by James Ritch | Apr 26, 2022 | Headlines
By Stefanie Jackson – Accomack County Public Schools has updated its policy on student possession and use of alcohol and tobacco products, which now includes e-cigarettes and vapes and imposes more severe consequences on students who violate the policy as of April 19....
by James Ritch | Apr 4, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Our supervisors want to put a 40-cent tax on cigarettes. I am a smoker and I have another idea: Put a 20-cent tax on a pack of cigarettes and a 20-cent tax on each can of beer. This would bring in a lot more cash for our county. More people drink beer...
by James Ritch | Jan 14, 2019 | Headlines
By Linda Cicoira More charges and information were disclosed in papers filed in Northampton General District Court this week in the case of an Exmore man charged with manslaughter and driving while intoxicated. The single-vehicle traffic crash killed a teenager on...
by James Ritch | Dec 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Stefanie JacksonThe truck driver who died after his tractor-trailer went over the side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel nearly four months ago had alcohol and drugs in his system at the time of the crash, an autopsy report recently revealed.Jervone Hall, 33, of...
by James Ritch | Oct 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Linda Cicoira Chief Justice Donald W. Lemons of the Virginia Supreme Court captured the audience with his sense of humor Wednesday night and spoke seriously about lawyers providing “equal justice under the law” by doing pro bono work. “We have enormous services to...
