Southampton (Southampton, Virginia)

A record number of turkeys were harvested during the 2013 spring season, according to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The 2013 harvest of 19,265 birds exceeded the previous number (18,345) set in 2002. Bedford County recorded the...

May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. power companies plan to shut or convert over 50,000 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired plants over the next several years as cheap natural gas prices and strict environmental rules have made coal the more expensive option in some areas....

In 1961, when Mrs. Segar White Guy inherited her father’s 306-acre tract of unmanaged forestland in Sussex County, she made the long-term commitment to improve the quality of the woodland, according to a news release from the Virginia Department...

COLLEGES Baseball William and Mary vs. Old Dominion (at War Memorial Stadium in Hampton), 6 Men’s golf NCAA Division III championship (in Destin, Fla.; including CNU’s Brian Jaeger) HIGH SCHOOLS Baseball Tabb at Smithfield, 4:30 New Kent at...

Next stop for Del. John Cosgrove: a special election in August. The Republican legislator from Chesapeake comfortably won his party's nomination in a firehouse primary Thursday evening, earning a chance to succeed retiring state Sen. Harry Blevins....

Today's Republican primary for a soon-to-be-vacant state Senate seat is the first political test case for Gov. Bob McDonnell's $6 billion transportation-funding plan, a tax-laden deal that has inspired anger among fiscal conservatives. The plan, to...

Isle of Wight Academy moved up one spot to first in the latest Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division III state poll. The Chargers (14-6) went 3-0 last week to overtake Southampton Academy for the top spot. Also in Division III,...

By Scott DiSavino April 25 (Reuters) - U.S. power company Dominion Resources Inc's CEO said on Thursday construction of several power plants in Virginia was on schedule and on budget and expected to enter service over the next few years to meet growing...

The boys and girls teams from Hampton Roads, Walsingham, Isle of Wight and Tidewater academies all received berths in the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association basketball fields, which were released Sunday night. Each bracket includes 12...

COLLEGES Women’s basketball Georgia State at William and Mary, 7 Baseball Old Dominion at Richmond, 2:30 Virginia Wesleyan at Greensboro, 3 Softball Hampton at Liberty (doubleheader), 2 p.m. Women’s lacrosse William and Mary at Old Dominion, 7...

GIRLS BASKETBALL    Atlantic Shores Christian 33, Stonebridge Christian 25    Atlee 56, Hanover 48    Bassett 60, Martinsville 29    Bayside 44, Frank Cox 34    Bethel 49, Hampton 35    Blacksburg 65, Pulaski County 47    Booker T. Washington 37,...

As I write this, we’ve just been through a week of lousy, rainy weather, the kind that makes me want to snuggle in the corner of my couch with a cup of tea at my side and a book in my hands. With the right book, I could be instantly transported from...