If you like chocolate and cherries, this cake will hit the spot. It’s called Coal Miner’s Cake, and Anne Mehfoud Rockecharlie of Goochland...

Virginia State University student Jaleesa Trent, a 2008 Cumberland High School graduate, recently was selected by members of the national executive board...

Farmville Alumnae and Pi Mu (Longwood University) Chapters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. were recently honored at the sorority’s 49th national...

Tommy Richards sets up a net on one of his two grass courts. He also has two squash courts and two clay courts “Do you enjoy racket sports, the country...

A Cumberland woman is being ordered to pay $500 toward legal bills the county incurred fighting two lawsuits she filed against it. Dolores Beuth sought...

[tka: Quarles Christmas A Louisa County woman whose toddlers tested positive for cocaine pleaded not guilty to two counts of child neglect yesterday. Brenda...

A man accused of beating a Goochland County woman nearly to death last year was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday. Irvin Leroy “Chubby”...

Louisa County’s government ended almost two years of wrangling with the approval of a contract to build Moss-Nuckols Elementary School for $16,407,365....

This daily column features short news items from the 20 localities that make up the greater Richmond area. On Mondays, we run at least one item from each...

A Louisa County man pleaded not guilty yesterday to the accusation that child neglect led to his two toddlers testing positive for cocaine in April. Derrick...

A Cumberland County man convicted of child abuse and neglect in the death of a 2-year-old child was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday. A jury...

A local judge yesterday certified to a grand jury the embezzlement case against a lawyer accused of stealing from the Virginia Farm Bureau while he was...

Two Powhatan County residents were killed Saturday in a two-vehicle crash in Amelia County, state police said yesterday. The crash happened about 5:35...

After about six years without a homicide, Powhatan County has seen three this year. Some view the killings as simply a series of misfortunes. For others,...

A Louisa County man pleaded not guilty to a homicide charge brought in connection with a woman’s December overdose on a powerful opiate pain reliever....

Global warming might have beaten her to the punch, but Elli Morris has found a different way to make big blocks of ice interesting and relevant: historical...

The Amelia County Historical Society will hold a Golden Anniversary Reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Sept. 28, 2008, at Winterham Plantation, 11441 Grub Hill...

Amelia County officials are asking the state to declare the county an agricultural disaster area and make it eligible for federal drought assistance.

AMELIA—The Board of Supervisors last night adopted a $30.7 million budget that includes a 3 percent pay raise for county employees and constitutional...