1+ hour, 53+ min ago  (399+ words) Isle of Wight County's School Board has called a special meeting tonight, which Chairman John Collick said is partly in response to a student-led anti-Immigration Customs and Enforcement protest on Friday at Smithfield High School last week. Collick said the…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago  (309+ words) After just over a year on the run, a man accused of attempting to kill a resident of Smithfield's Woods Edge apartment complex has been taken into custody. Smithfield police arrested Anthony Lamont Haywood, 43, of Hampton, on March 2 at an…...

8+ hour, 9+ min ago  (141+ words) Editor, The Smithfield Times: I'm an immigrant to this country. I was granted the privilege of citizenship on Flag Day, June 14, 1968. On that day, I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. Twelve days…...

16+ hour, 16+ min ago  (854+ words) The story of the Hollemans, one of Isle of Wight County's oldest farming families, is a still-evolving narrative " one a group of descendants, both Black and white, have worked for more than a decade to piece together from records and…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (409+ words) Smithfield's and Isle of Wight County's shared tourism department has unveiled a draft strategic plan intended to guide intergovernmental efforts to attract and retain visitors over the next five years. The Smithfield Town Council is scheduled to vote on the…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (415+ words) Following student-led walkouts in Lynchburg, Woodbridge and Virginia Beach, Smithfield High School students became the latest in Virginia to organize a protest against the federal Immigration Customs and Enforcement agency. Around 150 students carrying handmade protest signs began marching around the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (235+ words) Editor, The Smithfield Times: For example, suppose three best friends, each with a $300,000 house, sell their three houses and buy together one $300,000 house. (Could be one of theirs.) Their household living standard remains basically the same. Each has $200,000 for their…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (813+ words) Stephen Faleski did an excellent job in his farewell story about W.B. "Sonny" Owen a couple of weeks ago. Stephen catalogued Sonny's public service to the county thoroughly, leaving little that needs to be said in a column. That said, I'd…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (536+ words) A pair of ranked-choice voting bills could spell changes for how Smithfield and other towns hold elections. SB 176 is under consideration by Virginia's House of Delegates after passing the state Senate 21-19 on Feb. 2. HB 630 passed the House 62-34 on Feb. 17. Both…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (388+ words) Letter " Can't take rights for granted'Smithfield Times Letter " Can't take rights for granted Letter: Smithfield resident Deborah Wyld agrees with John Edwards' column last week that Americans' constitutional rights " from free speech to privacy and gun ownership " are being eroded....