Mechanicsville News

Barbara Shope of Mechanicsville and her grandson Josh Heinly, 10, were among those who gathered at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville on Saturday.

Here it is, the first day of February and when I awoke this morning the first thing I saw was the front page of the [Richmond] Times-Dispatch declaring that Hanover was in mourning.

A vigil will take place at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11, at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville for those wishing to gather in prayer concerning the recent acts of violence that have occurred in the Mechanicsville area and Hanover County.

Media outlets report that 30-year-old Michael W. Tutwiler of Mechanicsville pleaded guilty Wednesday to theft of government property and possession of a machine gun.

A former Virginia Army National Guard member who admitted stealing military equipment faces up to 11 years in prison.

A Oh, it's almost Valentines Day, Ashland- let's show the love! I would like to see mailboxes full of red hearts and pink candies.Happy belated birthday to some winter babies! Monica Klisz, Allan Funk, Jen Chambers all blew out some candles recently.

New court documents identify the gunman among three teenagers charged with the murder of a 16-year-old Atlee High School student in a drug deal at his home last month.

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A Brunswick Stew Sale will be held on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Old Black Creek Fire Department in Mechanicsville.

For the second year in a row, Yashna Nainani, a seventh grade student at Chickahominy Middle School, was declared the 2011-2012 division spelling champion for Hanover County Public Schools.

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

HENRICO, VA - Police are looking to see if there is any connection between several armed robberies at women's clothing stores spanning across Hanover, Henrico and Chesterfield.

A funeral will be held Friday morning for twin girls killed by their father at his Mechanicsville home last weekend.

HANOVER, VA - After all the recent murders in Hanover County, one man is starting a grassroots movement for hope, that is catching on like he never thought it would.

Christopher Harper, 7, of Henrico, center, and his four-year-old brothers twins Braydon, right and Jackson leave stuffed animals at a memorial for three-year-old twins Caroline and Madison King outside their Mechanicsville, Va.

The night of the visitation for former Henrico Commonwealth Attorney candidate, Matt Geary, was the end to a day when news broke of the suicide of former Soul Train host Don Cornelius.

MECHANICSVILLE, Va. -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar visited Richmond National Battlefield Park on Wednesday to deliver $4 million for the preservation of 385 acres where troops from the North and South battled over the capital of the Confederacy.

Dealing with the death of a child is perhaps the most difficult thing that a grieving parent can possibly deal with in a lifetime.

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. - Tuesday night they came, side by side, hand in hand, more than 100 strong, to remember twin little girls, 3-year-old Caroline and Madison King, killed Sunday by their own father, who then killed himself in their Mechanicsville home.

MECHANICSVILLE, VA - Friends & family in Hanover will gather to remember Caroline and Madison King at 6:30 tonight.