February 23, 2009
Lead singer gets time in ‘sexting’ case
A Virginia Beach punk rock singer will spend a year in prison after receiving a text message containing a nude image of a 16-year-old Louisa County girl,...
Lead singer gets time in ‘sexting’ case
A Virginia Beach punk rock singer will spend a year in prison after receiving a text message containing a nude image of a 16-year-old Louisa County girl,...
George Mason picks drag queen as homecoming queen
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSGeorge Mason University senior Ryan Allen dresses in drag and doesn’t mind being called a queen—homecoming queen, to be exact. Allen, who grew...
February 22, 2009
Goochland artist focuses on wine in his art
By JACK BERNINGER SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTMAIDENS In one corner of his basement studio stands a $22,000 printer, state-of-the-art no less. Nearby, sit empty wine bottles and a wine glass, stained...
February 21, 2009
Christian-based group home is being developed in Amelia County
By JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERA Christian-based group home is being developed in Amelia County. Edna’s Place will serve as a haven for women and children who are victims of abuse,...
February 20, 2009
Amelia School Board budget would cut $1 million in spending
By JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERThe Amelia County School Board is considering a $17.2 million budget for next year. The proposed budget, presented to the board by Superintendent David...
February 19, 2009
Suspected gang members arrested in April shooting
An investigation into a shooting in Goochland County has led to the arrest of six suspected members of a Henrico County gang, authorities said. The arrests...
Response to school budget plan muted
By JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERAudience quiet at Powhatan schools’ budget hearing Only one person spoke out of the approximately 80 people attending this week’s hearing on...
Performance Food Group cuts 98 jobs
By JOHN REID BLACKWELL TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERNinety-eight jobs will be cut at a local procurement business for food distributor Performance Food Group after the company decided to outsource its food-service...
February 16, 2009
Powhatan School Board says salary cuts possible
By JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERMembers of the Powhatan County School Board say although they want to avoid salary cuts, the economic situation means the possibility must be considered....
February 13, 2009
Powhatan eager to get federal stimulus funds
By JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERPOWHATAN—The Powhatan County Board of Supervisors is vowing to take full advantage of President Barack Obama’s economic-stimulus package, pushing...
February 12, 2009
Goochland utilities collection $8,901 short
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERGoochland County has collected all but $8,901 of the $197,224 in utility checks the county failed to deposit during the past six years. Randy Fralin says...
February 11, 2009
Hearings set for accused Powhatan accessories
By JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERPreliminary hearings will be May 26 for three of the five people charged with being an accessory after the fact in the killing of a popular Powhatan High...
February 10, 2009
Amelia court hearing delayed
Preliminary hearings are postponed for three people facing charges related to the slaying of Powhatan High School student Tahliek Taliaferro.
Trio faces court hearing in Amelia County
Three people facing charges related to the June slaying of a Powhatan youth are to appear in an Amelia County court today.
February 09, 2009
Counties have plans for stimulus money
By JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERThree central Virginia localities are preparing a list of projects they would like to see built with some of the billions from President Barack Obama’s...
February 06, 2009
Athletic fields cleared for play
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERIn response to concerns about methane emissions from the landfill beneath Goochland County’s Hidden Rock Park athletic fields, an engineering firm...
February 05, 2009
School Board discusses cuts
By JAMIE C. RUFF TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERThe Powhatan County School Board is dropping a request for equipment and jobs and considering reducing bus runs and contracting out custodial services...
Board reconsiders, rejects land sale
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERThe Goochland County Board of Supervisors has opted not to sell a piece of county property to a developer that wanted to put a chain drugstore in the heart...
February 04, 2009
Former Farm Bureau lawyer gets 15 years
A former Virginia Farm Bureau lawyer will spend 15 years in prison for stealing at least $2 million from the organization from 1996 through last summer....
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