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01/27/2025

An offering known as a Pearson Center will soon open in the J.P. King Jr. Career and Technical Academy that will provide opportunities for Franklin City Public Schools students and teachers and also members of the public to take tests for academic requirements, licenses and work credentials. Dr. Tan...

01/27/2025

Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, Jan. 24: In Virginia, in a light test due to adverse weather conditions, state graded feeder cattle mostly 3.00 to 17.00 lower. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales mostly 11.00 to 38.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly s...

01/27/2025

By Miles Dawkins Contributing Writer The Franklin-based Rock Church School varsity boys basketball team started 2025 with a trio of wins and a major career milestone achieved by one of its foremost standouts. Coming off Christmas break the Rock Lions were eager to kick off the new year with a strong...

01/27/2025

The City of Franklin Police Department is investigating a reported shooting Sunday afternoon, Jan. 26, at the intersection of Laurel and South streets that led to the death of a Franklin man. An FPD news release included a photo of a vehicle of interest as detectives investigate who may have been in...

01/27/2025

I don’t think any of us is ever really ready to hear someone say, “I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news. Which one do you want first?” I don’t think we like that situation. That’s because we truly only want good news, and there is no right time to hear bad news. First […]

01/27/2025

By Maximilian Watner Guest Columnist Some time after the Jews were delivered from the bo***ge of Egypt, we read that the people of God were oppressed on all sides by foreign invaders, the Madianites. The Jews prayed for help, and the Lord raised up Gedeon, son of Joas, to defeat the enemy. But when....

01/25/2025

By Brent Roberts Guest Columnist As I write this, millions of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are observing Fast Sunday. Fast Sunday, normally observed on the first Sunday each month, involves fasting for 24 hours and contributing the money that would have been spent on sk...

01/24/2025

Former Ward 2 Councilman Ray Smith was recognized Jan. 13 by the Franklin City Council for his decades of service to the Franklin community as a business leader, public servant and active community member. The council voted 6-0 at its meeting on Jan. 13 to adopt a resolution honoring Smith. Ward 1 C...

01/24/2025

The following land transfers were recorded in Southampton County Circuit for the month of December: Jessica Littlefield to Isialis Marrero, 601 Pace Street, Franklin, Franklin City, Part of Lot 1 & 2, $190,000 William G. O’Brien Jr. to Grady L. Bird, 117 Magnolia Avenue, Franklin, Franklin City, L...

01/24/2025

Eleven months after recommending rejection of the Tidewater Logistics Center multi-warehouse complex proposed for the outskirts of Windsor, Isle of Wight County’s Planning Commission will take its first look at a revised concept that calls for one less warehouse. Isle of Wight’s Economic Develop...

01/24/2025

This article is the first in a series of three based on an undated booklet published by the Suffolk-Nansemond Historical Society. The research was compiled by Marion J. Watson. For details of the 2025 celebration of Lafayette’s arrival at the Visitor’s Center/Riddick’s Folly on Sunday, Feb. 23...

01/24/2025

By J. Adam Tyler Guest Columnist In January 1949, a U.S. Navy submarine sailed across the Pacific Ocean with a young lieutenant on watch. A storm was brewing, and waves crashed over the sub and those on deck. Two hours after midnight, an enormous wave approached from dead ahead. There was nothing el...

01/23/2025

School divisions have announced the schedules they plan to operate on for Friday, Jan. 24, amid continuing low temperatures. FRANKLIN CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Stephen H. Cowles, FCPS coordinator of social media & public relations, stated, “Franklin City Public Schools will operate on a regular schedule...

01/23/2025

Southampton County and the city of Franklin experienced power outages that impacted a significant number of people on Wednesday, Jan. 22, and Thursday, Jan. 23. Wendell L. Adkison, line technician superintendent with Franklin Municipal Power and Light, stated, “We had 560 customers off from 11:25 ...

01/23/2025

Educational institutions and local governments in the area are adjusting their schedules due to the road conditions brought about by recent winter weather and freezing overnight temperatures. FRANKLIN CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Franklin City Public Schools announced just before 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22...

01/22/2025

By Tom Mastaglio and Laurie Clay Veterans Corner Happy New Year to all of our Veterans and the family members who support them. This month we will discuss some upcoming changes to your educational benefits, a new tool for accessing and reviewing your VA Medical records, resources for addressing Vete...

01/22/2025

Southampton County School Board Chair Dr. Deborah Goodwyn and Southampton County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Gwendolyn P. Shannon updated the board Jan. 13 on the school division’s response to the county Board of Supervisors’ pursuit of a forensic audit of the school system. Goodwyn highli...

01/22/2025

By Karl Heck Your Turn 2024 was an exciting year, both in Franklin Southampton and for Franklin Southampton Economic Development, Inc. (FSEDI). In what was a positive economic year from Hampton Roads, Virginia and the country, Franklin Southampton also had many positive economic highlights. Those hi...

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“It blew me up against the door,” said Andrew Walker, who escaped unscathed from a fire that burned through a 23,000-square-foot warehouse in Isle of Wight County’s industrial park off Benns Church Boulevard on Jan. 18. To learn more about the fire, click here: https://www.thetidewaternews.com/2024/01/24/fire-destroys-warehouse/

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