Charles City News

BRISTOL - Police say a married couple in southwestern Virginia has been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide. Washington County Sheriff's authorities told the Bristol Herald Courier that deputies responded to a call for help early Saturday.

A Glen Allen man is dead today, following a tragic accident in Charles City. According to a spokesperson from the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the man was on a hunting expedition with a few friends Saturday afternoon and died after the gun accidentally went off, hitting him.

IN EAST CENTRAL VIRGINIA...KING WILLIAM AND NEW KENT. IN THE MIDDLE PENINSULA OF VIRGINIA...ESSEX...KING AND QUEEN AND MIDDLESEX.

Issued by the National Weather Service at 4:16 PM EST on November 10, 2009 ... Coastal Flood Watch now in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Friday afternoon... The coastal Flood Watch is now in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Friday afternoon.

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

People gathered yesterday along the banks of the James River in Charles City County to commemorate America's first Thanksgiving.

Meet authors and poets and their latest works at Richmond area bookstores and resellers: Tuesday, Otober 27 Thursday, October 29 Friday, October 30 Saturday, October 31 1:00 - 4:00 pm Pamela K. Kinney aka Sapphire Phelan will be signing copies of Haunted Richmond, Virginia , Haunted Virginia: Legends, Myths and True Tales , Northern Haunts: 100 ...

Fort Algernoune, 1609 Celebration at Fort Monroe . 4 p.m. today. Celebration and commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Anglo-America's first coastal fortification.

R.J. Jones returned a kickoff for a touchdown and rushed for 132 yards and a TD Friday night, helping Rappahannock win 21-8 over Charles City in Ruthville.

Carolyn Wilkerson worried yesterday that something was wrong when she heard her principal's serious tone over the intercom asking teachers to take all 1,100 students to the gym.

The Times-Dispatch's Holly Prestidge reported the welcome news: "For the second consecutive year, a record number of Virginia's public schools have reached full accreditation after passing state tests in math, English, science, and history during the 2008-09 academic year." Ninety-eight percent of the commonwealth's schools achieved the standards.

One of Richmond's most-anticipated annual events -- Restaurant Week -- is set for Oct.

The Charles City County Fair opens runs today through Sunday at the Charles City Social Center in Ruthville.

CHARLES CITY, Va . - The Wildlife Center of Virginia is releasing a bald eagle at Westover Plantation on the James River.

Authorities plan to resume their search Sunday for a boater who went missing in the James River in Charles City County.

Update 8/16/2009 at 10:00 a.m. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries have released the name of the missing boater.

Hank and Carol Atkinson recently wrote in to gush about their experience at Edgewood Bed and Breakfast in Charles City, Virginia.

Chesterfield divers, Charles City County investigators and state police concluded a 20-hour search when they located the body of Roosevelt Ross at noon on Friday.

The rescue effort plunged forward unsuccessfully Thursday night to locate a 16-year-old boy missing on the James River.

This daily column features short news items from some of the 20 localities that make up the greater Richmond area.