NORFOLK A Maryland man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in connection with the purchase of real estate on the Eastern Shore. Christopher G. DeBlauw, 44, of Millersville, Md. faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced in August, a news release from the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of Virginia said.

ACCOMACK COUNTY No children were injured in a crash involving a school bus this afternoon. The crash in the 33000 block of Chincoteague Road occurred at about 3:20 p.m., Virginia State Police said in a news release.

ACCOMACK COUNTY A 58-year-old woman died in a two-vehicle crash on Chincoteague Road this morning.

TANGIER ISLAND From the air, this fishing outpost in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay for centuries resembled a giant fishing hook, a curved barb completing the picture on the northern tail of the island. But no more. The barb is gone, swallowed by a rising Bay and fast-eroding land. Now, Tangier Island just looks like a big oval teardrop.

SAVAGE NECK On a narrow beach of Virginia's Eastern Shore, a humble pile of broken seashells is changing the timeline of history.

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. The father of a South Carolina woman killed last summer at West Virginia's All Good Music Festival wants to refile his lawsuit to add another defendant.

EASTERN SHORE

An open house for the archaeological dig at Savage Neck will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday instead of all day. A flier about the event distributed earlier in the week gave incorrect hours.

A site along the Chesapeake Bay will be studied this week by participants in the Passport in Time volunteer archaeological program. An open house for the public will be held Sunday.

SAVAGE ISLAND

Dave Harris tromped through a thicket of head-high reeds, their dry roots crunching underfoot, until he came to a grassy clearing overlooking the Chesapeake Bay.

“So this is it,” said Harris, director of land programs for The Nature Conservancy on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. “This is Savage Island.”

ACCOMACK COUNTY As a two-hour hearing in Circuit Court came to a close Wednesday, Virginia Beach police Officer Bradley Colas told firefighters he was sorry for what happened earlier this month, when he's accused of attacking rescue workers after a car crash.