From July to Dec. 18, 39 citizen volunteers have removed 2,189 illegal signs in the rightof way on Chesterfield roads. They have worked 122 hours during the 144 days. The signs run the gamut from those advertising yard sales to others promoting businesses - often in the real estate industry. More...

Making a quilt is no easy feat, but it's something that kindergarten teacher Sally Tirs (aka The Quilt Lady) has been doing for expecting teachers and families at Crenshaw Elementary School for a dozen years, and nine years at Beulah Elementary before that. More...

Like many people who watch someone else invent something that was right in front of their face all the time, Elmcroft Assisted Living resident director LuAnn Paul could kick - or maybe more appropriately throw a tennis ball - at herself. More...

A woman's wallet was snatched in Wal-Mart earlier this month after she was distracted by another woman posing as a fellow shopper. The victim was shopping at the Wal-Mart on Hull Street Road on Jan. 4 at 10:20 p.m. More...

Some have written books on this topic. The travel agents love it. I have my own list, unpublished until now, and every time I read about these lists, I add something to mine. At the top of my list is my desktop. More...

Dear Editor, I, for one, will be watching to make sure that the positions said by this new board [of supervisors] matches what they promised during the campaign, and I urge other county residents to do the same. More...

In The Spotlight Chesterfield County Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Celebration and Installation of Officers, Fri., Jan. 25, cocktail and networking hour at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., Holiday Inn Select Koger Center, 1021 Koger Center Blvd. Keynote speaker will be the honorable Governor of Virginia Timothy M. Kaine. Tickets are $50 per person. More...

A high school sports stadium is a sorry sight after a game is over with all of those empty cups, wadded-up candy wrappers and other trash. Picking up the mess is not fun. So why would a group of high-schoolers volunteer to do the job - again and again? More...

PUBLIC NOTICE Take notice that the Board of Supervisors of Chesterfield County, Virginia, at a regular scheduled meeting on January 23, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. in the County Public Meeting Room at the Chesterfield Administration Building, Rt. More...