Chesterfield County

Virginia governor's race to test Tea Party Republicans' allure

Tags: Ken Cuccinelli, Regional Authority, Parties and Movements, Social Issues, Executive Branch

CORRECTED-Virginia governor's race to test Tea Party Republicans' allure

Tags: Ken Cuccinelli, Monroe (Fairfield, Connecticut), Parties and Movements, Social Issues, Social Movements

Fourth man wanted in Virginia State University student drownings turns himself in

Daily Press

The fourth man wanted in connection to the drowning of two Virginia State University students is in police custody, a Chesterfield County police spokesman said. Charles E. Zollicoffer turned himself into Chesterfield County police Monday night,...

Tags: Colleges and Universities, Virginia State University, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Teaching and Learning, Students

Virginia child burned by another child expected to leave hospital Tuesday

A ten year old boy in Chesterfield County, Virginia may get out of the hospital Tuesday after police say anothe rchild burned him. The fourth grader has a severe burn on his back. Police say they got the call about the injury Thursday afternoon....

Man found not guilty of felony murder faces possible life sentence as repeat offender

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Jonathan Frederick Bennett was found not guilty of felony murder last month in the March 2011 shooting death of a man at a Martinsburg-area hotel, but now faces a possible life sentence in prison as a repeat offender. Bennett, 41, of Charlottesville,...

Tags: Crimes, Lawyers, Punishment, Shootings, Laws

Amber Alert Update: Police find child and mother together in Maryland, other suspect arrested in Virginia

The Halifax County Sheriff says Thursday night's Amber Alert was the result of a custody case in Campbell County.  Sheriff Fred Clark says the parents of Alexis Carwile lost custody of the child in a court ruling Thursday.  Police say Jennifer Carwile...

Tags: Highway Transportation, Prince George County, Campbell County, Prince George's County, Virginia Department of Transportation

Election results reflect continuing shift in Virginia's political landscape

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It was late Tuesday night, before many Republicans at their Richmond election night party realized the Senate race wasn't going their way, but political analyst Bob Holsworth knew it much earlier when he saw the results coming in from Chesterfield County....

Tags: Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, George Allen, Executive Branch, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)

Man facing charged with sending sexually explicit messages, pictures to girls he believed to be underage

A Georgia man has been arrested by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office on charges that he sent sexually explicit messages and pictures to three girls who he thought were underage. 50-year-old Brian Spivey of Hephzibah, Georgia, was arrested on Oct....

Tags: Bedford County (Virginia), Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)

Nearly 70 percent of Virginia schools meet new education benchmarks

Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...

Tags: Grayson County, Northampton County (Virginia), Loudoun County, Bland County, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia)

Biden stumps in suburban Richmond Republican turf

Vice President Joe Biden made a raw appeal to Virginia's middle class, blasting Republican Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan for what he says is a blueprint for boosting middle-income taxes while giving the rich trillions in tax breaks. Biden...

Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Paul Ryan, Politics, Republican Party, John Warner

Baltimore County's new schools chief won over skeptics in Houston

In the crowded glass and steel lobby of the Houston school headquarters, Principal Susan Monaghan paused briefly to touch the shoulder of her boss, a man with far less experience in the education field and young enough to have been her student. "I am OK,...

Tags: Lobbying, Henrico County, Louisa County, Teachers, Politics

Houston administrator to be Baltimore Co. superintendent

S. Dallas Dance, chief middle schools officer in the Houston school district, has been chosen as the next superintendent in Baltimore County. Dance, 30, had only two years of teaching experience in public schools, and therefore needed and received a...

Tags: Andres Alonso, Joe A. Hairston, Louisa County, Teachers, Politics