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Meme targets school equity coordinator
A meme showing Isle of Wight County Schools' coordinator of equity and inclusion, Kiyaana Cox-Jones, in a pose some commenters are calling a Nazi salute ...
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Nazario lawsuit trial date set
A federal judge has set a March 28, 2022, trial date for Army 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario’s lawsuit against one current and one former member ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 5:57 pm
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Vicky Hulick leaving School Board
Isle of Wight County School Board member Vicky Hulick announced on July 6 that she plans to step down from her elected role come mid ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 5:36 pm
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Tastee Freez blighted?
The former Tastee Freez restaurant on South Church Street may yet be spared a Smithfield Town Council ordinance declaring it “blighted.” Town officials had written ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 5:35 pm
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Sheriff’s Office gets military surplus boats
Isle of Wight County’s Sheriff’s Office will be getting two new boats through a military surplus contract. One is a 22-foot Triton center console with ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 5:33 pm
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Putnam sentenced in child porn, spray tan scam
Michelle Putnam of Carrollton will serve 15 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised probation for taking nude photos of women without their ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 5:32 pm
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Petition seeks Julia Perkins’ recall from School Board
Candice Vande Brake, a parent who’s spoken repeatedly against Critical Race Theory at recent Isle of Wight County School Board meetings, has started a petition ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 5:32 pm
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Parents push back on transgender policies
Isle of Wight County’s School Board received backlash from parents, and one student, at its July 12 meeting over a series of proposed policy changes ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 5:31 pm
COVID-19
Delta variant in Isle of Wight?
Is the delta variant to blame for Isle of Wight County’s rise in COVID-19 cases over the past month? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 5:30 pm
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Healing Waters adds basketball courts, free WiFi
When Pastor William McCarty Sr. and eight other congregants converted the old Carrollton post office on Smiths Neck Road into Healing Waters Worship Center in ...