Colonial Heights News

Chesterfield, Va. Folks started lining up at 8am for Chesterfield's H1N1 flu vaccine clinic.

Commissioner of Revenue Majorie DeDanko weathered last-minute campaign controversies to be re-elected to a second term in an election rematch with her opponent, Gayle Braswell.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Residents of the Tri-Cities have few contested races for delegates to the General Assembly.

Despite court prodding and changes in state election laws, 16 Virginia localities have failed to meet a deadline to allow absentee ballots of military personnel serving overseas to be counted on time.

Here are contested races in Hopewell, Petersburg and Colonial Heights on Nov. 3. Hopewell A new city resident is challenging incumbent Anthony N. "Nino" Sylvester in the race for commonwealth's attorney.

Oct. 19, 2009--Tourist spending in the Tri-Cities has grown by more than a third over the past five years, and Colonial Heights has been setting the pace with an eye-catching three-fourths increase in travelers' dollars, according to the latest figures from the Virginia Tourism Corp.

TAKE THE SURVEY To access and complete the survey, log on here . Residents also can get the survey at these libraries: the Hopewell library, Colonial Heights Public Library, the Ettrick-Matoaca Library in Petersburg, the Prince George library, William McKenney Library and the Fort Lee library.

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A follow-up to a CBS 6 Exclusive. Last week we showed you video of three armed men robbing a Prince George Hotel.

Brains! There will be two Zombie Walks for "Zombieland" in the Richmond area. Courtesy of Brick The Halloween themed Zombie Walk will be held in Carytown on Oct.

Judge F.G. Rockwell III sat in his black robe at the front of courtroom five in Chesterfield Circuit Court on Sept.

The Virginia Department of Education released its list of schools meeting the Standards of Learning and 98 percent - 1,826 of Virginia's 1,867 schools - are fully accredited.

Henrico County is holding a meeting on swine flu, and the Chesterfield Health District needs volunteers to help with vaccination: A Varina District town meeting on infant mortality and H1N1 swine flu is scheduled Monday at 7 p.m. at Henrico Theatre, 305 E. Nine Mile Road.

A terrifying few seconds behind the wheel for a local motorist on Interstate 95.

Claude and Katherine Dix are living the final chapters of their love story, but they are doing it with the same devotion and sweetness that has marked their whole marriage.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] High Octane Lock-in planned for military children COLONIAL HEIGHTS - Military youth ages 9 to 13 of all branches are invited to participate in a High Octane Lock-In. This lock-in is sponsored by Virginia Operation Military Kids which is the US Army's collaborative effort with Virginia's communities to give support to military ...

Wall Street wants consumers to do their part to heal the economy. Traders know it's going to take some time.

The message yesterday was simple, and the kids seemed to get it: President Barack Obama implored the nation's schoolchildren to take charge of their futures.

IF YOU GO First Day prayers When: today, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Where: Colonial Heights Baptist Church, 17201 Jefferson Davis Highway, Colonial Heights; KingsWay Community Church, 14111 Sovereign Grace Drive, Midlothian; St.