September 04, 2009

Football: Dan River 42, Amelia County 6

Shay Perry scored on a three-yard touchdown run, but it wasn’t enough as Dan River defeated Amelia County. Dan River————————————-...

Controversy spreads before Obama’s school speech

The controversy over President Barack Obama’s plan to address the nation’s schoolchildren Tuesday—during a noon broadcast from an Arlington...

Area farmers’ markets

Ashland Farmers’ Market, 101 Thompson St., Ashland, 798-9219. 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays through November.   Byrd House Market, behind William Byrd...


September 03, 2009

Louisa County Air Show is Sept. 5
By BY JEREMY SLAYTON TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

For Charlie Schwenker, flying in a straight line, airliner-style, isn’t for him. He prefers the twisting, turning, gravity-defying moves of aerobatics. ...

Complaints made to schools about Obama speech
Complaints made to schools about Obama speech

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama will deliver a back-to-school address to the nation’s students about taking responsibility for their success in...


September 02, 2009

Goochland board delays utilities vote

The Goochland County Board of Supervisors has pushed back indefinitely a vote to increase public-utility rates and connection fees. The proposal would...

Leaders of Henrico-based gang plead guilty

A birthday party, a credit-card purchase and gang rivalry have doomed the leadership of a gang operating in the Richmond area. In brief hearings yesterday...


September 01, 2009

Richmond police arrest 31 in prostitution stings

Richmond police arrested 21 women and 10 men in four citywide prostitution stings over eight days. The operations were conducted along Chamberlayne Avenue,...

Louisa man guilty in methamphetamine, cocaine case

A Louisa County man pleaded guilty yesterday to distributing methamphetamine and cocaine after police found more than 82 grams of both drugs in his car...


August 31, 2009

Ashland a symbol that small towns, Wal-Mart can co-exist
Ashland a symbol that small towns, Wal-Mart can co-exist

Six years after Wal-Mart came to town, Ashland is still Ashland. There’s still a quaint downtown with railroad tracks running down the middle of...

Public to have say on Goochland utility rate increases
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

The public will have its say tomorrow night on a Goochland County proposal to raise utility rates and connection fees to pay for the struggling Tuckahoe...


August 29, 2009

Richmond lawyer Russell Beazley Jr. dies at 90

Longtime Richmond lawyer and former substitute circuit court judge Andrew Russell Beazley Jr. was a man of many colors. “He really liked boating—actually...


August 28, 2009

Man wanted for escape in Goochland found in South Richmond

A man wanted for escaping police custody Monday in Goochland County was arrested Wednesday in South Richmond. Derick K. Hewlett, 30, of Highland Springs...


August 27, 2009

Goochland Drive-In Theater opens Friday
Goochland Drive-In Theater opens Friday By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Secret-agent guinea pigs and costumed military commandos will do battle with evildoers in an open field in Goochland County tomorrow night. Nightlife out...

Virginia’s drive-in theaters

Where: 4333 Old Fredericksburg Road (just south of I-64 at the Hadensville exit)   When: Gates open at 6 p.m., and double features start at dusk  ...


August 26, 2009

4 hurt in multivehicle crash on I-64

Four people were transported to VCU Medical Center yesterday with non-life-threatening injuries as a result of a multivehicle collision in Goochland County....


August 25, 2009

TRAFFIC ALERT: I-64 west in Goochland closed at mile marker 171

The Virginia Department of Transportation says this afternoon that Interstate 64 west is closed at mile marker 171 in Goochland County because of a wreck...

Hanover man sentenced to 28 years in killing

A Hanover County man will spend nearly 30 years in prison for second-degree murder in the brutal stomping death of his disabled, elderly cousin last August....

Storm brings up to 6 inches of rain in some areas of Richmond

An early-morning thunderstorm dumped up to 6 inches of rain in some parts of the Richmond region but caused little damage, authorities said. The heaviest...


August 24, 2009

In budget squeeze, new sponges help

When faced with millions of dollars in budget shortfalls earlier this year, school systems across Virginia searched for ways to ease those deficits. School...

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