Ettrick News

Ten houses in Petersburg and one in Ettrick owned by convicted slumlord Oliver C. Lawrence are being foreclosed on and are scheduled to be auctioned off next week.

After a campaign that featured accusations of misconduct and the arrest of her opponent for voter fraud, Sheriff Vanessa R. Crawford was re-elected Tuesday by a more than three-to-one margin.

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RAMBLEWOOD DR 8/01 Complaintant reported that property was stolen from the business.

TIMBERLINE CT 8/09 Tinsberry Trace. Unknown suspect/s entered the residence through an unlocked rear door and removed the property from inside.

Evelyn Tucker, right, walks with her granddaughter Lauren Wheeler on the trail that bears her name.

The second of two gunmen who robbed and fatally shot a newly retired Philip Morris employee in his Ettrick-area home two years ago has been sentenced to 28 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder and other charges.

The Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation Department has announced it will name an Ettrick Park walking trail after county resident Evelyn S. Tucker.

One person was killed and one injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash yesterday evening in Ettrick.

A police chase through three jurisdictions ends in a crash in Chesterfield County.

A Colonial Heights man who brought a BB gun that looked like a semiautomatic pistol into a Chesterfield County church service now faces charges of robbing a Chinese takeout delivery driver at gunpoint.

Knox Springs Farm proved to be a very successful location for the Ninth Annual Ettrick Celtic Festival.

Civil rights leader Julian Bond urged Virginia State University's newest graduates Sunday to use their education not just to succeed but to fight social injustice.