The Mathews County Sheriff’s Office reports two recent fraud incidents are under investigation. The first occurred on June 22 when counterfeit money was found in a register at Food Lion on Main St. Then on June 23 a counterfeit check was cashed at Chesapeake Bank. Detectives learned several other bad checks were cashed by the … Read more
2021 Northumberland High School graduate Kaylie Baker receives the Northern Neck Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America’s scholarship. According to the Northumberland Echo Baker was the school’s Cadet Major, leading the Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Warrior Battalion. The $1,500 scholarship will go to help paybe for Baker’s tuition at Longwood University … Read more
Effective tomorrow it will be illegal to intentionally release a balloon outdoors. According to the Town of Kilmanock, birds, turtles and other animals often mistake balloons for food, which can be deadly. Sea turtles are especially susceptible because they surface to breathe and eat where deflated balloons float on the water. Longwood University researchers found … Read more
Dominion Energy is holding an open house on its proposed Lancaster County solar power project. It takes place Thursday at Lancaster High School on Mary Ball Road between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The Merry Point facility that’s proposed for the area of Mary Ball and Courthouse Roads will be capable of generating enough power … Read more
Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher and communications officer Heather Jenkins is the recipient of the Peninsula EMS Regional award for outstanding EMS Telecommunications Officer / Dispatcher for 2021. Heather was nominated by Lancaster County Emergency Services. She will now be the regional nominee for the Governor’s EMS Award which recognizes the outstanding contributions of individuals, … Read more
The sales tax in Gloucester County will inccrease by 1% as of tomorrow. That will bring the rate to 6.3% which includes the 4.3% state tax, the 1% local option tax, and the 1% additional which by law can only be used for capital projects for the construction or renovation of schools. The 2020 Virginia … Read more
Starting Thursday the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority will begin enforcing new laws passed by the Virginia General Assembly during its 2021 session. They include allowing restaurants to continue selling cocktails to go, permitting delivery of wine and beer without a permit for the rest of the year and enabling localities to create special large … Read more
Governor Ralph Northam visited the Library of Virginia on Tuesday to commemorate 50 years since the current Virginia Constitution took effect on July 1, 1971. That document eliminated the poll tax, banned racially segregated schools, provided free public education for every school-aged child, and prohibited governmental discrimination based on race, color, national origin or sex. … Read more
Beginning Thursday drivers are required to change lanes when passing a bicyclist if the lane of travel is not wide enough to accommodate 3 feet in distance between the motor vehicle and the bicycle. The new law also applies to people riding on an electric personal assistive mobility device, moped, animal or animal-drawn vehicle. It … Read more
A one car-crash on Sunday in Middlesex County takes the driver’s life. State Police say Gerald Carr of Midlothian was heading east on General Puller Memorial Highway when his car went off the highway just west of Ball Park Road hitting a utility pole and a fence. Carr was brought to Walter Reed Hospital where … Read more