Dispatches from Wharf Hill
Proud to call Smithfield home
Life on Commerce Street is tranquil a century after the Great Fire of 1921. Better Half and I — residents at the foot of Wharf ...
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Opinion
The adventures of Miss Kitt: a cat story you won’t believe
Owning a newspaper in a small town can carry a certain celebrity status, but the first Stewart to make a splash in Smithfield wasn’t my ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 5:10 pm
Obituaries
Billy Gene Hollandsworth
Billy Gene Hollandsworth, 73, of Smithfield, passed away on Friday July 24, 2020 at his residence, with his family by his side. He was the ...
by Steve Stewart, Sunday, July 26, 2020 6:44 pm
Obituaries
Melvin Harmond Gwaltney
Melvin Harmond Gwaltney, 91, peacefully passed away on June 05, 2020 surrounded by his family, just a hundred yards from the place on the farm ...
by Steve Stewart, Sunday, June 7, 2020 3:21 pm
Obituaries
James ‘Jimmy’ Shirley Crumpler Jr.
James “Jimmy” Shirley Crumpler, Jr, 66, of Smithfield passed away on Friday, June 5, 2020 at his residence. Jimmy was born in Isle of ...
by Steve Stewart, Sunday, June 7, 2020 3:10 pm
News
Absentee ballots dominated Smithfield election
By Stephen Faleski Staff Writer Of the 954 voters who participated in Smithfield’s Town Council election on Tuesday, more than half did ...
by Steve Stewart, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 6:30 pm
News
Tynes ousted in town election; challenger Rountree leads four-candidate field
By Stephen Faleski Staff Writer Denise Tynes, who has served on Smithfield’s Town Council for the past 12 years, will be leaving her seat ...
by Steve Stewart, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 1:20 am
COVID-19
Department of Health testing Smithfield Foods employees
By Stephen Faleski Staff Writer Smithfield Foods has confirmed that Virginia Department of Health personnel were on-site this week at the company’s meatpacking ...
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, May 16, 2020 3:05 pm
News
Smithfield restaurants, salons begin to reopen
By Stephen Faleski Staff Writer In accordance with Phase 1 of Gov. Ralph Northam’s “Forward Virginia” reopening plan, several Smithfield restaurants, including the Smithfield ...
by Steve Stewart, Saturday, May 16, 2020 2:35 pm
COVID-19
COVID-19 testing to be offered in Franklin
Staff report The Western Tidewater Health District will provide drive-through testing for COVID-19 this Friday and Saturday in Franklin. This testing is targeted for ...