Thousands of people are gathered this afternoon in the wet weather at Colonial Downs in New Kent County for the 77th annual Strawberry Hill Races. The...

Richmond’s overcrowded city jail will start charging inmates $1 day to be there. The charge takes effect Wednesday, said Lt. Col. Walter Allmon of...

The Virginia Department of Transportation has awarded seven highway contracts, worth about $5.5 million, for construction and maintenance projects in central...

In 1949, Charles Ylonen and his new wife, Pearl, put up their house, insurance policies and everything else as collateral for an old country store in Seven...

Henrico County: Repaving of 9.8 miles of Interstate 295’s southbound lanes between Interstate 64 and U.S. 33, estimated to cost $8.36 million.  ...

During the first three months of 2009, the central Virginia region had 24 homicides, while in the 2008 period there were 20 homicides. Among 22 localities...

The long-planned King William County reservoir just sprung a leak. A federal judge struck down the Army Corps of Engineers’ permit for the lake,...

First Market Bank is hooking up with a bigger state bank, creating the largest Virginia-based financial institution. First Market Bank, mostly owned by...

Derek D. Moore, a key figure in a plan hatched by York County high school friends last year to rob a notorious drug dealer, is getting a taste of life...

Derek D. Moore, a key figure in a plan hatched by York County high school friends last year to rob an alleged drug dealer, is getting a taste of life behind...

Four Caroline County sheriff’s deputies were assaulted in a courtroom yesterday about 12:50 p.m., authorities said. Stacy J. St. Julian, 39, of Woodford...

Tributes set in honor of blues musician Cephas A “Reflections of Life Celebration” service for John Dudley Cephas, offering musicians who knew...

New Kent may not seek charges against fugitive A fugitive captured this week in Alabama after years on the run may never be returned for trial in New Kent...

A New Kent County man wanted in Virginia and Florida on drug and firearms charges was arrested yesterday in a rural, south Alabama community as he begged...

Caroline County received the Community Economic Development Award (CEDA) from the Virginia Economic Developers Association at its spring conference in...

Dead couple in New Kent identified New Kent County authorities identified a Quinton couple found dead in their home last week as Cheyenne Bullock Sr.,...

New Kent County authorities identified a Quinton couple found dead in their home last week as Cheyenne Bullock Sr., 49, and his wife, Caroline Bullock,...

Once inhospitable because of pesticides, a nearly 40-mile stretch of the tidal, freshwater James now harbors one of the country’s top concentrations...

Kent County authorities are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that was discovered Friday afternoon. Deputies with the New Kent Sheriff’s Office...

The Chesterfield County school system is considering having the state conduct an efficiency review of its noninstructional operations. Last night, the...