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July 5, 2006
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The school system needs to improve how it is marketing adult education classes, according to a special audit performed last month by the county.

"We concur with all eleven recommendations in the audit report," the superintendent of schools said in outlining the auditors' conclusions (see page... More...

Calls for Ed Barber's resignation

A year ago, Midlothian Supervisor Ed Barber was being touted in local Democratic circles as a possible Lt. Governor candidate in Virginia. Now he is disgraced, and the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors, the Executive Committee of the Chesterfield County Democratic Committee and some of his constitue... More...

Michelle Pfeiffer remembers driving down Richmond's Grace Street many years ago, seeing ladies of questionable integrity stare out from behind the large plate-glass storefronts. Above their heads hung More...

Support for the county's young students is being sought from individuals and community groups. More...
Beauty and the Beast at local libraries
Wed., July 5 Quilter's/Sewer's Auction, 9 a.m., Christ the King Lutheran Church, 9800 W. Huguenot Rd. Potluck luncheon to follow; bring a covered dish. Barbara Pettesch 639-5696. More...
Don't pull the wrong trigger
Never doesn't mean probably shouldn't. For the second year in a row, I went around the yard with an insect sprayer in one hand and an herbicide in another. They aren't interchangeable. More...
The school board has until July 26 to find a replacement for former Dale District member Beth Davis who passed away on June 12. Her replacement must reside within the Dale Magisterial District. No other school board member, either elected or appointed, has ever died while in office. More...
Alarm avoided on robbery
On June 25, the suspect(s) broke a front glass window in the Trinity Assembly of God church on Courthouse Road to gain entry. More...