A fire that gutted a family’s home and killed their dog in King William County has prompted an outpouring of community support, providing some relief...

Chesterfield The deadline to register for a chance to compete in Bandfest, United for Change, is Jan. 19. Bandfest, United for Change is an alcohol-and...

A fund has been created to provide for a King William County family whose home was gutted by fire on New Year’s Eve.

Leon Brooks is a Santa Claus who lost his helpers just as he was about to complete his appointed rounds. As described Friday by Times-Dispatch reporter...

Colonial Heights Fire officials have determined that a house fire Friday in the 400 Block of Lyons Avenue in Colonial Heights was started by a faulty electrical...

Heart disease and excessive weight killed Yvelt Occean after he struggled with police in April, and not the shocks of a police Taser that officers used...

Several Richmond-area high schools made U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of best American high schools, which was topped by a school...

How much of your money will local government spend during the next budget cycle, and on what? If you’re not there to influence their thinking, who...

The group seeking to build a motocross park in King William County hasn’t given up. Andrew M. Condlin, the lawyer for KW Morrison LLC, said yesterday...

The New Kent County School Board is gathering input and applications to prepare for the July retirement of Superintendent J. Roy Geiger II. Geiger, 58,...

New Kent The New Kent Ruritan Club and Virginia Blood Services will hold a blood drive on Wednesday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Quinton Community Center. Register...

MONDAY, DEC. 1 New Kent County School Board, 7 p.m., New Kent High School auditorium, 7501 Egypt Road. TUESDAY, DEC. 2 Chesterfield County Joint Board...

Community events in Richmond, Henrico, Hanover, Goochland, New Kent, Chesterfield, Powhatan and Tri-Cities. SATURDAY, NOV. 29 Craft Bazaar and Outreach,...

Henrico St. Joseph’s Villa announced this week that it has officially reported to the Mary Morton Parsons Foundation that it had received $1.3 million...

Caroline To help compensate for a $2.7 million shortfall in budget projections, the Caroline County Board of Supervisors has asked for 15 percent cuts...

The Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge will be closed again from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday while engineers fine-tune the balance of its lift span.

When Fran Freimarck became director of the Pamunkey Regional Library in 1977, there was one main library and two storefront locations in Hanover County,...

New Kent County hasn’t had a Christmas mother for the past 10 years, but it does have a Christmas mother program.

Having dodged tornadoes twice in one day, Cindy and Steve Willis decided they needed a safe place to hide. They started a tornado-shelter company and built...

By saving for a rainy day, New Kent County is hoping to brace itself for financial stormy weather. The New Kent Board of Supervisors has directed the county...