120 had no critical violations during inspections conducted during the 2008-09 school year; and 93 had two or fewer total critical violations for the...

After playing baseball in high school, John Henry Minor of Prince George County decided that a career in the minor leagues wouldn’t let him afford...

Each night for the past two weeks Qahir Abdur-Rahman, his wife, Mahasin Shamsiddeen, and their children have patiently waited for the sun to set on their...

6 million Muslims in America. The Muslim community in America is made up of people from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds and national origins. In...

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

Prince George County looked within its own school system to find its next superintendent. The School Board voted 4-1 on Monday night to appoint Bobby R....

A Richmond woman was charged during the weekend with leaving her 8-year-old son on the side of the road after arguing with him about his performance in...

A cab driver was shot in Prince George County early yesterday by two customers who took his cab after pushing him from the vehicle, authorities said. The...

DINWIDDIE—In response to 2008 property reassessments that showed a significant increase in property values, the Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors...

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

A memorial service for Richard Lynn Vaughn of Dinwiddie County, who served from 1977 to 1993 as superintendent of the Dinwiddie school system, will be...

After several years of drought conditions, the weather has been generally good for farmers in central Virginia this year. State agriculture officials are...

A land swap between Hopewell and Prince George County is closer to being a done deal. The Hopewell City Council on Tuesday night unanimously approved an...

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...

Construction of a new Ford Volunteer Fire Department station could begin in September. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday authorized a $1.25 million contract...

Rolls-Royce PLC expects to start construction in late September or early October on the first phase of its planned aircraft-engine components plant in...

A northbound Interstate 85 lane in Dinwiddie County that had been closed after an early morning wreck has reopened.

A Petersburg jury acquitted a man of murder after the prosecution’s key witness stunned the court by recanting earlier testimony that the defendant...

PRINCE GEORGE Mark Ragland waited patiently for a butterfly to perch on top of a purple coneflower before pressing the shutter button on his camera. With...

Charles Maranzano Jr.‘s career is coming full circle as he leaves Dinwiddie County for his native New Jersey. Maranzano announced yesterday his plans...