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November 07, 2009
Packing company in Danville cuts 33 jobs
DANVILLE, Va.—Shorewood Packaging Corp. has cut 33 jobs at its Danville plant because of low customer demand. Plant general manager Mike Fenton says...
Va. man dead in nightclub shooting
EDEN, N.C.—Authorities say a 37-year-old Virginia man is dead and two other people injured in a shooting outside a North Carolina nightclub. Multiple...
Health-care bill clears procedural hurdle
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama’s health-care initiative has cleared its first big hurdle in the House, with lawmakers voting to advance...
Cause of fatal Henrico house fire still being investigated
The cause of an east Henrico County house fire that killed a 16-year-old and critically injured a 9-year-old Friday night remains under investigation....
Democrats clear impasse blocking health care vote
House Democrats have cleared an impasse over abortion that has been holding up a vote on sweeping health care legislation.
Olympian urges Richmond students to go for the gold academically
Nine-year-old Marcus Fuller wanted to know just how fast Olympic gold medalist LaShawn Merritt could run. So the third-grader asked Merritt, who was making...
Law-enforcement officers recognized for valor
Police officers and firefighters from around the Richmond region were recognized yesterday for their selfless acts of bravery. They risked their lives...
Former headmaster of Benedictine sues the school
The former headmaster of Benedictine High School is suing his former employer, alleging that the school broke his employment agreement when he was forced...
Corrections
Fort Hood, Texas, is the largest active-duty armored post in the United States. A map on Thursday’s Page A4 incorrectly identified it as the largest...
Former Augusta County prison guard charged with bribery
Authorities have charged a former county prison guard with bribery as part of a ring they say delivered drugs to inmates. For months April M. Hogsett,...
News Near You for Nov. 7
Prince George Prince George County placed seventh nationally in the medium-sized category of the 2009 Pinnacle Awards program of the National Association...
Richmond day-care driver convicted in child’s death
A driver for a Richmond day-care center faces 15 years in prison after being convicted in the death of a 13-month-old boy who was left in a van used by...
At Va.‘s Fort Lee, shock and sympathy
A day after the worst mass shooting ever to occur on a U.S. military base, the Fort Lee community carried on and in silence honored the victims at Fort...
Chesterfield, others, doing more business with women
Chesterfield County is spending more with women-owned businesses and companies inside the county line. So is Henrico County. The localities are doing so...
Communist-era police archives haunt Eastern Bloc
BUCHAREST, Romania—Even his best friend betrayed him. Stelian Tanase found out when he asked to see the thick file that Romania’s communist-era...
Obama calls holdouts on health care
WASHINGTON—Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration on health-care legislation, House Democratic leaders weighed fresh concessions yesterday...
WWII group to meet Wednesday in Powhatan
The World War II Round Table of Central Virginia will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Father Val Hall, 2480 Batterson Road...
John Tyler Community College to hold college fair
John Tyler Community College will host a college-information fair Monday with representatives from more than 90 colleges and universities. College Night...
Navy working on issues of putting women on subs
ST. MARYS, Ga.—Submariners sleep nine to a bunk room. There are four showers and seven toilets for the roughly 140 enlisted men. The passageways...
Richmond-area Muslims say Islam no threat to military
Ali Faruk grew up as a Muslim in an Indian-American military family in Northern Virginia. Soldiers and police officers routinely showed up in uniform for...
Crozet man gets 7½ years for Ponzi scheme
CHARLOTTESVILLE—A Crozet man who bilked more than $5.3 million from investors in a decade-long Ponzi scheme was sentenced to 7½ years in prison...
Suspect in Orlando shooting had money woes
ORLANDO, Fla.—A man who was deeply in debt opened fire yesterday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one person and wounding...
Back-to-back mass shootings heighten concerns
Less than 24 hours after the worst mass shooting at a U.S. military base, a gunman yesterday killed one and injured five at an Orlando, Fla., office building....
But for heroes, Fort Hood bloodbath could have been worse
Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about a bee-sting allergy when the sounds erupted. A loud,...
Fire Wire for Nov. 4
Here’s a snapshot of emergency calls during the week of Oct. 26-Nov. 2, as reported by Metro Richmond fire departments. RICHMOND Fire Calls: 198...
Veterans Day holiday schedule
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES—Closed Wednesday. POSTAL SERVICE—Closed Wednesday; no delivery. STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICES—Closed Wednesday. ...
Volunteers search for Morgan Harrington, missing coed
One said she has had an uncanny ability to find four-leaf clovers since childhood. Another wanted to find anything that could help. “I feel like...
Holiday-aid efforts in Hanover undergo changes
Mechanicsville resident Sue Beer and her daughters wanted to help a family in need last Christmas. So she turned to Hanover County’s Department of...
Three Va. House Democrats undecided on health-care
Three of the six Democrats in Virginia’s U.S. House delegation remain undecided heading into this weekend’s pivotal vote on President Barack...
Victims of the Fort Hood shootings
Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago. She was pregnant and preparing to return home. Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, 19, of the Salt Lake City suburb of...
