Hanover News

As we head into a star-spangled weekend, these annual events are guaranteed to put some red, white and blue into your July Fourth outings.

A 12-year-old Maryland girl was killed early yesterday and her mother was critically injured in a wreck that closed the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 south of Petersburg for hours.

Two people are dead after an accident in Hanover County. It happened just after 5 p.m. Saturday night on Route 301.

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High school is over for the Class of 2009. Saturday, all four Hanover County high schools held their commencements at VCU's Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond.

The Mechanicsville Branch of Pamunkey Regional Library has completed its move into its new building at 7461 Sherwood Crossing Place.

If you go "Richmond Loves Broadway": A subscription to the new four-production Barksdale Theatre series costs $176. 2009-10 season: Five-show Signature Season subscriptions cost $125-$144. Single tickets to "Black Nativity" and "Crowns" are $38, with a 25 percent discount for Barksdale subscribers and African American Repertory Theatre subscribers.

Dolley Madison is often considered the first first lady. The wife of fourth President James Madison proved intriguing enough for PBS to commission an installment about her for "American Experience," its flagship history series.

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 layout of the 31st Annual Tomato Festival will be a little different this year, with a focal point comparable to center stage.

A student in Richmond and one in Hanover County are infected with the H1N1 swine flu.

Candidates in two primaries in the Richmond area are relying on tired feet and sore knuckles, rather than big media campaigns, to get the attention of voters in primary elections Tuesday.

A standard pair of police handcuffs was too ordinary for Grace Hazelgrove's taste as she pondered what might make good Crime Stoppers art.

Friday, a Caroline County man charged with promoting or engaging in animal fighting was ordered to forfeit his dogs to the State.

RICHMOND, Va. - The train still is going to run through the Ashland and Staples Mill stations.

Hanover County held a Memorial Day service at Wayside Park, in front of the Hanover Veterans Memorial.

A Caroline County man is facing allegations that he housed and trained dogs for a fighting ring.

The names may conjure up visions of people standing in line, begging and cajoling sales clerks in the hopes of getting their hands on one of these hard-to-find treasures.

Hanover County Parks & Recreation has announced the 2009 Hanover Tomato Contest to be held during the 31st annual Hanover Tomato Festival Saturday, July 11 at Pole Green Park, 8996 Pole Green Park Lane in Mechanicsville.

The Hanover County Sheriff's Office needs assistance locating a missing adult suffering from symptoms similar to Alzheimer's disease.