ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Isle of Wight County Schools bans teaching on ‘systemic racism’
Isle of Wight County educators are now barred from teaching students about “systemic racism,” per a 3-2 School Board vote on March 9. The vote ...
Stephen Faleski, Author at The Tidewater News
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Carrsville man headed back to prison on firearm charges
A Carrsville man is headed back to prison for illegally possessing 14 firearms and over 2,000 rounds of ammunition. U.S. District Court Judge Arenda Wright ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, March 3, 2023 5:23 pm
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Guardsman rejected $150,000 settlement from Windsor officers, records show
The former Windsor police officer who held Virginia National Guard 1st Lt. Caron Nazario at gunpoint and pepper-sprayed him during a 2020 traffic stop offered ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, February 24, 2023 4:46 pm
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Isle of Wight School Board bans ‘sexually explicit’ content in elementary, middle schools
The Isle of Wight County School Board voted 3-2 on Feb. 9 to prohibit elementary and middle school students’ access to “sexually explicit” materials. In ...
by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, February 23, 2023 8:42 am
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Brewer-Sadler race to be decided by convention
The Republican Party of Virginia will hold a convention rather than a primary election to decide whether Del. Emily Brewer, R-Isle of Wight, or retired ...
by Stephen Faleski, Thursday, February 16, 2023 6:55 pm
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
‘It was so dark; it felt so scary:’ aunt recalls finding body of missing teen
Eighteen-year-old Aonesty Selby’s own family – not sheriff’s deputies – were the first to find the missing Williamsburg teenager’s body lying on a dirt logging ...
by Stephen Faleski, Monday, February 13, 2023 10:00 am
Franklin
State error could cost Isle of Wight school budget nearly $1 million through 2024
Isle of Wight County Schools may have used an “overly generous” estimate due to a state error when factoring expected state money into its budget ...
by Stephen Faleski, Wednesday, February 8, 2023 12:00 pm
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
School security back at No. 1 priority in IWCS capital plan
Isle of Wight County’s School Board is set to vote in February on a revised capital improvements plan, which restores school security upgrades as its ...
by Stephen Faleski, Tuesday, February 7, 2023 5:04 pm
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
Nazario’s lawyers seek new trial after $3,685 verdict
Virginia National Guard 1st Lt. Caron Nazario’s lawyers have asked U.S. District Court Judge Roderick Young to disregard a jury’s decision last week to award ...
by Stephen Faleski, Friday, February 3, 2023 8:00 am
Franklin
Isle of Wight repays International Paper $8.3 million in machinery taxes
Isle of Wight County has refunded International Paper $8.3 million in machinery and tools taxes, plus interest. The repayment to IP will also impact the ...