Mechanicsville News

With a goal of running to promote fitness, family and community involvement, as well as school spirit, Mechanicsville Elementary School hosted its first annual Mechanicsville Miler on Oct.

Free Events for this weekend and Veterans Day. You may not have time to search for Free Stuff, so we do it for you.

Torrino Jennings of Mechanicsville, Va., was also sentenced in federal court in Boston on Wednesday to three years of probation following his release.

While Virginia "Gigi" Foster admits she is "thrilled and flattered" to be named the 2009 Christmas Mother, she quickly acknowledges "there's going to be a so much greater need this year." The official announcement of her selection came last Wednesday during a tea at Pebble Hill, the Doswell home of Franklin Flippo Jr.

A Virginia doctor who wrote tens of thousands of prescriptions for muscle relaxants and other drugs over the Internet without meeting or examining the patients has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 13, in Hanover County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court for he Mechanicsville teen accused in the Oct.

Now in its 11th year under the direction of the Mechanicsville Rotary Club and Mechanicsville Ruritan Club, the Mechanicsville Christmas Parade will welcome a new Santa Claus this year.

To Judy Corker, creating a butterfly garden on the grounds of Battlefield Park Elementary School provided an effective - and entertaining - way to study.

A Hanover County man once facing life in prison on a charge of murdering his longtime girlfriend will serve no more than 10 years.

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.

Haymarket II Productions, home of The Ville Players, is holding auditions for "A Mechanicsville Madrigal Christmas" at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

There's an increased police presence at Lee Davis High School in Mechanicsville and just about every student knows why.

An assault that took place Friday evening prompted the Hanover County Sheriff's Office to increase security Monday at Lee-Davis High School.

Copeland and Christoph Casati love their midcentury modern home in western Henrico County.

Contact a ghost hunter Paranormal investigators won't bust your ghosts, but they will check out your unexplained creepy events.

Despite persistently low demand, prices for gasoline have spiked over the past week along with crude oil, threatening one of the very few points of relief for the recession-stricken U.S. consumer: cheap gas.

SHERANDO - Barbara Ann Clemmons Shirley, 75, of Sherando went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Oct.

Here's the news release from Hanover County: RABIES INCIDENTS ARE INCREASING IN HANOVER; ALL DOGS AND CATS MUST BE VACCINATED Rabies incidents in Hanover County continue to rise.

MECHANICSVILLE, VA.: The dark blue captain's hat, with its golden oak-leaf clusters, sits atop a bookcase in Bryan Lawlor's home, out of reach of the children.

Virginia's Presidential Tour, featuring Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and James Madison's Montpelier, made for a full day of history for Hanover County senior citizens.