Isle of Wight County News

Newport News, Isle of Wight and Surry counties are among dozen localities in Virginia getting state grants to place school resource officers in public schools.

Skies today should be sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Tonight should be mostly clear, with lows in the mid-60s.

A flood warning continues for the Blackwater River above Franklin until Friday afternoon.

Two white Virginia school board members are in the hot seat today for forwarding racist emails about the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama.

IF you have ever harboured thoughts of wishing to see the editor of this newspaper fall off the side of a tall building, well, now's your chance.

Law enforcement officers are used to pounding the pavement to solve crimes. Today through June 7, many of them will hit the road to promote Special Olympics.

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The state NAACP has called for the resignation of two Isle of Wight County officials who are under fire for circulating racially charged emails about first lady Michelle Obama to other county officials.

Douglas Wagoner will replace Thomas Whitley who is moving to Chesapeake's Western Branch High as principal of Lakeland.

Republicans forwarding racist emails? Haven't we seen this movie before? Well, yes we have .

On the Daily Press Facebook page, we noted that Boy Scouts of America delegates voted to remove their ban on gay Scouts, but keep a ban on gay Scout leaders.

By a split vote, a request for the resignation of an embattled county leader failed at Thursday's Board of Supervisors meeting, further stoking racial tensions.

Racially tinged emails forwarded by two officials in this rural county have led to turmoil on the Board of Supervisors and the School Board, calls for the officials' resignations, and may contribute to the departure of the schools superintendent.

Byron Bailey Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors vice-chairman Byron Bailey, right, speaks with his attorney, Robert Jones, before going into a private meeting on Monday, May 20.

You might have missed the brief in last week's paper, but its zaniness is worth recounting.