Surry County

Church recognizes Civil War soldiers buried on church grounds

2013-06-13 08:52:47

For the last 14 years, First Baptist Church, Denbigh had been trying to get some historical attention. The church, which dates back to 1862 belonged to a white community but was vacated during the Civil War, according to historical documents provided by...

Blueberry Jam fest in Wakefield to feature Dopapod, Galaxy Dynamite, Bobby "BlackHat" Walters

2013-06-05 07:08:00

What's looking like the jam rock event of the season is coming to Wakefield June 21-22. The Blueberry Jam Music Festival will feature an eclectic, experimental-flavored lineup including Dopadod, Session Rockers and Galaxy Dynamite. It all happens at...

State report: Hampton Roads' regional crime rate fell by 5.6 percent in 2012

2013-06-02 00:00:00

Hampton Roads' crime rate dropped 5.6 percent in 2012 compared with the year before, with widespread reductions in armed robberies, burglaries, car thefts and assaults helping to spur the downward regional trend, according to new state crime data. The...

Dominion paid $142 million in local taxes in 2012

2013-05-30 07:07:00

Dominion Virginia Power says it paid nearly $142 million in taxes to Virginia cities, counties and towns. The company paid more than $40 million in taxes to localities in Hampton Roads. That’s an increase of about $10 million or 7.6 percent from...

Friday's 5/31 local schedule (updated Friday AM with more high school details)

2013-05-30 23:55:00

COLLEGES Baseball NCAA Raleigh Regional first round: William and Mary vs. Mississippi, 2 Binghamton at N.C. State, 7 NCAA Charlottesville Regional first round: Army at No. 6 Virginia, 1 Elon vs. UNC Wilmington, 6 NCAA Blacksburg Regional first round:...

Friday's 5/10 local schedule (updated Friday AM)

2013-05-09 22:10:00

COLLEGES Baseball William and Mary at UNC Wilmington, 6 Norfolk State at Old Dominion, 6 Softball Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament (at Ormond Beach, Fla.): Two losers' bracket games (including Norfolk State vs. Florida A&M), 10 a.m. Hampton vs....

Tuesday's 5/7 local schedule (updated Tuesday PM with many high school changes)

2013-05-06 23:20:00

COLLEGES Baseball U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association Small College World Series (in Butler, Pa.): Southern Virginia vs. Penn College, 8:30 a.m. St. Joseph’s of Brooklyn, N.Y., vs. Penn State Greater Allegheny, 11 a.m. Cincinnati-Clermont vs....

Monday's 5/6 local schedule (updated Monday PM)

2013-05-06 09:17:00

COLLEGES Baseball U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association Small College World Series (in Butler, Pa.): No. 10 Penn College vs. No. 7 Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.), 8:30 a.m. No. 9 Briarclifffe (N.Y.) vs. No. 8 St. Joseph’s of Brooklyn (N.Y.), 11 a.m....

Chesapeake man dies after one-car accident

2013-05-27 10:06:00

A Chesapeake man has died after the vehicle he was operating veered off Route 460 on Monday. Claude Thomas Dove, Jr., of Cogliandro Drive, was traveling eastbound at about 9:15 a.m. when the vehicle went off the road near the Surry County line,...

Public records law says access should be easy

2013-03-14 06:11:00

Students and school districts are not the only ones who receive letter grades on their performance. Localities and states are graded on transparency and citizen access to public information. The Sunshine Review, a national nonprofit organization...

Most local budgets are just a few clicks away

2013-03-11 00:00:00

We are in the midst of local government budget season in Virginia, with school divisions and localities presenting proposed 2013-14 spending plans and holding public forums and hearings on them. If you want to explore the proposed budget, and compare it...

Monday's 3/11 local schedule (updated Monday AM with CAA pairing)

2013-03-10 21:53:00

COLLEGES Men’s basketball Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference first round (at Norfolk Scope Arena): No. 13 Md. Eastern Shore vs. No. 4 Savannah State, 6:30 No. 12 S.C. State vs. No. 5 Morgan State, 9 CAA final (at Richmond Coliseum): No. 3 James Madison...

Program Coordinator Brian Frye explains how a Sorghum press works at the Chippokes Farm and Forestry Museum in Surry County , Virginia .

2008-09-11 00:00:00

Teacher Carla Kirts shows sorghum at the Chippokes Farm and Forestry Museum in Surry County , Virginia in 2008

2008-09-11 00:00:00

Virginia Army National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Daryl Booker, 37, of Richmond, died in a helicopter crash outside of Baghdad on January 20, 2007. His father lived in Surry County and he had relatives in Smithfield.

2008-03-07 11:02:28