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Honoring fallen officers
Sirens blared down Main Street the morning of May 10 as the Virginia division of Law Enforcement United, ...
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Isle of Wight supervisors delay budget vote, citing state negotiations
Isle of Wight County supervisors had planned to adopt the county’s budget and tax rates for the coming ...
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Smithfield approves renaming Quail Street for former mayor James Chapman
It’s official. Quail Street will be renamed in honor of Smithfield’s first Black mayor, the late James Chapman. ...
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Turner Drive roundabout in proposed VDOT plan for Isle of Wight
A roundabout at Turner Drive, a long-planned 1.4-mile extension of Nike Park Road and closed-circuit television cameras to ...
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Toys for Tots Family Fun Day coming to Windsor Castle Park
Toys for Tots, the Marine Corps Reserve’s flagship Christmas charity, will host its inaugural Foster Family Fun Day ...
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Surry’s Pierce records 300 career strikeouts
Surry County High School Cougars pitcher Oakley Pierce scored his 300th career strikeout on April 30 in a ...
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Federal internet discount set to expire this month
Western Tidewater residents receiving discounted internet through the Affordable Connectivity Program could find themselves paying full price when ...
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Winner announced in Pawsitively Purrfect Pets contest
The Smithfield Times’ first annual Pawsitively Perfect Pets Photo Contest was positively perfect! In March, residents from Smithfield, ...
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Early voting starts May 3 in U.S. House, Senate primaries
In-person early voting for the June 18 Democratic and Republican primary elections for the U.S. House of Representatives ...
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How Virginia’s new accreditation could affect IW, Surry schools
Isle of Wight and Surry county schools could, within two years, see higher stakes attached to their performance ...
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Smithfield DMV office plans summer opening
With its exterior largely finished and parking lot recently paved, Smithfield’s new Department of Motor Vehicles office is ...
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From Smithfield High to the NFL: Willie Drew signs with Panthers
Willie Drew, a 23-year-old former Smithfield High School football standout, has signed an undrafted free-agent contract with the ...
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Winslow named to hospitality industry board
Smithfield & Isle of Wight Tourism Director Judy Winslow will serve on the board of the newly Coastal ...
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Spring Fest returns
Isle of Wight County’s annual Spring Fest returned to the fairgrounds at Heritage Park April 26-28, kicking off ...
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Sweetgrass development headed to supervisors in May
Isle of Wight County supervisors have tentatively scheduled a May 16 public hearing, and possible vote, on the ...
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Tidewater Cello Ensemble, Goodwyn to perform in May at Sundays at Four
By Heidi Bloch Eight teenage cellists, all members of the Tidewater Cello Ensemble, recently returned from a concert-filled ...
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Luter concession stand bids higher than expected
Smithfield’s Town Council is proposing to move forward with a concession stand for the football field at the ...
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Tractor-trailer crash spills roughly 39,000 pounds of chicken onto Old Stage Highway
An early-morning tractor-trailer crash on April 25 spilled several thousand pounds of chicken meat onto Old Stage Highway, ...
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‘460 Commerce Center’ breaks ground
Isle of Wight County broke ground April 2 on the “460 Commerce Center” – a roughly 352,000-square-foot manufacturing ...
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1750 Courthouse to change hands
The 1750 Isle of Wight County Courthouse on Main Street will change hands for the first time in ...
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State approves Isle Marine Trades lab school in Smithfield
Print hed Marine Trades lab school approved Digital hed State approves Isle Marine Trades lab school in ...
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Isle of Wight planners set new hearing for Moonlight solar farm
Isle of Wight County residents will get a second opportunity on May 28 to weigh in on a ...
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‘Sound of Music’ debuts April 26 at Smithfield Little Theatre
For the first time in 38 years, “The Sound of Music” will return to the Smithfield Little Theatre. ...
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Accused in Smithfield hit-and-run that injured teen due in court July 29
A Gloucester County woman accused of a Nov. 4 hit-and-run on Benns Church Boulevard that left a 14-year-old ...
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Revised warehouse complex still taking heat from Windsor residents
Increasing a proposed multi-warehouse complex’s distance from two residential neighborhoods in Windsor hasn’t placated every opponent of the ...