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Suffolk man dead, two juveniles injured in Windsor crash
A Suffolk man died Monday evening, March 20, in a two-vehicle crash in Windsor that also injured two ...
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VDOT looks to restrict left turns from Sugar Hill Road
Within a few months, drivers looking to turn left from Sugar Hill Road onto Carrollton Boulevard toward Suffolk ...
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Smithfield Farmers Market returns following lease uncertainty
The Smithfield Farmers Market will return April 1 to the Bank of Southside Virginia’s parking lot despite predictions ...
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Three generations help Isle of Wight students get to school
Three generations of an Isle of Wight County family have been helping children get to school. It all ...
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Isle of Wight ‘energy task force’ grows
Isle of Wight County’s “energy task force” now has four of its seven members. In November, the county’s ...
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Smithfield St. Patrick’s Day Parade brings Irish, hometown pride
Smithfield’s St. Patrick’s Day parade returned on Saturday. Kristin Wilda and the Hands and Hearts nonprofit program were ...
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There’s a reason Carrollton’s water now has a ‘swimming pool’ smell
Isle of Wight residents on county water may have noticed discoloration and a “swimming pool” smell coming from ...
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Republican convention in Franklin will decide Brewer-Sadler race
The method of selecting a Republican candidate to run for Virginia’s newly created 17th Senate District is still ...
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Isle of Wight online bill payment unavailable March 15-20
Online bill payment will be unavailable in Isle of Wight County March 15-20 due to an upgrade to ...
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IWCS budget vote postponed
Isle of Wight County’s School Board has postponed voting on Superintendent Theo Cramer’s proposed $81 million 2023-24 budget. ...
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‘Kicking it for Cancer’ tournament raises over $10,000
The Smithfield Soccer Club revived its “Kicking it for Cancer” charity tournament the weekend of March 4-5. Last ...
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Surry voters now have say in Morrissey reelection bid
Surry County voters will have a say this spring as to whether a controversial Virginia legislator gets to ...
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Essay contest winner: ‘Miseducation’ plays role in post-Civil Rights Movement inequalities
Smithfield High School student Lia Corning blames “miseducation” for racial inequalities that persist in the 21st century. While ...
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‘Extreme shortage’ of volunteers led to Rescue Squad’s demise, Surry says
Surry County has issued a statement citing an “extreme shortage” of volunteers for the dissolution of its only ...
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Isle of Wight County Schools bans teaching on ‘systemic racism’
Isle of Wight County educators are now barred from teaching students about “systemic racism,” per a 3-2 School ...
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$500,000 land buy tied to ‘salvage service’ coming to Isle of Wight Industrial Park
A half-million-dollar land purchase in the Isle of Wight Industrial Park off Benns Church Boulevard is tied to ...
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Girls on the Run focus of IWCS budget hearing
A March 7 public hearing on Isle of Wight County Schools’ proposed $81 million budget for the coming ...
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Smithfield approves changes to shipping container laws
Smithfield’s Town Council voted unanimously on March 7 to approve two changes to its zoning ordinance, each pertaining ...
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Dews Plantation Road to close March 13 for bridge work
The Virginia Department of Transportation will close a portion of Dews Plantation Road (Route 683) in Isle of ...
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Town Council sends public hearing proposal back to Smithfield planners
A proposed zoning ordinance amendment that would allow Smithfield’s Town Council to forego holding a public hearing on ...
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Where’s Smithfield’s DMV? ‘Pork chop’ intersection at the meat of the matter for latest change
In 2021, when Virginia announced its Department of Motor Vehicles office in Smithfield would remain closed even as ...
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Surry grocery store still on track, EDA says
Renovations at the Surry Marketplace are still on track to finish by June, according to Renee Chapline, a ...
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Age-restricted housing development to begin sales this week
An age-restricted housing development in Carrollton that broke ground last year will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March ...
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2022’s ‘Citizen of the Year’
Smithfield’s Rotary and Ruritan clubs honored prosecutor Steve Edwards as 2022’s Citizen of the Year on March 1 ...
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IW supervisors to schools: Cut security guards from budget
Isle of Wight County supervisors have urged schools Superintendent Theo Cramer to cut five security guard positions from ...