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NEWSOMS – Lizzie Kitchen Darden, 78, passed away Oct. 16, 2025 in her home with her family by her side. Born and raised in Southampton County, she was a daughter of the late George and Ella Dunlow ...

also predeceased by a brother, Stephen Hamilton Wright. Jim was a 1969 graduate of Franklin High School, a graduate of Louise Obici School of Nursing and was a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He ...

Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) introduced H.R. 5327, the Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia Federal Recognition Act, on Monday, Oct. 13, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, to extend federal recognition ...

FRANKLIN – Thomas Haralson “Tom” Moore, 92, passed away Oct. 16, 2025 in Asa’s Neighborhood at The Village at Woods Edge. Born on March 2, 1933, in Norfolk, he was a son of the late Edward and Beulah ...

Three students from Franklin and one from Windsor made the President’s List at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) for summer 2025. An SNHU news release noted that the local students included ...

The Southampton County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) helped Southampton Academy (SA) during the school’s annual Day of Service that was held earlier this year. SCSO officials noted in a social media post ...

Three months after Vice Chairman Mark Wooster asked for badge access to each of Isle of Wight County's nine schools, the ...

The Capron-based nonprofit Family 4 Eternity (F4E) has begun congregate feeding efforts at Springdale Apartments in Franklin.

It was very sad and depressing to sit through the presentation Oct. 2 about the Southampton County Public School System. I would have been even more depressed if I had family members in the system.

Officials in an F4E news release noted, “The brush was knee-high, and prickles were on the mail carriers when they would park, so Family 4 Eternity wanted to utilize its community day to clean up the ...