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Rapper accused in Franklin child’s homicide arrested Tuesday
FRANKLIN, Va. (WAVY) – The 10-month search for the suspect in a 10-year-old boy’s homicide ended Tuesday. Franklin police confirmed they arrested Tashawnda Nicole Drayton in Boykins, a town in Southampton County, in connection with a shooting last August that took the life of 10-year-old La’Marj Deshawn Holden. Drayton who goes by the rap name […]
Father of 10-year-old Franklin boy killed in shooting speaks out after suspect arrested
FRANKLIN, Va. — Roughly 10 months after the deadly shooting of a 10-year-old boy in Franklin, authorities announced the suspected killer has been arrested. Tashawnda Drayton was wanted on a slew of charges, including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and aggravated malicious wounding. According to the Franklin Police Department, she was arrested in the Boykins area of Southampton County.
LOOKING BACK: Charles Street Gym
Starting early on in the 1930s, Southampton County School officials were realizing, increasingly, the need for more broad-based school curricula for County students. Pursuant to this end, plans were evolving toward the establishment of curricula that would include not only academic education but also would offer more vocational-type training — especially agricultural and mechanical instruction. […] The post LOOKING BACK: Charles Street Gym appeared first on The Tidewater News.
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