Lawn mowers sat idly by as the minutes passed, their drivers waiting for the racing to start. But these mowers weren’t the typical John Deere’s...

A 78-year-old Cumberland County man drowned yesterday morning while fishing in a private Goochland County farm pond. Goochland Sheriff James L. Agnew said...

An 80-year-old Cumberland County man died early this morning in a private Goochland County farm pond after his canoe capsized, tossing him and another...

When: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday   Where: Richmond SPCA, 2519 Hermitage Road  Registration: available through tomorrow at

Wal-Mart may be coming to Powhatan County. Representatives from the retail giant met with local leaders yesterday to discuss plans to bring a store to...

The Richmond SPCA is doing what it can to make it easier to reunite lost pets with their owners. On Monday, the nonprofit organization will hold a three-hour...

There is nothing quite like grabbing your mask and snorkel, plunging into the refreshing James River and coming face to face with a huge catfish.

WARES CROSSROADS There is no black-tie requirement at the Lake Anna Yacht Club, no minimum income and no pretense. Neither is there a clubhouse, pool or...

Quick tips for snorkeling in the James River

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has declared Goochland County’s Hidden Rock Park soccer fields safe for play after a new gas-extraction...

The number of Virginia schools that made Adequate Yearly Progress goals in reading and math dropped slightly during the 2008-09 school year after the passing...

Area farmers markets Ashland Farmers’ Market, 101 Thompson St., Ashland, (804) 798-9219. 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays through November. Byrd House Market,...

The death of a longtime pilot on Lake Anna in Louisa County on Sunday has stunned friends and flying companions who say he was a fixture in the flying...

Gary A. DuVal has been hired as the head of Goochland County’s recovering utilities department. DuVal, 56, who retired from Richmond’s utilities...

A look at homelessness figures in the metro Richmond area: OverallChildrenUnsheltered July 2007940138138 July 2008958153146 July 20091,061155135 SOURCE:...

A pilot whose homemade airplane crashed in Lake Anna on Sunday died from blunt-force trauma to the neck and chest, the state medical examiner’s office...

A pilot whose homemade airplane crashed in Lake Anna yesterday died from blunt force trauma to the neck and chest, the state medical examiner’s office...

Size: 8,000 acres   Customers: About 700   Water available: 5.25 million gallons per day   Currently used: 680,000 gallons per day

Goochland County’s Tuckahoe Creek Service District was envisioned a decade ago as a moneymaker and key to the county’s future. The water and...

When it comes to learning about fire, there’s no substitute for the real thing. That’s the theory behind a new training building Louisa County...