Bon Air News

Richmond fire crews, assisted by Chesterfield County firefighters, battled a three-alarm blaze that started at the Chesterfield Square retirement apartments on Hioaks Road near CJW Medical Center just before nine o'clock last night.

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A gunman was arrested today minutes after police said he robbed the First Market Bank branch at 9027 Forest Hill Avenue in Chesterfield County.

OK, this might be a weird question, but I've always wondered what is Chester? Is it a town? Is it a city? Is it part of Chesterfield? What's its history? Does anyone know? Don J. Kappel , director for Chesterfield County Public Affairs Department, answers: Chesterfield County has several historic villages within its borders, including Bon Air, ...

Virginia GrandDriver , AAA-Mid Atlantic, and Sheltering Arms invites senior drivers to participate in CarFit, a senior driver safety program on Friday, September 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bon Air Baptist Church in Richmond.

Lauren Richeson and Elizabeth Carr were strangers when today began. But it didn't take them long to befriend each other over sidewalk art drawn with chalk at the sixth annual Family Peace Festival.

Some people are lucky enough to have channeled their talents into doing something they love, whether it's a hobby or a profession.

Sir Christopher Newport explored the James and Appomattox Rivers along the Chesterfield borders five days before the Jamestown was settled 1612 Tobacco was first cultivated scientifically in America at Bermuda Hundred by John Rolfe.

Chesterfield County is a FIRST CHOICE community in which to live, work, raise a family and play.

One person was sent to an area hospital and more than 9500 were left without power after a severe thunderstorm ravaged metro Richmond Sunday night.

The entertainment committee of the Saint Joseph Italian Festival in Bon Air is accepting solo performers and band demo CDs for the 2010 festival.

George Pavelis, oboe, 11 a.m. tomorrow, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1627 Monument Ave.

HERE WAS a time when my husband and I lived in suburban Chesterfield County. Our 22-year sojourn began in Bon Air, a Victorian-era neighborhood that was originally developed as a place for city dwellers looking to beat the heat.

A Chesterfield County judge was asked yesterday to set aside guilty verdicts against the former high school principal at the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center, who was convicted in April of having a months-long sexual relationship with an underage female inmate.

HEALTH CARE NOW: Health Insurance Coverage in Virginia Keeps Shrinking as Premiums, Family Costs Continue Climbing As the debate intensifies over revamping the U.S. health-care system, Bon Air resident Cindy Greer understands the fear of change.

Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after using it.

There have been no new cases of swine-flu-related illness at Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center in Chesterfield County, but cases of the virus continue to increase across the state.

Officials with the Virginia Department of Health say there are three confirmed cases of H1N1, also known as Swine Flu, in Chesterfield County.

Eleven inmates of Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center in Chesterfield County have been isolated in housing at the facility after three were diagnosed with the new H1N1 swine flu virus.

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