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Smithfield Farmers Market delayed one week due to high winds, rain
The Smithfield Farmers Market’s opening day has been pushed back one week to April 8 due to forecasted ...
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84th House race changes to GOP primary following court ruling in Senate dispute
A Richmond judge’s ordering of a primary election to decide the Republican nominee for the state’s 17th Senate ...
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State Senate candidates Brewer, Sadler set for April 13 forum in Franklin
Voters will get a chance next month to size up the two candidates in the hotly contested Republican ...
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Judge orders GOP primary election in Senate District 17
Editor’s note: This article was updated at 9:30 a.m. March 30 with comments from the Virginia Republican Party. ...
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Assault charge stems from GOP Senate nomination dispute
A dispute over the method of selecting a Republican nominee for Virginia’s new 17th Senate District turned physical ...
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School Board’s adopted budget seeks $2.79 million increase from county
Isle of Wight County’s School Board is still looking for a multimillion-dollar funding increase from county taxpayers for ...
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Smithfield planners call special meeting on revised DMV design
Smithfield’s Planning Commission has called a special March 29 meeting to consider a new design for the proposed ...
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Door locks may return to Isle of Wight classrooms
Five years after spending over $60,000 to purchase active-shooter door barricades, Isle of Wight County Schools may soon ...
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UPDATE: Oversized delivery for solar farm moved to Monday, may delay traffic
A delivery of oversized equipment to an under-construction solar farm may cause traffic delays in Isle of Wight ...
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DMV back on track? State awaits design changes
Plans for a new Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles office in Smithfield may not be dead after all, ...
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Something Special celebrates one-year anniversary
Something Special, a thrift store benefiting the Smithfield Hands & Hearts nonprofit organization, celebrated its one-year anniversary on ...
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Isle of Wight considers new restrictions on target shooting
Isle of Wight County supervisors are contemplating new restrictions on recreational target shooting. Isle of Wight’s current firearms ...
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State Sen. John Cosgrove not seeking reelection
State Sen. John Cosgrove, R-Chesapeake, announced Monday on Facebook that he will not seek reelection in November. Cosgrove ...
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Mallory Pointe pipe requires demolishing, rebuilding bike trail
A 300-foot segment of the park-to-park trail will have to be demolished and rebuilt to allow for a ...
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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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Town staff had DMV drawings months before planners, records show
Illustrations of the proposed Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles office and adjacent restaurant slated for South Church Street ...
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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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School Board still working to prioritize budget requests
Isle of Wight County’s School Board is still working on ranking its budget requests following a nearly two-hour ...
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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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Democratic primaries set for contested state House, Senate races
Primary elections on June 20 will decide the Democratic Party’s nominees for Isle of Wight and Surry counties’ ...
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Convention to decide Republican candidate for 84th House District
The Republican Party will hold a convention in Windsor to decide between two Navy veterans as its nominee ...
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Smithfield Bulls undefeated
The Smithfield Bulls capped off an undefeated season by winning the Western Tidewater 9-and-under Basketball Tournament. The Bulls ...
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Smithfield DMV plans likely dead due to planners’ 6-2 vote, developer says
The Smithfield Planning Commission’s 6-2 vote to reject architectural drawings of Virginia’s new Department of Motor Vehicles office ...