Mechanicsville News

Ashland's Memorial Day Silent March is a simple, yet poignant event that stresses small town values and meaning of our national holiday.

The first Street Party was a wonderful event: the weather was perfect, the band was great, and the dancers all so talented! If you missed this one, mark your calendar for the next one on Saturday, June 16 - the Saturday after the last day of school.

The Hanover County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help in locating Antoine Robinson Sr., 29, who is wanted in connection with an attempted robbery at the Shoney's restaurant located in the 7100 block of Mechanicsville Turnpike in Mechanicsville.

RICHMOND, Va. - All this month, CBS 6 News' Greg McQuade will profile local servicemen and women who have returned "home from war." Tonight at CBS 6 News at 11, when a couple walks down the aisle and marries they vow to stick together through thick and thin.

The public is invited to attend the Hanover Memorial Day Program being held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 28, at the Hanover Veterans Memorial at Hanover Wayside Park on U.S. 301.

With a grade point average of 4.69, Blake Spiers leads the Hanover High School Class of 2012 as valedictorian.

The Kennedy family, so practiced at public mourning, is grieving again after the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cited a private zoo in Mechanicsville for violating a federal regulation nearly two years after six chimpanzees escaped.

REO Speedwagon will pay a special visit to a Hanover High School in Mechanicsville, Virginia, on Friday at noon ET.

A Richmond County Sheriff's Deputy is recovering in a Virginia hospital, after doctors believe he suffered a stroke while on his motorcycle Wednesday morning.

The 81 recreational anglers competing in the derby, sponsored by Smith Point Sea Rescue, saw many changes to the previous format.

Jason Mraz hails from Mechanicsville, Virginia, where the singer/songwriter grew up amidst the sounds of the Dave Matthews Band and local roots musicians the Agents of Good Roots.

A Waynesboro man will spend two years on probation for participating in a scheme to steal tactical flashlights from the Virginia Army National Guard.

The treasurer of a volunteer fire department in Hanover County for the past three years has been arrested and is accused of felony embezzlement.

The treasurer of the Henry Volunteery Fire Department has been charged with felony embezzlement from that department, known as Station 6. Rodney L. Gentry, 38, of the 6100 block of Retreat Hill Lane in Mechanicsville was arrested by investigators with the Hanover County Sheriff's Office.

And unsurprisingly, our great friend Concrete Bob is up to his armpits involved in it.

Two of three men face very different sentences after conspiring to steal military equipment from the Virginia Army National Guard while deployed in Iraq in 2008.

By Lynda Raines Copy Editor T he BCA welcomes Jennifer Berryman, the new community standards assistant director.

The American singer-songwriter, born June 23, 1977 in Mechanicsville, Virginia, has slowly but surely won over the world with his particular melange of acoustic reggae, pop, rock, folk, jazz, and hip hop.

Melody Kinser/The Local The Mechanicsville Rotary Club presented a check for more than $28,000 to Hanover Safe Place on Wednesday, May 2. Participating were, from left, front row, Patty Hall, Randi Powers, Alicia Howard, Stacie Francis, Sheree Hedrick, Bret Atwood and John Monacell; middle row, Kim Wills, Kathy Wells, Kelly Severo, Elsie Rose and ... (more)