February 10, 2010

Chesterfield to hear from public on allowing a third dog at homes
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Chesterfield County leaders are to hear from the public tonight before deciding on proposed changes to the county’s dog laws. Currently, only two...

Marshals arrest Chesterfield man, charge him with Ga. shootings
Marshals arrest Chesterfield man, charge him with Ga. shootings

A Chesterfield County man was arrested yesterday on charges of shooting his daughter and her mother in Georgia in an attack that may have stemmed from...

The number of dogs permitted by area localities

Proposed cuts for Chesterfield schools

Manassas exhibit will highlight black history
By BENNIE SCARTON JR. MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE

A new Manassas Museum exhibit, opening in time for Black History Month, will highlight 27 African-American stories and events depicted on Virginia highway...


February 09, 2010

Area could get sleet, rain, ice and snow

The Richmond area could see a mix of sleet and snow beginning this afternoon, changing to rain by evening with possibly a one-tenth inch accumulation of...

Potholes damage cars, frustrate drivers
Potholes damage cars, frustrate drivers

Why aren’t potholes getting repaired?  State and local officials say they can only work so fast, and can only fix the ones they know about....

Sculpture honing in on new home

Powhatan High School and the Lucky Strike power plant building on Richmond’s Tobacco Row are two of the sites picked as finalists for possession...

Henrico, Chesterfield school meetings


February 08, 2010

Snow keeping many schools closed in central Virginia
Snow keeping many schools closed in central Virginia By JEREMY SLAYTON AND WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERS

Henrico, Hanover and Chesterfield systems closed; Richmond opens two hours late. More snow — but not much more in the way of accumulation —...

Tell us: Where are the area’s worst potholes?

After three major winter storms in less than two months, the Richmond region’s roads are covered with potholes. Where are some of the worst ones...

Richmond-area localities take similar approaches in school-funding crisis

One local school budget is approved, three others are on the table and none of them is pretty. The Richmond region’s four biggest localities are...

Powhatan bond rating upgraded
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Despite lingering local and national economic woes, Powhatan County’s credit rating just went up. Standard & Poor’s, the nation’s...


February 07, 2010

Chesterfield departments prepare for cuts
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Bracing for a $27.3 million revenue shortfall for the upcoming fiscal year, Chesterfield County leaders have asked department heads to prepare for 6 percent...

Expansion doubles size of Midlothian YMCA
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Midlothian fitness fanatics now have more room to stretch. The Midlothian Family YMCA, which opened in 1995, has doubled its size from 26,000 to 52,000...

Program for at-risk students earns accreditation

Communities In Schools of Richmond is the first affiliate among 3,200 nationwide to receive accreditation for its data-management system for student performance....

Boy Scouts mark 100th anniversary

Ryan Densley is just a freshman at Douglas Freeman High School, but he’s equipped with a skill set that many twice his age may not have. He knows...


February 06, 2010

Canceled or postponed events in Richmond area


February 05, 2010

James Henry Taylor Jr., retired school principal, dies at 76

As Principal James Henry Taylor Jr. walked the halls of Bensley Elementary School in Chesterfield County, he often would give a student a hug or ask how...

Man gets 40-year term in slaying of woman in Chesterfield

Albert Lewis Perry Jr. didn’t accept his fate easily or quietly yesterday. Minutes before a Chesterfield County judge sentenced him to 40 years in...

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