Hanover News

The Hanover County Planning Commission tonight unanimously opposed a revised plan for the Providence Creek development, which it originally approved in the spring.

Fire burns down historic home awaiting restoration; leads sought A historically significant house in Cold Harbor slated for renovation was destroyed by fire last Friday.

Hanover County residents in the Battlefield Green subdivision are being advised to use bottled water or boil their water before drinking for the next two days as a safety precaution after a water main break.

Hanover hosted a regional training event last week, as firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and law enforcement personnel from nearly 30 Virginia municipalities came together to receive instruction about responding to railroad emergencies.

Hanover Safe Place, which deals with cases of domestic abuse on a day-to-day basis, is an agency that would like to be put out of business.

A Mechanicsville teenager who vanished more than five years ago was located Wednesday in South Carolina after a Hanover County detective reworked an old lead in the puzzling case.

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Swine-flu cases appear to be declining in central Virginia, though the supply of H1N1 vaccine still is lagging behind desired levels.

The wheels are once again in motion for two proposed mixed-use developments on Ashland's eastern boundaries.

Area fire and police chiefs represent their men and women who were honored with valor awards during the 2oth Annual Valor Awards breakfast at the Greater Richmond Convention Center.

The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the proposed updates to the County's noise ordinance at its Tuesday, Nov.

Mechanicsville doctor Torino R. Jennings was sentenced to a year and one day in prison today for writing for writing tens of thousands of prescriptions over the Internet for people he never met or examined and failing to pay taxes on his earnings.

Hanover County residents interested in the development around the state Route 54 corridor near Interstate 95 are invited to attend a meeting tonight at 7 at Providence Baptist Church, 9491 Providence Church Road.

Bryan and Brent Halstead, draped in fake fur from head to claws, were a tad overdressed for a warm fall afternoon.

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

Derek Edward Burkhead's road to innocence or prison has been stymied by fainting spells, three mistrials and, yesterday, by an early morning jail cell fight.

A Lee-Davis High School student surrendered without resistance to Hanover County authorities last week as a classmate lay a few feet away, severely injured from an ax attack that sloughed off the side of the victim's face.

A Lee-Davis High School student faces possible life in prison if convicted of an ax attack on a fellow student.

The Board of Supervisors last week considered a proposed ordinance that would prohibit solicitation activities on public roads and designated highways.

Hanover County may have a new noise ordinance in the near future. County Attorney Sterling Rives presented the proposed ordinance to the Board of Supervisors at its Oct.