Big Red dominates all-district accolades - The Tidewater News
3 days ago · Southampton High School’s varsity football team was the 2024 undefeated champion of the Tri-Rivers District, winning its six district games by an average of 41 points. Big Red’s representation in reference to all-district honors naturally reflected its dominance on the gridiron. Indians Head Coach Travis Parker was named Tri …
OUR VIEW: The best Christmas gift of all - The Tidewater News
3 days ago · Luke 2:1 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city. 4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, …
Council receives city projects update - The Tidewater News
Nov 15, 2024 · Franklin City Manager Rosylen Oglesby provided Franklin City Council with an update at its Oct. 28 meeting on certain projects taking place throughout the community, including the efforts to help some residents of Dorchester Square Apartments whose units lost power for days in September due to an electrical issue. DORCHESTER SQUARE APARTMENTS During the council’s […]
FCPS christens new Career and Technical Academy
Nov 25, 2024 · Franklin City Public Schools held the grand opening of its new Joseph P. King Jr. Career and Technical Academy on Thursday, Nov. 14, giving attendees an extensive look at the many offerings of the new facility designed to prepare students to enter the workforce. FCPS had previously moved its eighth grade students to Franklin High […]
Council reallocates ARPA funds to meet deadline
Nov 26, 2024 · The Windsor Town Council voted 3-0 on Tuesday, Nov. 12, to amend the funding source of multiple line items in the town’s fiscal year 2025 budget due to a nearing deadline in connection with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Six votes were not cast in the council vote because Vice Mayor J. Randy Carr, […]
Council secures interim financing for projects - The Tidewater News
3 days ago · Franklin City Council voted 4-1 on Dec. 9 to adopt a resolution providing for the issuance, sale and award of a General Obligation Note, Series 2024 of the City of Franklin, Virginia, to allow the city to have up to $8.1 million in interim financing for a …
Raiders enter season with familiar crew - The Tidewater News
Sep 5, 2024 · Southampton Academy’s varsity football team enjoys some significant continuity entering the 2024 season after losing only one player due to graduation. Cole Heiderich, who is back for his third year as the Raiders’ head coach, said, “We lost our lone senior from last year, Sam Sawyer. Though not a huge loss numbers-wise, we used Sam […]
Franklin Christmas Parade draws high praise - The Tidewater News
Dec 11, 2024 · (See a gallery of photos below the story.) The 2024 Franklin Christmas Parade garnered rave reviews, with some describing it as the best one they had ever seen in the city. The event, presented by the Franklin Department of Parks and Recreation, began at 7 p.m. amid temperatures in the mid-to-lower 20s, but a sizable […]
Windsor community rallies around Pierce - The Tidewater News
Nov 15, 2024 · The strength of an individual’s character and the quality of a community are revealed during challenging circumstances. Because of those realities, there is overwhelming inspiration present in the story of 20-year-old Carson Pierce during a tremendously difficult chapter in his life. Pierce, who has lived in Windsor since he was 2, was in a serious […]
Body found in Capron on Angelico Road - The Tidewater News
Oct 3, 2024 · Southampton County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 2, to a call regarding an unresponsive woman lying on Angelico Road in Capron who officials said appeared to have been shot. She was pronounced dead at the scene. A Thursday morning, Oct. 3, news release from SCSO noted that at about 2:01 p.m. on Wednesday, […]