Chesterfield News

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Chesterfield County police are investigating the discovery of a body overnight at an apartment complex near the southwestern tip of Falling Creek Reservoir.

Although the Independence Day holiday was officially one day shorter this year than in 2008, just as many people died on Virginia roads, according to police.

The July 4 holiday weekend proved a busy one for Virginia State Police statewide.

A Chesterfield County man was indicted yesterday on charges that he tried to bribe a witness to lie in court on his behalf in a case involving the hit-and-run death of a 15-year-old girl.

Other than a 10-inch tire mark on a guardrail and a twisted trail leading into a small patch of trees, there was not much pointing the way to the body of Ricky Viar.

Friends and family of Ricky Viar made a shocking discovery late Sunday afternoon.

After a lengthy debate between supervisors Dan Gecker and Marleen Durfee, the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors last week voted 3 - "2 in favor of increasing cash proffers on new home construction by $886 to $18,966. The five-percent increase, according to the county's budget and finance director, Alan Carmody, reflects calculations relating ...

Two days before Independence Day, local firefighters and emergency personnel are asking people not to hold their own shows.

Thomas Jefferson, who is seen in Williamsburg regularly, will travel to Chesterfield for an appearance.

Imagine if you could no longer care for your children and they had to leave your home and be separated from one another.

A Chesterfield County judge was asked yesterday to set aside guilty verdicts against the former high school principal at the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center, who was convicted in April of having a months-long sexual relationship with an underage female inmate.

Disciplinary offenses involving electronic devices and the Internet nearly doubled at Chesterfield County schools from the 2007-08 school year to the 2008-09 school year, according to a new report.

ROANOKE - Virginia will survey air pollution from as many as 300 older power plants and industries not subject to monitoring under the federal Clean Air Act, Gov.

SOUTHERN SHORES Police say a Virginia minister has died on a North Carolina beach after being pulled from the Outer Banks surf.

The following is a press release from Chesterfield County: CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA -William E. Johnson, III, Chesterfield County's deputy county administrator for Management Services, is returning to his former position as city manager of College Park, Georgia.

The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors this week could increase what are already the stiffest fees in the region on residential development.

WESLEY P. HESTER; Times-Dispatch Staff WriterRichmond Times Dispatch Chesterfield County officials are looking to rebrand one of their biggest assets - the county airport.

Have your say in Chesterfield County's future. A new countywide plan is underway.

Policing the world's oldest profession seems a never-ending battle in the Richmond area.