Northumberland County News

A routine traffic stop in Richmond County for a bad headlight ended with charges in connection to two area crimes.

Nathan Tyler Rose and Taylor Ann Nelson Fariss led the Class of 2009 during Lancaster High School's commencement exercises at the school last Saturday.

Northumberland County Sheriff's Office newest addition to its staff is currently undergoing a whole lot of training.

A funeral was held last Friday, June 12, for Greene County Sheriff's Investigator Chad Carr, a Northumberland County native who was killed in the line of duty last week.

Friends and fellow law enforcement officers are remembering the life of Greene County deputy and former Orange County deputy Chadwick "Chad" Alan Carr, killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer on Route 230 near Greene Hills Country Club last Thursday.

AN archeological dig at Flodden is currently taking place and tours of the site are on offer for the public this Saturday, June 6. The 10-day dig started on May 30, when a team of volunteers from local archaeological and history groups began excavating in the area believed to be the location of the camp of the Scottish amy of King James IV in the ...

The crowd that filled the courtroom during the Northumberland County Planning Commission's meeting Thursday wasn't mad, but it was firmly determined to make sure the commissioners knew it was opposed to changes in the county's zoning ordinances.

Four previously indicted Gloucester County supervisors will seek the state attorney general's opinion to help determine if they can vote to have the county reimburse them thousands of dollars in legal bills.

Police in Norfolk have arrested the man suspected in the city's most recent homicide.

Grand jury indicts man in 2006 shooting death of Westmoreland teen that was originally ruled a suicide Man faces murder charge in 2006 death of teen An Amissville man has been indicted for the October 2006 murder of a 16-year-old Montross boy in Northumberland County.

The Northumberland County Sheriff's Office recently charged Dennis Jay Salmon, 20, of Amissville, formerly of Warsaw, in the October 14, 2006, shooting death of Charles Malcolm Hundley, 16, of Montross.

Picture this: A waterman pulling his gill nets in the lower Potomac River gets a beep on his cell phone.

P.D. and Kate O'Keefe thought they knew what they were getting into eight years ago when they fell in love with a Victorian home in Reedville at the tip of the Northern Neck.

A fire that started late Friday night caused extensive damage to historic Rice's Hotel/Hughlett's Tavern in Heathsville.

We'll start with the James Monroe High School Academic Quiz team, which advanced to the finals of the Channel 6 "Battle of the Brains" by defeating rival Charlottesville, 295-125. Officials at the school said team members Matt Cameron, Dylan Vasey, Chuhern Hwang and James Paulose answered some particularly tough questions in the win.

In the eyes of some, the salvation of the Chesapeake Bay oyster industry, and perhaps the Bay itself, lies in a bushel of Asian oysters sitting on the concrete floor of a Northern Neck oyster house.

The public is invited to view original plays at the Manassas Campus of Northern Virginia Community College.

Virginia has added 18 historic properties to its ever-expanding landmarks register.

After nearly a month of searching and following up on local tips, area law enforcement have Robert Norris Bibbens in custody.

The Northumberland Sheriff's Department is placing residents on high alert following two gunpoint robberies in two days, one in Callao and one near Burgess.