June 27, 2007

Two rescued from James River

Richmond firefighters rescued a 14-year-old boy and his uncle from the swift-moving waters of the James River yesterday. The pair unintentionally waded...


June 26, 2007

Richmond soldier dies in Iraq attack

A local soldier died in Iraq after a weekend insurgent attack, the Defense Department reported yesterday. Staff Sgt. Michael D. Moody Jr., 31, of Richmond...

Activist for HIV testing retiring

It was nothing for Eleanor Harrison to spend hot summer afternoons on some of Richmond's roughest streets giving out condoms and offering free HIV...

Richmond’s elderly, disabled get relief

Richmond City Council upheld only one of Mayor L. Douglas Wilder's budget vetoes Monday night, but it was more than enough to provide tax relief for...


June 24, 2007

HISTORY: Blues Armory

BUSINESS LICENSES

The following are recently issued business licenses in Richmond and Chesterfield and Henrico counties. RICHMOND Aurelius W. Rasor (hairdresser/rents chair);...


June 23, 2007

PHOTOS: Scuffletown Park


June 22, 2007

Repairs on Richmond gravestones begins

Richmond city workers have begun restoring 40 to 50 gravestones in Oakwood Cemetery that were found vandalized this month. The knocked-over gravestones...

Fire damages Chimborazo home

Richmond firefighters battled for nearly two hours to extinguish an intense, two-alarm house fire in the city's East End yesterday. No one was injured...


June 21, 2007

Woody defends jail staff
By DAVID RESS AND JIM NOLAN TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERS

An inmate who died while in the custody of Richmond City Jail refused to cooperate when jail staff members first asked about any medical issues, Sheriff...


June 20, 2007

Jail fails to notify family of inmate’s death
By DAVID RESS AND JIM NOLAN TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERS

She collapsed after screaming for a half hour in a jail cell. She died minutes after arriving at the emergency room. It was days before her family learned...

Va. Air Guard flies its last F-16

The wing is transitioning to flying the Air Force's first-line F-22A Raptor.


June 19, 2007

NEWS ABOUT YOU

Richmond's John B. Cary Elementary School has been selected to participate in the NASA Explorer Schools program. Cary is one of 25 schools nationwide...


June 16, 2007

Psychic Festival musters aid for African children
By BAILEY STEPHENS TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Henrico County resident Susan Gunn came because she wanted to contact her deceased mother. Massachusetts native Wendy Tocci simply thought it sounded interesting....


June 15, 2007

Natural grocer Ellwood Thompson’s to expand
By JEFFREY KELLEY TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Talk about organic growth. Ellwood Thompson's Natural Market plans to expand from one location near Carytown to several stores in the next few years....


June 12, 2007

Money raised for dancer

A fundraising drive is under way for Wade Green, a 15-year-old who wants to be a dancer. He is also severely to profoundly deaf. For the past seven years,...

Wilder: We’re borrowing from the future

Elderly and disabled homeowners in Richmond will have an extra two weeks to pay their real estate taxes.


June 11, 2007

Vendors at Marketplace will fight eviction by city

The last survivors of Richmond's failed 6th Street Marketplace are looking for a reprieve from a city eviction notice.

Real estate tax help is on the way

A promise of relief will arrive today for elderly and disabled Richmond homeowners who are scrambling for ways to pay their real estate taxes by Friday....


June 07, 2007

Johnny Johnson’s $16 million wait

Getting a multimillion-dollar verdict is the easy part. Getting the money is a lot harder.

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