Charles City News

People gathered yesterday along the banks of the James River in Charles City County to commemorate America's first Thanksgiving.

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 ...

Fort Algernoune, 1609 Celebration at Fort Monroe . 4 p.m. today. Celebration and commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Anglo-America's first coastal fortification.

R.J. Jones returned a kickoff for a touchdown and rushed for 132 yards and a TD Friday night, helping Rappahannock win 21-8 over Charles City in Ruthville.

Carolyn Wilkerson worried yesterday that something was wrong when she heard her principal's serious tone over the intercom asking teachers to take all 1,100 students to the gym.

The Times-Dispatch's Holly Prestidge reported the welcome news: "For the second consecutive year, a record number of Virginia's public schools have reached full accreditation after passing state tests in math, English, science, and history during the 2008-09 academic year." Ninety-eight percent of the commonwealth's schools achieved the standards.

One of Richmond's most-anticipated annual events -- Restaurant Week -- is set for Oct.

The Charles City County Fair opens runs today through Sunday at the Charles City Social Center in Ruthville.

CHARLES CITY, Va . - The Wildlife Center of Virginia is releasing a bald eagle at Westover Plantation on the James River.

Authorities plan to resume their search Sunday for a boater who went missing in the James River in Charles City County.

Update 8/16/2009 at 10:00 a.m. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries have released the name of the missing boater.

Hank and Carol Atkinson recently wrote in to gush about their experience at Edgewood Bed and Breakfast in Charles City, Virginia.

Chesterfield divers, Charles City County investigators and state police concluded a 20-hour search when they located the body of Roosevelt Ross at noon on Friday.

The rescue effort plunged forward unsuccessfully Thursday night to locate a 16-year-old boy missing on the James River.

This daily column features short news items from some of the 20 localities that make up the greater Richmond area.

More than 600 young people in the Richmond area will go to work this summer because of a big boost in funding from the federal stimulus program.

The eloquent and mournful call of taps will be played countless times this Memorial Day weekend, but did you know the tune has its roots on the Virginia Peninsula? It goes back to 1862, when Union Gen.

CHARLES CITY, Va. The United States Mint celebrates a new $1 coin today to honor John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States.

From left, Allison Adkins, 17, and Ashton Montez, 17, join Mildred Adkins, all from the Chickahominy Tribe from Charles City, Va., and others at a table as they get advice from Bacone College representative Cedric Sunray.

The Richmond area's unemployment rate held steady at 7.8 percent from February to March.