Smithfield News

By Diana McFarland Smithfield Times News editor The town of Smithfield scrambled for more than seven years to raise enough money to beautify South Church Street.

By Diana McFarland Smithfield Times News editor Leaving a laptop or GPS device in the car overnight is an invitation to crime, according to the Isle of Wight County Sheriffa s Office.

Shanee Pigate heads to the Prime Outlets in Williamsburg at midnight on Thanksgiving Day because it's fun.

Isle of Wight County and Suffolk are expected to draw multiple warehouse and distribution centers over the next two decades, as the Port of Virginia develops.

By Jim Tuttle Smithfield Times Staff Writer Several ships belonging to the James River reserve fleet were moved from their anchor points during the northeaster Thursday evening.

By Diana McFarland Smithfield Times News editor Joseph Grant was on his way to work as a maintenance man at McDonald's Friday - by bicycle.

We live in Smithfield, VA, right across from Smithfield Station. Our home rests on Cypress Creek and overlooks the Pagan River.

The Rushmere Volunteer Fire Department isn't likely to get a new $500,000 engine next year.

There are flooding concerns in the town of Smithfield in Isle of Wight County. Businesses owners there are concerning after today's storm flooded parts of town.

Three people have died in crashes during this nor'easter. Police said 26-year-old Amy Pippin of Smithfield tried to pass a vehicle on Route 258 in Isle of Wight County and hit a tractor-trailer head-on, killing her and seriously injuring her 6-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son.

A Smithfield woman is dead and two children severely injured after she collided with an oncoming tractor-trailer on U.S. Route 258, near the Isle of Wight Courthouse, about 8:30 a.m. Thursday.

Virginia State Police say three people died Thursday in weather-related traffic crashes.

Carrie Singer had a smile that could light up a room. But the 28-year-old's life was cut short when she was murdered in July of 2004.

An analyst upgraded Smithfield Food Inc. on Wednesday, sending shares of the food maker to a 13-month high.

By Jim Tuttle Smithfield Times Staff Writer A Carrollton man who helped fight the Nazis as a member of the Dutch underground resistance turned 88 this year.

Loading... 1 of 3 from the collection of Wm. B. Inge President William Howard Taft visited the house in November 1909.

A third health-care company is vying to open an outpatient surgical center in rural Isle of Wight County .

With the spring 2010 closure of International Paper's mill in Franklin, the Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors is delaying a request for a new rescue vehicle.

By Diana McFarland Smithfield Times News Editor Closing International Paper compounds an already dicey economic forecast for Isle of Wight County, as officials also deal with decreased real estate and personal property tax revenues, as well as deep cuts from the state level.

By Diana McFarland Smithfield Times News editor FRANKLIN - Besides losing their jobs, workers at the Franklin paper mill are also angry with corporations taking manufacturing jobs out of the country.