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...

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...

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...

Environmental experts in Hampton Roads hope you will make some all-important resolutions for 2013:  Resolve to Live Greener!  It's important because of our close proximity to the Chesapeake Bay and the many natural resources we enjoy along the Mid-...

As much as English colonists feared the Spanish privateers who infested Virginia's coast during the 1720s and '40s, the Spanish feared the English just as much.     For nearly two centuries before these raids, English privateers had attacked Spain and...

WEEK 6Salem 31, William Fleming 6 Christiansburg 31, Franklin County 28 Magna Vista 34, Halifax County 28 George Washington 41, Southampton 0 Alleghany 47, James River 23 William Byrd 58, Glenvar 34      Tunstall  35, Staunton River 7 Heritage...

The Virginia Department of Transportation is advising motorists of upcoming eastbound lane closures on U.S. 460, in Southampton County. Crews will be excavating the roadway to locate the source of a sinkhole. An approximately two-mile stretch of...

Test your knowledge of Hampton Roads’ “green” landmarks and enter to win a vacation package for two by playing the askHRgreen.org “Name That Place” photo trivia contest. For one week only, Sept. 25 through Oct. 1,...