The Northumberland County Sheriff’s Office warns about a scam making the rounds where a property owner receives a letter saying there is a lien issued for back taxes, The letter says it’s from “Tax Processing Unit, Northumberland County Public Judgement Records” and includes a 1-800 number. The Sheriff’s office checked with the County Treasurer and … Read more
The Gloucester Arts Festival returns for its 5th year beginning June 3 with an unveiling of sculptures on Main Street and culminating with a U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Band concert. Other events include a Meet the Artists event during the Brews & Brine event at historic White Marsh Farm along with a blue grass concert … Read more
The Virginia Department of Health announced public schools throughout the commonwealth will soon have regular COVID-19 testing. It’s part of a pilot program providing free rapid antigen tests to school districts on request. Participation is optional and parents will be asked to sign a consent form beforehand. Health officials say testing should begin in a … Read more
A heads up if you use Route 360 in the Burgess area. The Northumberland County Sheriff’s Office advises the speed limits were changed by the State DOT in that area. The speed limit changes now progress from 55 miles an hour to 45 and then to 35. The new limits are in effect on each … Read more
Warsaw Police are looking for help to catch a woman wanted for stealing a wallet from a customer at Food Lion on Mar. 20. The woman bumped her shopping cart into the victim’s cart then took the wallet from the cart and hid it in her waiseband. She then left the store. A photo of … Read more
Gov. Ralph Northam offered up amendments to over 3 dozen bills recently passed by the General Assembly and now lawmakers are looking at those proposed changes. One of those amendments proposes to speed up the timeline for legalizing recreational marijuana from 2024 until this summer. Northam also proposed 18 amendments to the Virigina budget. The … Read more
The Town of Kilmarnock is looking for volunteers to help weed Town Center Park. It’s taking place next Wednesday Apr. 14 and Friday Apr. 16 with times flexible. If you can help contact Marshall Sebra for more information at 804-435-1552 Ext. 2. The Park also will be the site of a job fair this Saturday … Read more
Overnight road work continues on the Downing Bridge over the Rappahannock River between Richmond County and the Town of Tappahannock. Crews are doing repairs to the bridge deck and bridge joints between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. The work requires alternating one-way traffic and that’s being controlled via automated flagging assistance devices … Read more
Beginning today the Deltaville and Urbanna Public Libraries are giving away robot kits for preschoolers through fifth graders. The Southside Sentinel reports children ages 3 to 7 will receive a robot kit and directions on how to make a spinning robot while ages 8 to 11 will receive kits to make a wiggle bot using … Read more
Warsaw Police report they’ve received numerous calls about prepaid cash card phone scams making the rounds. The scammer calls and claims to be with a governmental agency, a utility like the phone company or even with a company who says they have a prize to award. In each case the scammer tries to get the … Read more