Visitors can take a step back in time in a special July Fourth commemoration at 5 p.m. today at the Goochland County Courthouse. Rob Coles, a descendant...

Area farmers markets For produce and other products fresh from the farm, visit these area markets:  Ashland Farmers’ Market, 101 Thompson St.,...

Ashland Farmers Market, 101 Thompson St., Ashland, 798-9219. 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays through November.   Byrd House Market, behind William Byrd Community...

Sixty-nine-year-old pilot takes his cousin for a glider flight in memory of her brother who lost his life in a World War II bombing raid over Tokyo. “It...

Coming home after 25 years, sometimes I feel more akin to the newcomer than the native. A drive to downtown Richmond reveals a city much changed. My family...

After days of testimony and deliberations, jurors in the Tahliek Taliaferro death case said they eventually came to see the tragic shootings as a sudden...

Media coverage and outrage over controversial verdicts in the shooting death of popular Powhatan High School student Tahliek Taliaferro may have influenced...

Ashland Farmers Market, 101 Thompson St., Ashland, 798-9219. 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays through November.   Byrd House Market, behind William Byrd Community...

The state medical examiner’s office is unable to determine a cause of death for the human remains unearthed in April from a shallow grave in Amelia...

The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors this week could increase what are already the stiffest fees in the region on residential development. Tomorrow,...

A Henrico County man was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday for sexually soliciting online a police detective posing as a 13-year-old. Julian...

This daily column features short news items from some of the 20 localities that make up the greater Richmond area. If you have a news item, call 649-6990...

John Lynwood Smith, a survivor of the World War II German air attack that sank the HMT Rohna, resulting in the largest loss ever of U.S. troops at sea,...

Ashland Farmers’ Market, 101 Thompson St., Ashland, 798-9219. 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays through November.   Byrd House Market, behind William Byrd...

Investigators are taking a closer look at the death of a third person with ties to Ulisa Mary Chavers. Authorities said they are examining the death of...

A Powhatan County man accused of fatally stabbing and beating two Cumberland County residents was seen near the scene of the slayings out of breath, sweating...

A Powhatan County man has been charged with capital murder in the deaths of a man and a woman found slain Saturday evening in the yard of a Cartersville-area...

Tyrone Tyree Roads, 21, of Powhatan was arrested without incident in Richmond and charged in connection with the slayings of Ricky Thurston and Barry Shaver,...

Cumberland County authorities say they are seeking Tyrone S. Roads, 21, a Powhatan County resident whom they describe as a person of interest in a double...

Grilling hot dogs and hamburgers over open flames is a rite of summer. But for about 70 people, a cookout yesterday in Goochland County was about more...