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November 21, 2009
Hunter dies in Charles City shooting accident
A 42-year-old Glen Allen man died Saturday in a hunting-related shooting accident in Charles City County. His identity was not released pending notification...
Kaine asks for federal disaster aid for victims of last week’s nor’easter
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine today asked for federal disaster assistance for areas that suffered damage from the Nov. 11-15 nor’easter. He is asking for...
New U.S. Attorney for Eastern District of Virginia is sworn in
ALEXANDRIA—The Eastern District of Virginia has a new U.S. Attorney. Neil MacBride was formally sworn in at a ceremony in Alexandria yesterday. The...
Latino fundraiser Sunday to aid hurricane victims in El Salvador
A group of Latino merchants and entertainers is organizing a music, food and soccer event tomorrow to raise money for victims of Hurricane Ida in El Salvador....
Asphalt gives way to old cobblestones
Chunks of Richmond’s history are being unearthed on East Cary Street. Yesterday afternoon, volunteers began lifting sections of asphalt in front...
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster reported in N.C.
Four North Carolina patients at one hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said yesterday. The...
At VCU, march honors women’s suffrage pioneers
Aprocession of women marched down Franklin Street yesterday morning to a spot where 100 years ago, the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia was born. Led...
New book flows from a year with the James
After spending a year exploring the James River, Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter Rex Springston and photographer P. Kevin Morley have collaborated on...
W&M, Mary Washington increase tuition for spring semester
Two more Virginia schools yesterday turned to midyear tuition increases in an effort to plug ever-widening holes in their budgets. The College of William...
LaTonya Waller chosen Teacher of the Year in Richmond Public Schools
You might say LaTonya Waller is on a winning streak. After earning an R.E.B. Award for Teaching Excellence this month—an honor that comes with a...
Adventist student missionary found slain in Micronesia
A 20-year-old Seventh-day Adventist student missionary from Virginia was found slain on the Pacific island of Yap after going jogging near the school where...
Sweet Briar plans temporary suspension of retirement benefits, layoffs to close budget gap
Sweet Briar College will temporarily suspend retirement benefits and lay off some workers to make up for a $950,000 revenue shortfall caused by lower-than-expected...
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2 convicted in Colonial Heights home invasion
A Colonial Heights jury has convicted two men in a violent attack in a home during which their five young victims were tied up naked on the floor with...
Probe of Richmond sheriff to conclude shortly
The special prosecutor investigating an allegation of sexual battery made against Richmond’s sheriff plans to complete the inquiry by early next...
Latino fundraiser Sunday to aid hurricane victims in El Salvador
A group of Latino merchants and entertainers is organizing a music, food and soccer event tomorrow to raise money for victims of Hurricane Ida in El Salvador....
LaTonya Waller chosen Teacher of the Year in Richmond Public Schools
You might say LaTonya Waller is on a winning streak. After earning an R.E.B. Award for Teaching Excellence this month—an honor that comes with a...
News Near You for Nov. 21
Chesterfield Holocaust survivor Alexander Lebenstein today will recount his journey of pain and suffering, loss, and recovery after the Nov. 9, 1938, Kristallnacht,...
Driver killed when Miley Cyrus tour bus crashes in Va.
The driver of a Miley Cyrus tour bus was killed and a production crew member was slightly injured early yesterday when their bus veered off southbound...
Health-bill foes protest at Richmond offices of Warner, Webb
Both of Virginia’s U.S. senators say they will vote to allow debate on the Senate version of health-care overhaul legislation, but neither has committed...
How seek assistance or make donations
The Richmond Christmas Mother, P.O. Box 12400, Richmond, VA 23241 and postmarked no later than Monday, Dec. 14. People seeking aid must include their...
SPIRIT OF GIVING
Your donations to the Richmond Christmas Mother Fund help provide a brighter holiday to families struggling to make ends meet. The fund provides toys,...
November 20, 2009
Football: West Point 27, Franklin 24
WEST POINT—West Point overcame Lavon Evans’ 213 yards and three touchdowns to defeat Franklin 27-24 in the opening round of the Group A, Region...
Special prosecutor: Investigation of Woody nearly complete
The special prosecutor investigating an allegation made against Richmond’s sheriff plans to complete the inquiry by early next week. Prince William...
Charlottesville officer wrecks on way to robbery, faces charge
A Charlottesville police officer whose unmarked vehicle hit another car as he responded to a bank robbery faces a traffic charge.
Patent analyst gets 18 months for stealing $534,000
A former financial analyst for the Patent and Trademark Office has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison for stealing more than $500,000 from a...
W&M approves $300 tuition increase for spring
The College of William and Mary’s board of visitors today approved a $300 tuition increase for the spring semester to help offset the loss of $6.2...
Brown Middle School teacher named Richmond teacher of the year
Latonya Waller, a science teacher at Lucille Brown Middle School, is the Richmond Public Schools’ 2010 Teacher of the Year.
Va. officials seek parks status for Fort Monroe
The group that will manage Fort Monroe after the Army leaves wants sections of the post to be designated as a unit of the National Park Service.
Gasoline leaks into stream in Roanoke County
The state is investigating a gasoline leak that polluted a small stream in Roanoke County.
