Volunteer rescue squad had significant cash surplus that county fire chief said was unaccounted for

2026-06-30

A Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) review of the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad’s (SCVRS) publicly available tax returns from 2015 to 2019 showed the squad made $755,775 in revenues and had expenses worth $451,293, for a surplus of $304,482 over five years. Stony Creek routinely runs a surplus, then-Sussex County Fire Chief Nick Sheffield… Read more »

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Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad lost nonprofit status for failure to file taxes

2026-06-29

The IRS stripped the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad of its nonprofit status in 2023 after it failed to file income tax returns for three consecutive years, IRS records show. IRS records show the rescue squad filed its last tax return in 2020 for 2019. No returns were filed for the 2020, 2021 and 2022… Read more »

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Sussex County says it needs two weeks to provide copy of county’s recusal policy for its supervisors

2026-06-25

But online searches suggest no such policy exists Shilton Ricks-Butts, the clerk for the Sussex County Board of Supervisors, has informed Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) it will take two weeks for the county to respond to C&BP’s request for a copy of the county’s recusal policy, along with any records of commissioners recusing themselves… Read more »

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Checks & Balances Project files FOIA request seeking Sussex County EMS records

2026-06-23

Acting on a tip from a reader, Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with Sussex County. It seeks all communications and records from 2022 to the present regarding the county emergency medical services department and the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad. Tuesday’s request is the second from C&BP… Read more »

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Checks & Balances Project seeks more tips from Sussex County residents

2026-06-22

As Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) awaits a reply to its public records request seeking the recusal policy for Sussex County, Virginia, supervisors, it asks for county residents to send more tips such as the one that led to the initial public records request. On June 18, C&BP also asked for the records of any… Read more »

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Checks & Balances Project seeks Sussex County’s recusal policy

2026-06-18

Prompted by a new reader’s tip, Checks & Balances Project (C&BP) has filed a public information request with the Sussex County, Virginia, board of supervisors seeking the county’s recusal policy. It also has asked for the records of any supervisors who have declared a conflict of interest in the last 25 years. C&BP has asked… Read more »

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