Petersburg News

The Progress-Index reports that the Pentagon has named Maj. Gen. Larry D. Wyche to become commanding general of U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command and the Sustainment Center of Excellence at Fort Lee.

PETERSBURG, VA - A 7-year-old whose parents said he started a deadly fire at their trailer home in Petersburg will not face charges.

A prosecutor says a 7-year-old boy may have started a fire in Petersburg that killed his 2-year-old sister.

PETERSBURG, Va. - Experts are warning parents after a 7-year-old boy admitted to police he started the fire Monday that killed his little sister in Petersburg.

The Rev. Dr. Andrew J. White Sr., of Petersburg is recipient of the 2012 Good Samaritan Award presented by the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives.

PETERSBURG, VA - Petersburg fire investigators remain on scene nearly 10 hours after an early morning fire killed a two year old girl Monday morning.

Among those at a vigil for LeShay Yates, the 2-year-old Petersburg girl who died in a house fire, is her father, Cecil Yates, second from right.

Caregivers are special people who give of their time and energy to help those in need.

Two dogs picked up on Jan. 28, near Indian Road in Petersburg , appear to have been burned by some sort of chemical.

PETERSBURG, VA - Firefighters are looking into what caused a mobile home fire that killed a 2-year-old girl just after midnight at the Spring Gardens Mobile Home Park.

The girl's name hasn't been released. She's the second child in Virginia to die in a fire in three days.

A young girl has died in an early morning trailer fire in Petersburg. Firefighters found the home engulfed in flames when they arrived at the Spring Gardens trailer park in the 2100 block of County Drive shortly after midnight Monday.

The 5th, 6th, 7th, and 36th Wisconsin Infantry regiments participated in this battle, which extended Union trenches three miles further along the east side of Petersburg.

For more than 100 years, Builders Supply Company of Petersburg Inc. has supplied the materials needed to building the community.

Sunday's Getting Started calendar shows highlights of the week. Also, don't miss Thursday's Weekend section calendar.

In an effort to stop supplies from getting to Confederate troops on July 30, 1864, during the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, Va., more than 6,000 Americans on both the Union and Confederate sides were injured or killed.

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia's tourism industry generates $19 billion each year, but members of the private and public sector think Virginia can do a better job attracting visitors.

At A.P. Hill Elementary School in Petersburg, an "Anti-Bullying" Committee has been working a long time to prepare for Monday afternoon.

On Saturday, Petersburg National Battlefield will sponsor a ranger-guided car caravan tour that will explore Union and Confederate earthworks south of the Appomattox River.

Richmond , VA - Gov. Bob McDonnell is making some tough decisions. That was the main theme of the governor's time on WRVA's "Ask the Governor" program Thursday morning inside host Jimmy Barrett's studio in Henrico.