Goochland County News

Town Council listened to a presentation on the Ashland Police Department's new Mobile Data Terminal equipment at its Dec.

Theirs is a generation marked by frugality. It was a time when a single man could live on $40 a month - bread cost a nickel, a suit could be had for about $25 and a streetcar ride cost 7 cents.

Retiring Richmond City Attorney Norman B. Sales will take over as Goochland County attorney Jan.

The election has been long over, but some campaign signs are still out there. So long as they are on private property, that's OK.

Hound dogs and beagles abandoned in rural Virginia counties are finding homes in Arlington County thanks to Homeward Trails Animal Rescue and its supporters on Facebook.

The Richmond Police Department is allowing fewer of its cars to be driven home at night, and only a few go as far as King William and Goochland counties and the city of Hopewell.

A former Oneontan who works as a Virginia state trooper is recovering from injuries sustained in an on-duty car crash earlier this week.

Virginia State Police say this morning that eastbound Interstate 64 in Goochland County has reopened after a wreck in which a state trooper was struck while in his vehicle during a traffic stop.

Goochland County Public Schools is looking to eliminate nearly $3 million from next year's budget.

The Republican Party won big last week in Virginia. In Goochland, they won even bigger, with all four GOP candidates winning every county precinct.

Four people, one from Henrico County and three from New Kent County, are dead following two traffic accidents over the weekend.

State Police tell CBS 6 all lanes on Interstate 64 East are back open. ORIGINAL REPORT State police are on the scene of an early morning multi-vehicle crash involving a state trooper.

The demand far outweighs the supply of the H-1-N-1 vaccine. And it was no different in Henrico county.

Read More "); var headline = escape ; OpenWin "> Read More "); var headline = escape ; OpenWin " STYLE="color:#0033FF"> Email Text Size Hazmat Incident Closes I-64 All but one lane of eastbound Interstate 64 in Goochland County are closed as crews respond to a hazardous materials incident.

"I learn something new everyday," said new County Engineer Gary A. DuVal in an interview in his office last week.

The Virginia Department of Transportation says the eastbound side of I-64 was closed at milepost 173 in Goochland County due to a truck accident involving hazardous materials.

A possible hazardous materials incident prompted authorities to close Interstate 64 eastbound in Goochland County this morning.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Virginia Department of Education have designated the week of November 9 - 13, 2009, as Virginia Farm to School Week.

A group of local business people who have been meeting informally for months last week formalized their mission to promote tourism-related business in Goochland.

Five corrections officers are facing charges after a disturbing crime involving a dog.