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The Accomack County Sheriff’s Office says it is investigating a shooting Monday in Painter that left a woman dead and sent a man to a hospital in Norfolk. The sheriff’s office said in a release that deputies responded to a report of gunshot victims in the 31000 Block of Keller Pond Road in Painter on Dec. 4 at around 3:45 p.m.

The Accomack County Sheriff’s Department was called to the scene of an alleged drive by shooting Monday afternoon. The call came in at approximately 3:45. Preliminary reports indicate two were injured in the incident. One was male was reportedly shot in the arm and another female was shot in the neck. Unconfirmed reports say the female died as a result of her injuries.

According to a story from our partners at WTKR TV 3 in Norfolk, Rt. 13 on the Eastern Shore is famous for one thing, traffic tickets. Margaret Kavanagh and Brianna Lanham report that if you speed on Lankford Highway, there is a good chance you may get a ticket. Kavanagh...

EXMORE: Exmore’s downtown business community is set to celebrate the holidays by hosting the 2 nd Annual Old-Fashioned Christmas in Exmore, Thursday, December 7 from 5 pm to 8 pm. Enjoy relaxed after hours shopping with unannounced specials, a few surprises—and more— in participating shops and boutiques. Storefronts will be decorated for the Exmore’s “Holiday Lights” challenge, and Main Street will be illuminated with displays spanning the street. For the first time, there will be a 14-foot decorated Christmas Tree in the plaza near the Exmore Social Hall on the corner of Main & Bank.

The New Road Community Development Group received recognition at the 2023 Virginia Governor's Housing Conference for its work in homeownership development. The group's Legacy Project Phase I was awarded the Best Homeownership Development, a recognition for significant contributions to Virginia's housing sector. The project, launched in July 2022, included the construction of six moderately priced single-family homes in the Exmore community, completing the project's first phase.

I read with interest the recent article on WTKR’s coverage of speed limit enforcement on Northampton County’s portion of Rt. 13. This of course led me to view the video. My response is:’Boo-Hoo’. On its face, the enforcement looks blatant, even arbitrary. Maybe it’s a case...

The "dead zone" in the Chesapeake Bay is the smallest in nearly 40 years and officials credit cleanup efforts and good weather. In our weekly series with the Bay Journal Delmarva Public Media's Don Rush talks with associate editor and senior writer Tim Wheeler about new results.

The mural is a reproduction of a Willie Crockett watercolor. He's a renowned artist on the Eastern Shore and is known for his watercolors of nature.

A Crisfield woman has died from injuries sustained in a Monday crash in Westover. Here's what we know happened in the crash. Troopers from the Princess Anne Barrack responded shortly before 11 a.m. Monday to Route 413 near Tawes Campus Drive in Westover for the report of a crash involving a Freightliner, a Chevy pickup and a Nissan Rogue.

Annually, Waste Watchers of the Eastern Shore and Eastern Shore Radio partner to sponsor a contest in the local schools for a radio commercial encouraging our listeners not to litter. These commercials air on 103.3 FM WESR & 105.7 FM Coastal Country throughout the year. This year we will be also posting them here at ShoreDailyNews.com.

Reducing agricultural nonpoint source pollution in the Chesapeake Bay has been a high environmental priority since the early 1980s. Yet, as the 2025 deadline for progress under the Chesapeake Bay’s total maximum daily load looms, the situation is, as it has been so many times before: Pollution reductions from agriculture are falling far short of policymakers’ targets.

The Hampton Roads Community Foundation is reminding students on the Eastern Shore they have scholarships available. Offering nine different scholarships for degrees including but not limited to journalism, architecture, public service or horticulture, and one, the S&C Gagliardi Scholarship, is reserved for a graduate of an Accomack County Public School.

Be sure to catch the high school basketball games taking place in Accomack County, Virginia today. Details on how to watch all of the action can be found below. Follow high school basketball this season on the NFHS Network! Keep tabs on your family or alma mater and tune in!

Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred on the Eastern Shore yesterday. VSP reported that, at around 2:30 p.m., Kori Javon Brooks Davis of Cape Charles was driving a 2005 Jetta. Based on VSP's preliminary investigations, it appears when the 21-year-old turned on Stone Rd. he hit a pedestrian who was in the roadway.

DELMARVA – The Chesapeake Bay Program says the 2023 Chesapeake Bay dead zone is the smallest on record. The dead zone are areas of low oxygen that suffocate underwater life, shrinking the available habitat. The historical average is 0.97 and the 2023 record marks it at 0.52. We spoke...

Eggs & Issues Event Set to Spark Civic Discourse and Insightful Conversations. The upcoming Eggs & Issues event is scheduled to take place on December 7th, commencing at 8:30 AM at the Oyster Farm Seafood Eatery. This highly anticipated event promises to be full of insightful dialogue, featuring an esteemed...

This week in Northampton County, Virginia, two incidents were bookmarked for the weekly safety report. The first incident involves a statement from the Eastville Police Chief and Town Administrator regarding traffic enforcement and the comparison of traffic statistics between Northampton and Accomack County. The second incident reports the sentencing of a Cheriton man to 16 years in prison for distributing fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, almost two years ago.

Nestled in the heart of Virginia's Eastern Shore, the Exmore Diner has been a beacon of classic American dining since 1954. As a Silk City diner originally constructed in Paterson, NJ, and later relocated to Exmore, VA, it has become more than just a restaurant; it's a portal to the past. Retaining its original pale pink, yellow, and black tiled walls, the diner offers a nostalgic backdrop to patrons who come for the home-style cooking and end up taking a trip down memory lane.

The Chesapeake Bay’s oxygen-starved “dead zone” in 2023 was the smallest observed in nearly 40 years of monitoring, scientists recently reported. The scientists say the improvement stemmed from the region’s efforts to control nutrient pollution combined with favorable weather conditions. It was the fourth consecutive year that the dead zone was smaller than the average observed since Baywide water quality monitoring began in 1985.

Thursday afternoon, November 30, 2023 at approximately 2:36 p.m., state police were called to investigate a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on Stone Road, in Northampton County, Eastern Shore. Preliminary investigations reveal that a 2005 Volkswagen Jetta was turning onto Stone road when the driver, twenty-one year old Kori Javon Brooks Davis, of Cape Charles, Virginia, struck a pedestrian in the roadway. The pedestrian, eighty-four year old Priscilla King Richmond, was med-flight to Norfolk General Hospital, where she later succumbed to her injuries. State police crash reconstruction team responded to the scene to assist in the investigation. The Commonwealth Attorney has been notified and no charges have been placed at this time, the crash still remains under investigation.