Goochland County News

The Richmond Police Department is allowing fewer of its cars to be driven home at night, and only a few go as far as King William and Goochland counties and the city of Hopewell.

A former Oneontan who works as a Virginia state trooper is recovering from injuries sustained in an on-duty car crash earlier this week.

Virginia State Police say this morning that eastbound Interstate 64 in Goochland County has reopened after a wreck in which a state trooper was struck while in his vehicle during a traffic stop.

Goochland County Public Schools is looking to eliminate nearly $3 million from next year's budget.

The Republican Party won big last week in Virginia. In Goochland, they won even bigger, with all four GOP candidates winning every county precinct.

Four people, one from Henrico County and three from New Kent County, are dead following two traffic accidents over the weekend.

State Police tell CBS 6 all lanes on Interstate 64 East are back open. ORIGINAL REPORT State police are on the scene of an early morning multi-vehicle crash involving a state trooper.

The demand far outweighs the supply of the H-1-N-1 vaccine. And it was no different in Henrico county.

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"I learn something new everyday," said new County Engineer Gary A. DuVal in an interview in his office last week.

The Virginia Department of Transportation says the eastbound side of I-64 was closed at milepost 173 in Goochland County due to a truck accident involving hazardous materials.

A possible hazardous materials incident prompted authorities to close Interstate 64 eastbound in Goochland County this morning.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Department of Education have designated the week of November 9 - 13, 2009, as Virginia Farm to School Week.

A group of local business people who have been meeting informally for months last week formalized their mission to promote tourism-related business in Goochland.

Five corrections officers are facing charges after a disturbing crime involving a dog.

Five Virginia Department of Corrections officers have been charged with animal cruelty involving the fondling of a K-9 dog and videotaping the two incidents.

The Goochland County Planning Commission deferred a decision on a recommendation to allow an historic Henrico County church to relocate to Goochland.

The Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance defines domestic violence as "a pattern of abusive behaviors used by one individual to control or exert power over another individual in the context of an intimate relationship." According to the International Violence Against Women's Act, which was ratified in 2007, domestic violence ...

Goochland Sheriff's Deputies arrest a man accused of burglarizing a home in the county.

About 75 people turned out for a District 5 town hall meeting at the Manakin Fire Station last week to meet the new county administrator.