almost two weeks of investigation that included local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.

I would like to hear a reasonable debate on the need for new tunnels from someone other than a bridge-tunnel official.

Northampton County Katie Nunez gave Northampton County Supervisors had a nice surprise at their April 22 budget meeting: a proposed budget $43 million budget for Fiscal Year 2013-14 that requires a lower tax rate than anticipated.

An Accomack County man entered a plea agreement in Northampton County Circuit Court in connection with an altercation at Yuk Yuk and Joe's, a bar and restaurant in Eastville, late last summer.

Northampton Co., Va. - Three men have been arrested in Northampton County in the death of Jessie Leon Jordan, according to Northampton County Sheriff's officials.

A poisoned bald eagle returned to the wild in Virginia Beach Thursday to a cheering crowd at the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

A bald eagle found last month suffering from an elevated level of lead in its system is set to be released Thursday.

The United States Department of Agriculture has asked Northampton County to return nearly $600,000 in grant funding.

Northampton County Sheriff David Doughty's second murder investigation of 2013 is proceeding carefully.