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Man Pleads Guilty After FBI Finds 150+ 'Finished Explosive Devices' at His Isle of Wight Home
FBI · Virginia

Man Pleads Guilty After FBI Finds 150+ 'Finished Explosive Devices' at His Isle of Wight Home

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By Maddie Miller Click here for updates on this story     ISLE OF WIGHT, Virginia (WTKR) — An Isle of Wight man is pleading guilty after a raid at his home back in December resulted in what investigators called possibly the largest supply of “finished explosive devices” ever seized in the history of the FBI. Court records filed on Monday show Brad Spafford wishes to enter a guilty plea after initially pleading not guilty. He’s charged with posse…See the Story
San Gabriel Residents Evacuated After Officials Find Homemade Illegal Fireworks at an Office Space
US Postal Service · San Gabriel

San Gabriel Residents Evacuated After Officials Find Homemade Illegal Fireworks at an Office Space

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Residents were evacuated Wednesday afternoon as officials removed homemade illegal fireworks after discovering a suspicious package at an office space in San Gabriel. The U.S. Postal Service notified San Gabriel police around 3:30 p.m. of a suspicious package at 1818 S. San Gabriel Boulevard, north of the 10 Freeway. After postal inspectors talked to someone at the location, they admitted to having illegal fireworks, police said. County bomb squ…See the Story
Shareholders Green-Light Old Point-TowneBank Merger: Key Milestone Reached for Regional Banking Deal
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Shareholders Green-Light Old Point-TowneBank Merger: Key Milestone Reached for Regional Banking Deal

Old Point secures crucial shareholder approval for TowneBank merger. Regulatory review pending. See what this strategic partnership means for regional banking in 2025.See the Story

Anchors aweigh: Madelyn Berry heads to Naval Academy as Smithfield High’s first female midshipman

While most of Smithfield High School’s college-bound 2025 graduates spend one last summer together in their hometown before heading to their respective schools, cross country standout Madelyn Berry is already starting the next chapter of her life as a Navy midshipman. Less than two weeks after walking across the stage to receive her diploma, Berry left for Annapolis, Maryland. She’s the first Isle of Wight County Schools graduate in 25 years to …Smithfield · SmithfieldSee the Story

Surry Planning Commission Endorses White Marsh Road Battery Site

Surry County’s Planning Commission has endorsed a proposed battery storage system off White Marsh Road. Idaho-based Clenera is seeking a conditional use permit to use 32½ acres, or 7.8%, of a 416-acre parcel to construct the Bear Island Battery Storage facility, which would be capable of storing up to 320 megawatt hours of electricity, equating to four hours of 75-megawatt output. Company officials say the project site would span only 10 of thos…Tesla · AustraliaSee the Story

Letter – ‘Goodbye to all renewables’

Editor, The Smithfield Times: Solar developer AES, stating that they talk for other developers, summed their arrogance toward Virginia as, “Without subsidies they will have to leave Virginia.”  I attended, spoke and even heard AES say those words at the May 22 meeting of the Virginia Commission on Electric Regulation (CEUR). I say GOODBYE to all renewables, and intermittent energy!  However true or fancied, at the same meeting I advised the CEUR…Smithfield · SmithfieldRead Article

Letter – Another Windsor sewer charade

Editor, The Smithfield Times: The charade that the county played regarding the eastern portion of Windsor getting sewer hooks as part of the Tidewater Logistics Center project came to end as the June 26 Smithfield Times headline stated, “Lovers Lane sewer line deemed too expensive.” This is the second time the county has played this game in an effort to get citizens to support warehouses. The results have been: two approved projects for the coun…Smithfield · SmithfieldRead Article

Column – Real patriotism prevailed during World War II

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Editorial – Huge news for Smithfield

Pessimists in Smithfield have been holding their breath for more than a decade, worrying about the loyalty of its anchor employer, Smithfield Foods, to the company’s namesake town. A collective sigh of relief is in order. Or, better yet, a celebration. Last week’s news of Foods’ intent to move more than a hundred white-collar jobs from the Midwest to its headquarters campus on Commerce Street should be ample reason to stop the handwringing that …Smithfield · SmithfieldRead Article

Smithfield makes final payment to exit county water agreement

Smithfield approved its final payment on July 1 to complete the process of exiting a 2018 agreement that otherwise would have obligated the town to begin purchasing water from Isle of Wight County last year. Per the terms of a new agreement the town and county enacted last year, Smithfield was to make two half-million-dollar payments to Isle of Wight, one on July 1, 2024, and the other on the same date this year. The $1 million in total is inten…Smithfield · SmithfieldRead Article

Hampton Roads Classical closes after five years

Hampton Roads Classical has closed its doors permanently after five years. Vincent Carollo, who owns the campus on Benns Church Boulevard that the private school had leased, confirmed to the Times that as of June 1, the “school has dissolved and will not reopen.” Hampton Roads Classical Headmaster P. Andy Gist did not respond to the Times’ request for comments. As of June 17, the Hampton Roads Classical sign had been removed and the school’s web…Smithfield · SmithfieldRead Article

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