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Saturday | WRIC-TV Richmond

Va.'s Fort Lee getting new commanding general

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.

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Wed Feb 08, 2012

WTVR Richmond

Petersburg 7-year-old will not face charges in sister's death

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

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WFLS

Boy may have started fatal fire Killed his 2-year-old sister.

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

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Tue Feb 07, 2012

WTVR Richmond

Experts offer warning after boy kills little sister in fire

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.

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Hopewell News

Rev. Andrew White receives 2012 Good Samaritan Award

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.

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WTVR Richmond

Merkel: we refuse to accept a Greek bankruptcy

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

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Mon Feb 06, 2012

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Father tried to rescue child from their burning home

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.

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Examiner.com

Lifespan Respite Care offers care for the caregiver

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

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WTVR Richmond

Dogs discovered with chemical burns

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

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NBC12

Toddler killed in Petersburg trailer fire

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.

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WFLS

Mobile home fire kills 2-year-old Petersburg girl.

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

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WRIC-TV Richmond

Young Child Killed In Petersburg Trailer Fire

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.

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Sun Feb 05, 2012

This Day in Wisconsin History

1865 - (Civil War) Second Day of the Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia

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.

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Canadian Business Magazine

Century-old Petersburg company closing bittersweet

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

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Sat Feb 04, 2012

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Richmond area arts and entertainment event calendar for Feb. 5, 2012

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

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Polk County Democrat

Festival to feature Rosier on black troops

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.

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

WTVR Richmond

Salazar and McDonnell talk VA tourism

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.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012

WTVR Richmond

Anti-bullying campaign underway in Petersburg schools

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

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Sat Jan 28, 2012

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Local news for Sunday, Jan. 29

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.

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Thu Jan 26, 2012

WTVR Richmond

Gov. Bob McDonnell answers possible GOP Vice Presidential candidate rumors

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.

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