Southampton County News

By Jim Tuttle Smithfield Times Staff Writer Around 2,800 phone lines were affected and about 900 customers lost electricity in Isle of Wight and surrounding areas when a Verizon switching office in Windsor caught fire Tuesday.

Portsmouth is one of four localities being designated as "enterprise zones" in the hopes of growing local economies, Gov.

A longtime Franklin lawyer whose license was revoked after he acknowledged in court proceedings that he had loaned himself more than $3.5 million from an estate for which he was an executor was indicted today by a federal grand jury.

Shortly before 5 a.m., more than 150,000 Dominion Virginia Power customers were without power in Hampton Roads and northeastern North Carolina.

In some cases the little guy should win, but in every case the little guy should be heard.

Virginia State Police are investigating a morning accident that took the life of a 73-year-old Courtland man.

By Diana McFarland Smithfield Times News editor Closing International Paper is expected to cost Isle of Wight County about $4.8 million* in tax revenue, according to the commissioner of revenue.

Isle of Wight County cannot get out of its contract with the Southeastern Public Service Authority unless the local governments in all other seven member localities approve it, according to SPSA.

The region is projected to lose an additional 2,400 jobs and $27 million in tax revenue when International Paper Corp.

The county is looking for new ways to take out the recycling. Isle of Wight officials have been researching alternatives for when the Southeastern Public Service Authority ends its recycling services in the county on March 31.

Friday: 9 a.m. and noon, Chief Walt a oeRed Hawka Brown of the Cheroenhaka Nottoway tribe will be giving a presentation about American Indian languages.

A Newsoms farmer working on farm equipment early Tuesday died when a tractor ran over him, officials said.

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for Hampton Roads and northeastern North Carolina until 10 p.m. The National Weather Service warned that wind gusts of up to 30 mph were possible ahead of and behind a cold front moving into the area today.

Like many of us, I suppose-African-American or otherwise-actor George T. Davis III thought of Nat Turner as a hero for his famous 1831 armed rebellion against slavery in Southampton County, VA.

The Southampton County Sheriff's Office is saddened by the loss of Deputy Sheriff Christopher Ray, who succumbed to injuries he sustained following a motor vehicle accident early this morning while responding to a call for service.

The state has confirmed a new case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in a horse in Hampton Roads.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has confirmed two more positive cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in horses for 2009, bringing the total statewide to eight.

Loading... 1 of 2 Joshua P. Darden, Jr. plans his business strategy with a consultant during a meeting in his office in Norfolk on Tuesday, August 04, 2009.

ACCOMAC -- Accomack County Sheriff Larry Giddens on Monday afternoon commended the long list of partnering agencies and volunteers that helped find a 75-year-old woman who wandered from her Mini Road home over the weekend.

Virginia State Police are searching for a woman with early stage Alzheimer's who wandered away from her Eastern Shore home overnight Saturday.