Accomack County News

CHINCOTEAGUE -- Before the wrecking crew arrived at the old Chincoteague High School building two weeks ago, there was a monumental effort to keep the building going.

An off-duty municipal employee was charged late Thursday with driving under the influence of alcohol after he drove through a home.

A Parksley man pleaded guilty Friday to involuntary manslaughter and drunken driving in the death of a Saxis man in exchange for a deal that limits his prison time to fewer than two years.

The New Kent County Common-wealth's Attorney on Monday filed an appeal of that county's tax levy order in Circuit Court, after residents there also petitioned based on their dissatisfaction with a countywide ...

An Accomack County man was in court Friday to face charges that he killed a Saxis man last year.

Accomack County's 2009 real estate tax rates are illegal because they were based on an unlawful reassessment, a brief filed in Circuit Court Tuesday claims in the latest volley in a rare appeal of the county ...

Mary Collins ate dinner with her son Tuesday evening at her Wardtown home and then drove him back to the single-wide trailer on Red Bank Road here where he lived.

ONLEY - A Northampton County man was fatally injured Wednesday morning when he was hit by a bus while lying in the road in his underwear, police report.

A Florida man wanted on a charge of attempted murder was arrested here and is being held for extradition.

Virginia State Police say an Eastern Shore man was killed when he was struck by a charter bus while lying on a highway in Accomack County.

Three suspects are being held in connection with separate Accomack County robberies, including one earlier this year at the Parksley-area Royal Farms in which suspects fired shots at a victim and demanded ...

Accomack County has many problems. yet the Board of Supervisors allows thousands of platted lots to go untaxed.

ACCOMAC -- The man hired last year by Accomack County to assess all 41,000 parcels of property on Monday defended his results -- which have been the subject of outspoken criticism by some residents and of a ...

For the first time since 1922 Chincoteague's School Street will have no school. Demolition began last Monday of the building that housed Chincoteague High School and Chincoteague Elementary School for the bulk ...

Area marine businesses will soon be able to train workers through a new apprenticeship program under development at Eastern Shore Community College.

A recent article about runoff issues at the Bojangles site on U.S. Route 13 points up the acute need for adoption of the Department of Environmental Quality's Stormwater Runoff Ordinance in Accomack County.

ACCOMAC -- Accomack County no longer has an assistant county administrator as of yesterday.

A low-lying area that includes property Wal-Mart purchased last year needs a master plan to prevent flooding like that which happened during heavy rains earlier this month, officials say.

A breakdown apparently has occurred in negotiations between the town of Onley and Accomack County about Onley's request to expand its boundaries.

Accomack County's Board of Supervisors Wednesday approved the county's first comprehensive Parks and Recreation plan in 20 years by a 6-1 vote.