Ashland News

The election is finally over, and Republicans should be pleased with the results.

The Board of Supervisors approved a Conditional Use Permit to allow construction of the new Black Creek fire station.

Jared Hayslett, 29, works at the Ashland Coffee and Tea as a manger. Last year, Hayslett went on a mission trip sponsored by a Christian Organization to Cambodia.

On a beautiful fall-like Sunday evening with the cool wind lightly blowing, a mule attached to a horse drown carriage rides through Ashland as on-lookers stopped and watched the two young lovers, Zack Attkisson and girlfriend Emma Nero.

The mother of a soldier serving in Afghanistan wants to adopt 50 soldiers for Christmas.

The Town of Ashland's Comprehensive Plan update remains underway. Town Planning Director Nora Amos and Planning Commission Chairman Bob Brown delivered a presentation to the Town Council Oct.

If you drove down New Kent Road in South Richmond Saturday, you would have spotted loads of people going door-to-door for candy- but no traffic.

There will be no tricks, treats or Halloween parties this year for many of Virginia's convicted sex criminals.

If you ever drove along U.S. 1 in Ashland and you saw an old silver truck pulling out of the Ashland Town Square apartments loaded with all kinds of odds and ends, then it must have been 76-year-old Eunice Mahoney.

A public hearing before the Ashland Planning Commission last week on a new proposal for the East Ashland project was once again continued, this time to Nov.

Meet authors and poets and their latest works at Richmond area bookstores and resellers: Tuesday, Otober 27 Thursday, October 29 Friday, October 30 Saturday, October 31 1:00 - 4:00 pm Pamela K. Kinney aka Sapphire Phelan will be signing copies of Haunted Richmond, Virginia , Haunted Virginia: Legends, Myths and True Tales , Northern Haunts: 100 ...

Historic Haunts of Hanover: Sites in Hanover that harbor strange, haunted tales.

James Kegley has spent much of his life in Hanover County's fire stations, ever since his father started volunteering at Farrington around 1970.

A portion of the Ashland Town Council's Oct. 6 meeting was devoted to the H1N1 swine flu.

The Chickahominy Health District, which covers the counties of Hanover, Charles City, Goochland and New Kent, would like residents to take advantage of its programs.

A recent gift of $100,000 to the Patrick Henry Family YMCA's Campaign for a Stronger Hanover by the Jane and Arthur Flippo Foundation adds to the list of early contributors who have propelled the project despite economic challenges.

ASHLAND, Va. - Parents are keeping a close eye on their children in the Ashland neighborhood of Prince William County after a mysterious man repeatedly approached a young girl over the past two months, police said.

Meet authors and poets and their latest works at Richmond area bookstores and resellers: Wednesday, October 14 Thursday, October 15 Saturday, October 17 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Library of Virginia presents their "Literary Luncheon," with Pulitzer-Prize winner Annette Gordon-Reed . Call 804-692-3900 to purchase tickets.

Larry Emerson has been a volunteer firefighter with the Ashland Fire Department for 35 years.

A former Caroline County deputy was re-indicted this week on allegations that he feloniously abused a child.