A Cumberland woman is being ordered to pay $500 toward legal bills the county incurred fighting two lawsuits she filed against it. Dolores Beuth sought an order asking the local courts to oversee the county Board of Supervisors’ handling of county finances. Before that, she filed suit against the supervisors regarding a proposed landfill in the eastern portion of the county. Both suits were dismissed.

This daily column features short news items from the 20 localities that make up the greater Richmond area. On Mondays, we run at least one item from each of the localities.

A Cumberland County man convicted of child abuse and neglect in the death of a 2-year-old child was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday. A jury convicted Anthony E. Wooten in July and recommended the five-year sentence Circuit Court Judge Richard Blanton imposed yesterday. Wooten, who was facing a maximum of 10 years in prison, said he will appeal the sentence. While the jury convicted Wooten of child abuse and neglect, it found him not guilty of a felony murder charge.