Chesterfield County News

After Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II formally accepted his party's nomination for governor and Virginia GOP scion Mark Obenshain secured the same for attorney general, it was a political neophyte who stole the show Saturday with multiple helpings of 11th-hour drama.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA The Chesterfield County Police Department has arrested a woman who left three children under the age of eight in a vehicle while she went shopping.

Police are looking for the person who left explosives on the porch of an older couple in the Hilton Park neighborhood in Chesterfield County.

By Dianne Cardea CCC Chair Home Improvement Seminar The BCA Community Character Committee is excited to announce that a Home Improvement Seminar will be presented in September just in time to gather information for your fall projects.

By Lou Seminare Club Correspondent While some New Englanders claim Plymouth, Mass., as the first English settlement in the New World, established in 1620, others came before.

A bottle bomb was found on the front porch of an elderly Chesterfield County couple's home, and now police are trying to figure out how it got there.

Older adults and those with disabilities who need help preparing life-planning documents, including wills, durable powers of attorney and advance medical directives, may receive free assistance during Lawyers Helping Seniors Day on Wednesday, May 29, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants must be residents of Chesterfield County.

Each year, Chesterfield County's law enforcement community joins family, friends and government leaders to remember and honor the brave officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA A young mother was killed in hit and run accident early Saturday morning, and now, police are searching for the person responsible.

The pedestrian killed in the accident was identified as 19-year-old Elizabeth West.

A Tazewell County native is among 59 fallen Virginia State Troopers who were honored today during a special ceremony in Chesterfield County.

Starting this week, young people in Chesterfield better be extra careful if they feel like partying.

A wreck that closed travel lanes along I-95 southbound in Chesterfield County has been partially cleared from the roadway, but a two-mile backup remains.

First it was a Kroger Marketplace. Now, now more businesses are getting ready to open up shop on the old Cloverleaf mall site in Chesterfield.

A woman was killed after she drove the wrong way down Chippenham Parkway and hit another car head on, according to Virginia State Police spokesman Sgt.

Police say a decomposed body found inside a recycling facility in Chester appears to be that of an adult male.

A grand jury has determined that the fatal shooting of a Chesterfield County man by police was justified.

Morgan Jones is just one of thousands of central Virginia drivers who pass through, not one, but two tolls each day on their way to work, and on their way home.

Brandon Randleman has been convicted of misdemeanor hazing charges and his lawyer said he was pressured into signing a plea agreement.

A Chesterfield County man has been convicted on an assault and battery change after a domestic dispute in which police said he was shot by his wife in March.