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Kayak launch opens at Riverwalk Park
The public recently gained easy access to the Blackwater River for kayaking with the soft opening of a ...
The public recently gained easy access to the Blackwater River for kayaking with the soft opening of a ...
Motorists should be on the lookout in coming weeks for workers and trucks hauling equipment at locations across ...
Southampton County School Board members inquired Monday, July 14, about low turnout this year in the school division’s ...
The Franklin Cruise-In, which has rebranded as the Community Cruise-In, began operating at 1363 Armory Drive in Franklin ...
Franklin City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Carlton Carter stated during a presentation to the Franklin City Council on ...
Windsor Vice Mayor J. Randy Carr tendered his resignation from the Windsor Town Council effective Monday, June 30, ...
With yet another prominent text scam making the rounds, Virginia State Police is offering tips to help Virginians, ...
Six members of the Windsor High School Class of 1959 held a mini-reunion on June 30, 2025, at ...
(More photos follow the story below.) Truist Bank and Samaritan’s Feet International have put a new spring in ...
Brad Spafford, the Isle of Wight County man accused of stockpiling more than 150 pipe bombs, plans to ...
Southampton County is reporting on its website that the phones are down at the Southampton County Administration Building ...
The Southampton County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) was participating in training near Ryland Street in Franklin on Wednesday, July ...
(More photos illustrating the concerns follow the story below. Photos submitted by Victoria Edwards.) Boykins Town Clerk Victoria ...
Economic development updates at the Southampton County Board of Supervisors’ (BOS) June 24 meeting included mention of a ...
The Western Tidewater Health District (WTHD) will conduct door-to-door surveys as part of its 2025 Community Health Assessment ...
Charles Ross, of Franklin, has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s spring 2025 dean’s list. The spring ...
Southampton County continues to be a place of interest to the solar development community, even in the wake ...
(A small group of photos follows the article below.) GFWC Sedley Woman’s Club held its 24th annual Veteran’s ...
The campaign to transition the Franklin City School Board from being an appointed body to an elected one ...
Southampton Academy (SA) achieved the distinction earlier this year of being named the Franklin-Southampton Area Chamber of Commerce’s ...
Sixteen-year-old Sherod Charity is continuing to put Southampton County on the map in the world of karting, as ...
Southampton County debuted a newly updated and revised website in June that features an enhanced user interface and ...
(A gallery of photos follows the story below.) The Juneteenth holiday was celebrated twice over this past week ...
(A gallery of photos from area high school graduations follows the story below.) More than 400 students graduated ...
FRANKLIN, Va. —The City of Franklin has canceled its Wednesday, July 2 Independence Day Celebration activities due to ...