Cosby High School senior Sabrina Nordan said she knows several people who try to hide their depression when they should be treating it. She was reacting to a talk at her school yesterday by Dave Cullen, author of the best-seller “Columbine.“

Paul Warner Powell died in the electric chair last night for the 1999 capital murder of 16-year old Stacie Reed. Her sister, who was also attacked, was among the witnesses.

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli took to the national airwaves to discuss his letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and threatened legal action.

Kevin Anderson is the rarest of college basketball players. He is a 6-0 guard capable of dominating a game. The UR performer is quick enough to get around defenders, agile enough to avoid big men in the paint and can hang in the air an extra second and find open teammates.

After more than 45 years in the car business, Max Pearson remains focused on the day-to-day operations of his widespread auto empire, reciting transactions and strategy as if they were laid out in front of him on a spreadsheet.

Richmond police say a woman gave the father of her children a ride to lure him into being robbed at gunpoint. Danielle McLaurin, 26, was being held yesterday on charges of robbery, use of a firearm during a robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon. Capt. David L. Martin said McLaurin offered a ride to the father of her children Tuesday morning and drove him to the 2400 block of M Street in the city’s East End, where she stopped the car and opened the passenger door.

Thousands of gallons of leaked gasoline have been removed from an Uppy’s station in western Henrico County, officials say. The cleanup is continuing. A line to an underground gas tank malfunctioned and caused the leak, which was reported March 4, said Bill Hayden, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Quality. The leak has been stopped, but the gas is in the ground under the station at 9612 Patterson Ave., near Gaskins Road.

Henrico County police have grounded a number of Toyota Camry vehicles after one of the cars apparently accelerated independently as an officer merged onto an area interstate.

Paul Warner Powell’s first encounter with the law was for the destruction of property at age 12, the start of eight years of arrests that led him to death row. His last taste of freedom was early the morning of Jan. 30, 1999.

Road crews have patched more than 43,000 potholes in a pothole “blitz” across the state so far this month, state officials say. Virginia Department of Transportation spokesman Jeffrey Caldwell called this year’s slew of potholes “above average” but not necessarily historic yesterday. In 2003, for instance, then-Gov. Mark R. Warner ordered a blitz that resulted in 95,000 potholes fixed in two weeks, according to a VDOT official.

Karlis Graubics Sr. survived the bombing of Dresden as a child, arrived in the United States as a refugee knowing one word of English—“OK”—and started playing rugby at age 33. In recent years, he has faced down prostate cancer. He calls himself “my cancer’s terminator.“ You might say he does not typically shy away from challenges.

The cupcake frenzy has swept the nation and settled in the Richmond area. The tasty treats are about to enjoy their small-screen close-ups: Food Network is jumping on the craze with its show “Cupcake Wars.“ While the network has aired only one episode so far (in late December), one Short Pump business is in contention to be on the show.

If you want to track government spending, Virginia’s open-records law protects your ability to follow the money—before and after votes are counted. Across the state, local officials appear to be providing easy access to their municipal budgets, although some have to be reminded that proposed or draft documents, like approved ones, are public records subject to scrutiny by residents, said Megan Rhyne, executive director of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government.

House and Senate budget negotiators reported progress last night on funding for schools and health care, but the General Assembly still appears headed for overtime tomorrow. Each extra day costs taxpayers about $25,000. This would be the fifth time in 10 years that the legislature has needed extra time to settle budget differences. The 60-day session had been scheduled to end today, but differences between the House and Senate over revenues and expenditures appeared likely to push back the timetable by a day.

A group that includes prominent contractors, architects and the law firm of state Sen. Henry L. Marsh III, D-Richmond, has submitted an unsolicited proposal to build a jail for the city of Richmond, perhaps off Commerce Road in South Side. The proposal offered by City Central LLC has halted, at least temporarily, the city’s review of 11 proposals offered last month for the renovation and expansion of the Richmond City Jail on Fairfield Way.