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Ex-Smithfield councilman pleads guilty to sexual battery, assault
Former Smithfield Town Councilman Wayne Hall on March 7 pleaded guilty to sexual battery and a related assault and battery charge, both connected to his ...
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Windsor logistics center draws opposition, but no vote, at Planning Commission
Proponents of the Tidewater Logistics Center say the multi-warehouse complex proposed for the north side of Route 460 will bring millions in tax dollars and ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, March 1, 2024 5:48 pm
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Isle of Wight now Virginia’s sixth fastest-growing county, Weldon Cooper data shows
Isle of Wight County, for the second consecutive year, remains one of Virginia’s top 10 fastest-growing localities. Population estimates the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, February 23, 2024 5:42 pm
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March 19 appeal set for National Guardsman who sued Windsor police
Lawyers representing Virginia National Guard 1st Lt. Caron Nazario and the two Windsor police officers he sued for holding him at gunpoint and pepper-spraying him ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, February 23, 2024 4:51 pm
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Field of Dreams Gymnastics looks to climb out of the ashes
Fourteen hours before the fire that destroyed a warehouse in Isle of Wight County’s industrial park off Benns Church Boulevard, 11-year-old Mackenzie Hess was inside ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, January 26, 2024 3:50 pm
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IWCS: Security officers, deans making measurable impacts
The addition of unarmed school security officers, or SSOs, and “dean of students” positions at each high school has, over the past five months, achieved ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, January 23, 2024 10:36 am
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School Board seeks seat on growth task force
Isle of Wight County’s School Board wants a seat on newly elected Supervisor Renee Rountree’s proposed “growth management” task force. Rountree, who was elected in ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, January 19, 2024 1:33 pm
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School Board urges General Assembly support for sales tax bill
Isle of Wight County’s School Board, on Jan. 11, unanimously adopted what its chairman, Jason Maresh, hopes will become a joint resolution of the board ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, January 19, 2024 9:31 am
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State could overrule counties that reject solar farms under proposed law
A pair of General Assembly bills, one in the House of Delegates and the other in the Senate, propose allowing the state to overrule county-level ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, January 19, 2024 8:37 am
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Cramer: Written plan to resolve IWCS deficit forthcoming
Superintendent Theo Cramer has pledged to issue a written report to the School Board in the coming weeks detailing his efforts to resolve the larger-than-expected ...