March 31, 2009
Paranoia and guns are a volatile, toxic mixture
Ajury ruled Tahliek Taliaferro’s slaying accidental. Protesters are calling it premeditated murder. What’s undeniable is that a night of bad...
March 30, 2009
About 300 marchers in Powhatan protest Taliaferro verdict
Hundreds of placard-carrying protesters circled the Powhatan County Courthouse lawn yesterday, decrying as unjust a trial this month that failed to produce...
Louisa County homeowner in legal battle with county, builders
By RACHANA DIXIT MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICEA Louisa County resident who claims the house she bought was rife with building-code violations is involved in a five-year battle against her home’s...
March 29, 2009
Powhatan needs time to sort out verdict, sheriff says
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERAlmost a week after the verdict, a small-town community is still trying to come to terms with a jury’s decision in the killing of popular 18-year-old...
March 28, 2009
Methodists’ garden has multiple missions
United Methodist Urban Ministries United Methodist Urban Ministries of Richmond has begun turning 1 acre at a church-owned camp into a source of nourishment...
March 27, 2009
Tourism, trucking officials push to keep rest stops open
Closing 25 Virginia interstate highway rest stops would be penny-wise and pound-foolish, speakers told state transportation officials in Richmond last...
Powhatan man gets 20 years for uncle’s murder
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERA 22-year-old Powhatan County man convicted of second-degree murder for the shotgun slaying of his uncle last August will serve 20 years in prison. David...
March 26, 2009
Charge reduced against witness in Taliaferro trial
Powhatan County’s commonwealth’s attorney asked yesterday that a first-degree murder charge against a key witness in the shooting death of...
March 25, 2009
Crozier school is conducting backpack drive to help shelter residents
Salem Christian School’s staff and students, and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc., are hosting a a Backpack Drive for the Homeless through March 27...
Taliaferro family, friends protesting today at courthouse
About 30 friends and family of slain Powhatan teenager Tahliek Taliaferro are marching this morning in front of the county courthouse in protest of the...
Jury recommends 11 year-sentence for Ethan Parrish in Powhatan slaying
A Powhatan County Circuit Court jury that found Ethan Parrish guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the slaying of Tahliek Taliaferro recommended yesterday...
Powhatan residents react to Taliaferro verdict
By WILL JONES AND JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERSJustin Jones said his view of Powhatan County changed forever when a jury decided that last summer’s shooting death of his friend Tahliek Taliaferro...
March 24, 2009
Williams: Taliaferro verdict isn’t justice
The law works in mysterious ways. Tahliek Taliaferro and his buddies were hanging out near a Powhatan County ice-cream stand last June when a long-standing...
Parrish cousins found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Taliaferro slaying
After finding Ethan Parrish guilty of a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a popular Powhatan High School student, jurors...
Jury recommends 11 years for Ethan Parrish in Taliaferro slaying
Today, a jury ruled that Ethan Parrish should serve 11 years in prison for the death of teen Tahliek Taliaferro. Coming tomorrow in the Richmond Times-Dispatch:...
March 23, 2009
Applications to substitute teach surge
Shirley Kalafatis, a retired school principal, remembers when finding substitute teachers for Randolph Elementary School in Goochland County was a challenge....
March 22, 2009
Other issues in Goochland
Kinloch: After reports of foul-smelling drinking water in the Kinloch subdivision, the county will be taking bids on the installation of a flushing system...
Goochland utilities department cleanup continues
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERGoochland County Utilities department issues run deep Scope of record-keeping problems surprised officials The Goochland County utilities department has...
March 21, 2009
Shooter in Powhatan slaying testifies he was scared
Shooter: ‘I was scared’ Ethan Parrish says Taliaferro’s slaying was in self-defense; both sides rest in Powhatan trial of 2 Ethan Parrish...
March 20, 2009
UPDATE: Jury to deliberate on Powhatan murder case on Monday
POWHATAN—Closing arguments in the case of two cousins charged in the shooting death of Tahliek Taliaferro finished at 6:30 p.m. The jury will return...
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