More than 100 Suffolk jail inmates test positive for COVID
SUFFOLK, Va. โ More than 100 inmates at a regional jail in Suffolk have tested positive for COVID-19. TV stations WAVY and WTKR report the Western Tidewater Regional Jail received test results Saturday that showed 109 offenders had tested positive out of the 756 at the facility. Six workers also tested positive out of the 180 employed. Jail officials said those who tested positive were isolated from the general population after the results came in. Also over the weekend, dozens of inmates at the Danville City Jail tested positive for COVID-19.
Archaeologists excavate, research ghost fleet'
Archaeologists are excavating and researching a 'ghost fleet' in the Nansemond River in Suffolk, Virginia. Two years ago, Suffolk history buff Kermit Hobbs stumbled upon something sticking out of the mud in the Nansemond River that caught his curiosity. Many were in Suffolk this month, excavating and recording the remains of what they call a "ghost fleet." "What started at six boats is now 13 -- working craft boats, transportation boats, lumber boats, shingling boats and oystering," said Burke. The boats sit on private property on the Nansemond River and will not be removed.