The Main Event (The Petersburg Progress-Index)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:17:51 GMT
PETERSBURG - It doesn't take much when the Petersburg boys basketball team takes the court - it is on a mission. Since the first practice at 5 a.m., Bill Lawson III sat his players down and talked about what it would take to win a Group AAA title on Marc
Petersburg routs Patrick Henry-Roanoke 77-57 (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:03:00 GMT
The Petersburg boys basketball team finally cleared the speed bump. The Wave defeated Patrick Henry-Roanoke 77-57 last night in the semifinals of the VHSL Group AAA boys basketball tournament at the Siegel Center and advanced to tomorrow’s championship game for the first time since 1989.
Bristol Virginia Police Department to receive anti-terrorism grant (Bristol Herald Courier)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:56:19 GMT
City police learned Wednesday that their department will receive the largest slice of a $4.9 million state anti-terrorism grant.
Do stores invite crime by having money inside? (Bristol Herald Courier)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:11:15 GMT
If women are partially guilty of rape by dressing attractively, aren’t banks and convenience stores guilty of robbery by being places known to have cash on hand?
Panel OKs death penalty bills (Daily Press)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:00:03 GMT
RICHMOND — A week before the state was scheduled to execute another prisoner, a key Senate committee voted Monday to expand the list of crimes that would qualify for the death penalty.
Police call woman’s death a homicide, but remain tight-lipped (Bristol Herald Courier)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:59:11 GMT
Angela Statzer wrote her foster father a note last year for Father’s Day.
State high school basketball playoff schedule (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:17:53 GMT
Results and schedules for the Virginia High School League state basketball playoffs, which resume today at the Siegel Center at Virginia Commonwealth University.
News Near You for March 8 (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:10:53 GMT
Henrico The Henrico County Extension Office will offer a free workshop about recent changes to credit-card laws and other consumer-rights topics on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m., and on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Human Services Building Board Room, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive. The program is open to the public. Space is limited and registration is required. Forinformation or to register ...
Hunley: Unknown brush with a killer (News & Messenger)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:22:04 GMT
The pending execution of Paul Powell reminds me of my family’s own relationship with a convicted killer.
Virginia couple charged in slaying of 2-year-old son reported missing; body found in landfill (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:44:03 GMT
ROANOKE, Va. - The parents of a 2-year-old Virginia boy whose body was found in a landfill face murder charges. A grand jury indicted 24-year-old Brandon Lockett and 23-year-old Morgan Lockett on Monday. Each is charged with second-degree murder, child neglect and cruelty.
