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An overturned tractor-trailer has closed both southbound lanes of Carrollton Boulevard, also known as Route 17.
09/09/2025

An overturned tractor-trailer has closed both southbound lanes of Carrollton Boulevard, also known as Route 17.

An overturned tractor-trailer has closed both southbound lanes of Carrollton Boulevard, also known as Route 17. Virginia State Police said they responded to the single-vehicle crash just north of the Raceway gas station near the south end of the James River Bridge at 8:13 p.m., where the driver of a...

Cassie Donegan, who on Sept. 7 was crowned Miss America 2026, represented her adopted state as Miss New York but grew up...
09/09/2025

Cassie Donegan, who on Sept. 7 was crowned Miss America 2026, represented her adopted state as Miss New York but grew up in Hampton Roads and spent her teenage years performing in musicals at the Smithfield Little Theatre.

Cassie Donegan, who on Sept. 7 was crowned Miss America 2026, is no stranger to the stage. Though she represented her adopted state as Miss New York, the 27-year-old actress grew up in Hampton Roads and spent her teenage years performing in musicals at the Smithfield Little Theatre. Five years befor...

Smithfield’s Town Council will hold a special meeting at 9 a.m. on Sept. 12 to appoint Sands Anderson, a Williamsburg la...
09/08/2025

Smithfield’s Town Council will hold a special meeting at 9 a.m. on Sept. 12 to appoint Sands Anderson, a Williamsburg law firm, as interim town attorney following the resignation of former Town Attorney Bill Riddick.

Smithfield’s Town Council will hold a special meeting on Sept. 12 to appoint Sands Anderson, a Williamsburg law firm, as interim town attorney following the resignation of former Town Attorney Bill Riddick. The meeting agenda also lists a closed session to discuss “possible litigation” related...

Bill Riddick resigned as town attorney on Sept. 4, two days after Smithfield’s Town Council voted to authorize an extern...
09/04/2025

Bill Riddick resigned as town attorney on Sept. 4, two days after Smithfield’s Town Council voted to authorize an external audit of his invoices.

Bill Riddick resigned as town attorney on Sept. 4, two days after Smithfield’s Town Council voted to authorize an external audit of his invoices. His resignation marks the latest fallout from the controversy over an increase in Riddick’s pay that town officials say they didn’t authorize. A Tim...

Smithfield’s Town Council voted 6-1 on Sept. 2 to approve mixed-use zoning and two related special use permits for “The ...
09/04/2025

Smithfield’s Town Council voted 6-1 on Sept. 2 to approve mixed-use zoning and two related special use permits for “The Promontory,” which would add 210 homes and five commercial parcels along Benns Church Boulevard.

Smithfield’s Town Council voted 6-1 on Sept. 2 to approve mixed-use zoning and two related special use permits for “The Promontory,” which would add 210 homes and five commercial parcels along Benns Church Boulevard. The final concept reflects a nearly 20% reduction from the 262 homes Charlott...

Smithfield’s Town Council has authorized an external audit of invoices for Town Attorney Bill Riddick’s services.
09/03/2025

Smithfield’s Town Council has authorized an external audit of invoices for Town Attorney Bill Riddick’s services.

Smithfield’s Town Council has authorized an external audit of invoices for Town Attorney Bill Riddick’s services. Town Manager Michael Stallings said he’d received a $4,100 quote from Robinson Farmer Cox, the accounting firm the town has used for the past several years to audit its year-end fi...

Smithfield Foods will release an additional 16 million shares of common stock to be sold by SFDS UK Holdings Limited, an...
09/03/2025

Smithfield Foods will release an additional 16 million shares of common stock to be sold by SFDS UK Holdings Limited, an indirect subsidiary of Foods’ Hong Kong-based parent company, WH Group.

Smithfield Foods will release an additional 16 million shares of common stock to be sold by SFDS UK Holdings Limited, an indirect subsidiary of Foods’ Hong Kong-based parent company, WH Group. Foods announced on Sept. 3 that the selling shareholder intends to grant underwriters a 30-day option to ...

The Virginia Department of Education released on Aug. 27 each division’s results, which with few exceptions, show a grad...
09/02/2025

The Virginia Department of Education released on Aug. 27 each division’s results, which with few exceptions, show a gradual rebound for Isle of Wight over the four years since schools shuttered statewide during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Isle of Wight County Schools saw similar divisionwide pass rates on its 2024-25 Standards of Learning exams as the prior year. The Virginia Department of Education released on Aug. 27 each division’s results, which with few exceptions, show a gradual rebound for Isle of Wight over the four years s...

An earlier draft of a consultant’s report on Isle of Wight County’s capacity to absorb an influx of people moving into n...
09/02/2025

An earlier draft of a consultant’s report on Isle of Wight County’s capacity to absorb an influx of people moving into new housing developments showed starkly different findings than the version presented to the county’s Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors.

An earlier draft of a consultant’s report on Isle of Wight County’s capacity to absorb an influx of people moving into new housing developments showed starkly different findings than the version presented to the county’s Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors. The county retained Bethesd...

Homegrown jazz favorite Forte is officially in its 30th year, though some of its members have been playing together even...
09/01/2025

Homegrown jazz favorite Forte is officially in its 30th year, though some of its members have been playing together even longer.

Homegrown jazz favorite Forte is officially in its 30th year, though some of its members have been playing together even longer. Over 450 people attended the penultimate Downtown Smithfield Summer Concert Series performance on Aug. 29 featuring Forte, which over the decades has opened for New Editio...

From the stately waterfront headquarters of the company he ran to the Luter Sports Center, Windsor Castle Park and most ...
09/01/2025

From the stately waterfront headquarters of the company he ran to the Luter Sports Center, Windsor Castle Park and most everywhere in between, the impact Joseph W. Luter III had on Smithfield is visible and lasting.

By John Edwards Publisher Emeritus From the stately waterfront headquarters of the company he ran to the Luter Sports Center, Windsor Castle Park and most everywhere in between, the impact Joseph W. Luter III had on Smithfield is visible and lasting. Subscribe to our free email newsletter Get the la...

Joseph W. Luter III, by any rational measure the most influential Smithfield resident of the late 20th century, died Aug...
08/31/2025

Joseph W. Luter III, by any rational measure the most influential Smithfield resident of the late 20th century, died Aug. 28 at the age of 86.

By John Edwards Publisher emeritus   Joseph W. Luter III, by any rational measure the most influential Smithfield resident of the late 20th century, died Aug. 28 at the age of 86. During his lifetime, Luter turned a regional packing company into the world’s largest pork producing and processing c...

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