Suffolk After the tornado swept through Suffolk last week, the Suffolk Humane Society got a bit of a good news to brighten the day. The barely year-old shelter was chosen as the "Shelter of the Week" by the SPCA International.

SUFFOLK Shortly after the City Council voted him into his new role Monday, interim Assessor Sid Daughtrey injected a bit of levity into the ongoing firestorm over assessments. With the special meeting done and council members dispersed, Daughtrey, a city employee for nearly 24 years, was asked if he planned to apply for the permanent appointment.

Suffolk firefighters and Norfolk Lake Patrol officers rescued a man whose boat sank Sunday afternoon in Suffolk.

Witnesses saw a boat sinking about noon and saw a person holding on to the side of the boat in the water near Girl Scout Road and Lake Prince Drive, according to a release from Suffolk Fire Department.

SUFFOLK  The City Council will hold a special meeting tonight  to discuss real estate assessments.

The meeting, announced Friday  afternoon, follows the council’s 7-0 vote last week to fire Assessor Maria Kattmann.

Kattmann’s deputy, Rosa Bowe, is currently serving as interim assessor.

The only five streets in Suffolk still closed to the public because of the April 28 tornado will reopen Saturday morning.

They are in the Burnetts Mill subdivision, which was one of the areas where houses and buildings were destroyed when a tornado touched down in Suffolk.

SUFFOLK The City Council will hold a special meeting Monday to discuss real estate assessments.

The meeting, announced this afternoon, follows the council’s 7-0 vote late Wednesday night to fire Assessor Maria Kattmann.

Kattmann’s deputy, Rosa Bowe, is currently serving as interim assessor.

SUFFOLK The school division is aiming to expand its sports offerings for seventh- and eighth-graders as an academic motivator and to build better high school athletes. On Thursday, the School Board approved the development of a plan for football and girls field hockey teams at the city's four middle schools - but not without a caveat.

SUFFOLK City Council members knew they faced a lawsuit from Assessor Maria Kattmann when they voted unanimously to fire her Wednesday night. Kattmann, the city's assessor for 12 years, had put the city on notice April 15 about a potential breach-of-contract suit over her compensation, said Lisa Bertini, a lawyer that Kattmann retained several weeks ago.

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The School Board will meet at 3:30 p.m. today for a work session to discuss possible cuts to the proposed 2008-09 operating budget. The meeting will take place in City Council Chambers, 441 Market Street.

SUFFOLK WTKR NewsChannel 3 is dropping its lawsuit against the city for the restrictions placed on the media following last week's tornado.