The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says an excessive discharge of oil and grease was detected at Dominion Virginia Power’s Surry nuclear power station. The NRC said the excessive discharge was contained in a sample tested Aug. 11 by Dominion Virginia Power. Sample results were returned Thursday, and the Richmond-based utility notified the NRC later in the day.

A second attempt to sell Michael Vick’s former house and dogfighting compound in Surry County at auction failed yesterday. None of the prospective buyers produced the necessary 10 percent deposit, the auctioneer said. Tim Dudley of Motley’s Auction and Realty Group in Richmond said seven groups of would-be buyers showed up to bid on the five-bedroom house on 15 acres at 1915 Moonlight Road, for which the current owner wanted at least $590,000. But because none of the bidders brought a sufficient deposit, the auction did not proceed, Dudley said.

Michael Vick took a step toward a possible return to NFL action yesterday by pleading guilty to a felony charge of dogfighting in Surry County and receiving no more jail time than he is in the process of serving in federal prison. Vick received a three-year suspended sentence from Surry Circuit Judge Samuel E. Campbell for the crime of “attending, sponsoring and participating in” dogfights at a house Vick owned in rural Surry from 2001 to last year.

The current owner of Michael Vick’s former house and dogfighting compound in rural Surry County will try a second time to auction off the property next month—with reduced expectations in a horrendous housing market. The five-bedroom house on 15 acres at 1915 Moonlight Road, assessed at $747,000, will be sold to the highest bidder above $590,000, said Kyle Thomas Hause Jr., a Realtor involved in the sale. Motley’s Auction and Realty Group of Richmond is to conduct the auction Dec. 12 at 4 p.m.