June 17, 2009

Chesterfield starts growth-plan process
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

Creating Chesterfield County’s future will take 18 months, 32 citizen leaders, plenty of public input and a little short of $1 million. Last night,...

Police seek three males in Carver carjacking

Richmond police were searching for three males in a carjacking yesterday that injured a man in the Carver neighborhood. Police said the victim was assaulted...


June 16, 2009

Richmond man turns himself in after Westover Hills Blvd. homicide

The man wanted by Richmond police in connection with a homicide Friday on Westover Hills Boulevard has turned himself in. Devin Davon Edmonds, 28, of the...

Richmond police investigate shooting

Authorities are looking for three men in a shooting this afternoon in Richmond. Officers were summoned shortly before 4 p.m. to the 1700 block of West...

Ex-councilman opposes baseball in Shockoe
Ex-councilman opposes baseball in Shockoe

Former Richmond City Councilman and federal prisoner Sa’ad El-Amin has resurfaced to oppose baseball in Shockoe Bottom and to help save black-heritage...

Record a free Father’s Day video

Sunday is Father’s Day, and we’ve got the perfect gift. The Richmond Times-Dispatch and TimesDispatch.com invite you to deliver a personal...

Man sought in slaying on Westover Hills Blvd.

Richmond police are seeking a 28-year-old Richmond man in Saturday’s fatal shooting of an Autoplus employee on Westover Hills Boulevard. Police said...

Some South Richmond robberies likely linked
Some South Richmond robberies likely linked

Richmond Police Chief Bryan T. Norwood says “it’s a fair assessment” that the same men are responsible for some of the crimes that have...

Powhatan man, 21, charged with deaths of two in Cumberland

A Powhatan County man has been charged with capital murder in the deaths of a man and a woman found slain Saturday evening in the yard of a Cartersville-area...

Iranian natives in Virginia watch warily

Escalating protests in Iran amid accusations of voter fraud in last week’s presidential election are reverberating half a world away in central Virginia....


June 15, 2009

Bizz Buzz: Pro football league sets its base in Richmond
Bizz Buzz: Pro football league sets its base in Richmond

Richmond is a business town. From large corporations such as Altria, CarMax and Owens & Minor to mom-and-pop stores and service companies, the area’s...

Stimulus plan means jobs for 600 youths

More than 600 young people in the Richmond area will go to work this summer because of a big boost in funding from the federal stimulus program. The newly...

Three local drivers going across the country in their Model T Fords
Three local drivers going across the country in their Model T Fords

Billy McGuire and a couple of Richmond-area buddies plan to see America the old-fashioned way this summer: puttering along back roads in their Model T...

VCU students design surgical table for use in developing nations
VCU students design surgical table for use in developing nations

Seule Kabir has a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and a heart that’s set on helping people back home in her native Bangladesh. She...

Follow Billy McGuire’s Model T journey online

Military families unite at Goochland picnic

Grilling hot dogs and hamburgers over open flames is a rite of summer. But for about 70 people, a cookout yesterday in Goochland County was about more...


June 14, 2009

Debate a natural at Rudlin Torah boarding school

Hands and arms in constant motion, voice rising and falling by the word, Rabbi Yosef Bart engaged his class in an animated discussion on the age-old question...

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Next Sunday is Father’s Day, and we’ve got the perfect gift. The Richmond Times-Dispatch and TimesDispatch.com invite you to deliver a personal...

Richmond man fatally shot

A Richmond man was shot to death yesterday during what police believe was an argument. Richmond police spokesman James Mercante identified the man as Paul...

Battery explodes at Richmond City Hall

A battery exploded in the basement of Richmond City Hall yesterday morning knocking out the city’s Web site and interrupting some city services yesterday....

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