Riverdale Elementary third grade teacher Tynethia Cooper has been named Southampton County Public Schools’ 2025-26 Teacher of ...

Family 4 Eternity used a new refrigerated truck to deliver 13,000 pounds of food—about 26,000 meals—to more than 1,000 ...

Prominent citizens urge Southampton County supervisors to raise employee pay, adopt twice-monthly paychecks and boost school ...

Rock Church School varsity boys hoops improves to 14-1 and returns to the top of the MACAA 1A North after big wins over Southampton and rival New Life; JV Lions roll to 9-0.

The second annual Walk of Love Gathering, hosted by Franklin-based nonprofit The Widow Walk (TWW), will honor and celebrate the area’s widows and widowers, seeking to encourage them during the ...

Local MLK Day walk spotlights civil rights songs, honors longtime participants and collects toys for hospitalized children.

Bob Holt writes that school board service is far more than a monthly meeting, with effective board members devoting 10-20 hours a week at minimum to management work under Virginia law.

Reviewer Lauren Bradshaw notes that Rachel McAdams delivers a fun, unhinged turn in Sam Raimi's brutal, darkly funny survival ...

Franklin City Council rejected a contract with Southampton County Administrator Brian Thrower and instead voted 6-1 to ask ...

Library officials stated that there was a “great turnout despite the cold temperatures.” Authors pictured above at the event ...

Smithfield Foods to buy Nathan’s Famous for $450M, securing perpetual rights to the 110-year-old hot dog brand in a deal ...

Up to a foot of dry, blowing snow, dangerous wind chills and coastal blizzard conditions are forecast to hit southeast ...