A joint initiative of the Virginia Department of Education the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and the Virginia Community College System is considering how to modernize and update math instruction to Virginia’s K-12 students. The “Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative” proposes to provide all students with opportunities to receive high quality, highly-relevant math instruction … Read more
Virginia resumes administering the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after it gets the green light from the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vaccine coordinator Dr. Danny Avula released a statement saying direct vaccine sites throughout Virgiinia are free to resume administering the single-shot vaccine immediately. It had been suspended … Read more
An ATV rider is killed in an Essex County crash that happened early Saturday. Police say Jeremy Futchko of Tappahannock was on Route 610 heading eastbound when he went off the road to the left about a mile east of Route 684. The ATV then hit a jitch ejecting Futchko from the vehicle. He was … Read more
A 67-year-old Gloucester man is chargd in a string of burglaries in Gloucester, Middlesex and Mathews counties that happened ovr a 6-month period. Police say they located Frederick Christopher Pryor after he was pulled over early Sunday in Gloucester County. He’s charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of burglary … Read more
Gloucester’s new ground-up aging-in place development was toured recently by Congressman Rob Wittman, Delegate Keith Hodges and Gloucester Board of Supervisors Chairman Robert “JJ” Orth. The project called Main Street Landing has one-story homes with wider doorways, walk-in showers and other features to help make day-to-day living easier for older adults. It is also connected … Read more
The Mathews County School Board will consider a new name for the elementary school when it meets on May 18. According to the Gazette Journal a speaker during the public comment section of the April school board meeting asked when the board will implement the new name. It was last August when the board removed … Read more
Virginia DOT officials say that work on Fairfield Landing Road in Hartfield is set to begin next month. The road was shut down last November because of erosion issues and according to the Southside Sentinel officials had planned to start repairs last December but complications with the permit process slowed the project start. The road … Read more
Urbanna water customers will soon be asked to complete a survey which will help the utility qualify for federal grants. Urbanna Town Councilor Bill Smith tells the Southside Sentinel it’s important that customers respond to the survey because the additional grant money will not only pay for upgrades but could also lower the town’s debt … Read more
The public is asked to help shape the design of the future “Northern Neck Community LOVE sign” which will be constructed at Dream Fields in Kilmarnock. The sign is made possible thanks to a grant from the Lancaster County Virginia Education Foundation. Lancaster art teachers Kendra Robinson and Marilyn Sprouse tell the Rappahannock Record any … Read more
An 85-year-old man is killed in an Essex County one-vehicle crash. Police say Marvin Headley of Richmond County was heading southbound on Route 17 near Layton Landings Road when his pickup ran off the left side of the road and struck a ditch. Headley died at the scene while an unidentified passenger was unhurt. Investigators … Read more