Coverage of the Cities of Petersburg, Colonial Heights and Hopewell, and Prince George, Dinwiddie and Sussex Counties

• Dinwiddie shooting victim identified; investigation continues

  A Dinwiddie County man found fatally shot early yesterday in a remote area of southern Dinwiddie has been identified as Donald Olynn Cook, 53, of Dewitt, authorities said today.

  05/23/2012 1:32 PM
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  Prince George soldier killed in Afghanistan was VSU grad

  Capt. Jesse A. Ozbat received his commission through the Army Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at Virginia State University.

  05/23/2012 12:00 AM
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• Man found shot dead in Dinwiddie County

  A 53-year-old man was found dead with gunshot wounds early today in the extreme southern part of Dinwiddie County near the Brunswick County line, Dinwiddie authorities said.

  05/22/2012 2:49 PM
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• Woman forfeits 94 malnourished horses, other animals in Dinwiddie

  A woman has given up 94 malnourished horses and other animals that authorities seized from her farm in Dinwiddie County.

  05/22/2012 10:40 AM
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  Apartment building in Petersburg leases twice as fast as expected

  The 130,000-square-foot Perry Street Lofts building was once part of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., which closed shop in Petersburg in 1985.

  05/22/2012 12:00 AM
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• No charges in Hopewell police evidence probe

  A nearly five-year investigation that cast a pall over the Hopewell Bureau of Police and its handling of criminal evidence turned up administrative and procedural problems but no systemic criminal wrongdoing by department employees, state police have concluded.

  05/22/2012 12:00 AM
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• New judges to fill vacant benches in region

  The General Assembly last week elected 34 judicial nominees to fill open judgeships across the state, with a just over a third of those in judicial districts that encompass the Richmond-Petersburg area.

  05/22/2012 12:00 AM
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• Prince George Army officer killed in Afghanistan

  An Army officer from Prince George County has died in battle in Afghanistan.

  05/21/2012 11:17 PM
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• No charges in Hopewell police evidence investigation

  Virginia State Police have concluded an investigation the agency initiated in August 2007 of the management and maintenance of the Hopewell Police Department's property and evidence room, and no charges will be filed.

  05/21/2012 11:40 AM
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• Petersburg doctor sentenced in theft from birth-injury fund

  Birth-injury investigation results in three more convictions

  05/20/2012 12:00 AM
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