Charles City News

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.

Steven Parent took notice when small-business owners complained that their human-resource administrators were juggling multiple responsibilities they weren't properly trained to handle.

At the Board of Supervisors' March 25 meeting, Hanover Finance Director Vivian McGettigan explained how the federal stimulus package might play a role in Hanover.

A public hearing on the Sherwood Forest Phases I and II of the Virginia Capital Trail bicycle route will be held today in Charles City.

Indian Fields Tavern is the place to go for meals based on Virginia's best foods.

Chesterfield County has two full-service workforce centers that provide free employment assistance as part of the Capital Region Workforce Partnership .

Yesterday, while touring the Berkeley Plantation in Charles City, Va., I saw an antique waffle iron.

Wilder's unit had seven wrecks from 2005 to'08 Richmond police officers blamed for three crashes but charged in none At 1:40 a.m. on a Thursday last October, a 2006 Mercury crashed into a deer on state Route 5 in Charles City County.

Biologist Bryan Watts releases a young male bald eagle along side the James River in Charles City County.

The ETC will offer a variety of services on a walk-in basis to workers experiencing layoffs since Dec.

Local nonprofits funded by the United Way will likely see cuts as the United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg raised $17 million -- $3 million short of its 2008 campaign goal.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Pesticide Control Board recently announced the results of two key programs designed to assist with the disposal of unwanted and ...

Farmers in 41 Virginia counties and cities that sustained crop losses in 2008 because of drought are eligible for federal disaster aid, according to Sen.

Virginia state offices remain closed today for the Christmas holiday. Also closed today are offices for the city of Richmond and the counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Powhatan, Hanover and New ...

The 10-month-old bald eagle expanded his wings and soared into the gray skies over historic Westover Plantation on the James River in Charles City County.