POWHATAN—The Chesterfield Health District is opening a satellite H1N1 vaccination site today at 2375 Skaggs Road in the War Memorial Building. The Chesterfield Health District will continue to operate satellite H1N1 vaccination sites in Chesterfield County (10185 Hull Street Road) and the city of Colonial Heights (20 Dunlop Village Circle) ...
No injuries were reported in a two-alarm fire this morning at a plant that makes printing inks and pigments in the Walthall area of Chesterfield County. Battalion Chief David Throckmorton of Chesterfield Fire & EMS said firefighters were called to the Sun Chemical plant at 4:59 a.m. The facility is a one-story warehouse-type building at 1600 Continental Blvd., in the Appomattox Industrial Center just off Ruffin Mill Road ...
A Colonial Heights jury has convicted two men in a violent attack in a home during which their five young victims were tied up naked on the floor with their heads or faces covered. Three were pistol-whipped or assaulted before being robbed. After a three-day trial that ended Wednesday in Colonial Heights Circuit Court, Daryl L. Sample, 22 of Hopewell and Ryan P. Wilson, 21, of Chesterfield County were convicted of a combined 17 felonies, including multiple counts of robbery and attempted
Colonial Heights The Kids’ After School Program will again be offered to Colonial Heights fourthand fifth-graders at the city’s elementary schools. Students are referred by their teacher, guidance counselor or principal. Parents can also enroll their children if they can demonstrate need. The program offers mentoring and tutoring to students who need academic help or help with developing appropriate social skills. For details, contact Melissa Jones, (804) 520-9286 ...
Colonial Heights The City Council officially agreed during its last regular meeting this month to develop further plans for formal consideration of the former Colonial Heights Baptist Church property at 231 Chesterfield Ave. for future use as a courthouse as recommended by two resident-run committees. Chesterfield The Chesterfield County Senior Ambassador program will be offered this fall for residents 55 and older. The program enables older adults to learn, stay active and contribute to their
Daniel Culler admits that school wasn’t a lot of fun. In fact, the recent graduate of Colonial Heights High School says, with a laugh, that he caught a case of senioritis on the first day of sixth grade. “I have never had much fun in school. School is not my thing,“ Culler said. That doesn’t mean he didn’t excel; he graduated with about a 3.6 grade-point average. And he capped his senior year last month by becoming Colonial Heights’ first-ever gold-medal winner at the national
State Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash this morning on Interstate 95 in Colonial Heights. The crash occurred about 5:45 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the interstate near Exit 53 at Southpark Mall. No injuries have been reported, and traffic lanes are not blocked ...
The Colonial Heights City Council is considering leasing the former Colonial Heights Baptist Church property to Virginia State University, in spite of increasing citizen support to turn the site into a courthouse. The official plan is to lease the city-owned property at 231 Chesterfield Ave. for 18 months to VSU for $25,000 a month. The site would be used by VSU’s business school while its campus building is renovated ...
James Garcia-Otero loves to read books. In fact, the rising sixth-grader at Colonial Heights Middle School recently set a record in the Colonial Heights Accelerated Reader program. James read about 155 books and passed each ensuing quiz to earn 1,070.3 points by the end of the school year, far surpassing the previous citywide record of 833 points, according to Tussing Elementary librarian Nancy Turner ...
A March for Justice rally from Colonial Heights to Petersburg drew more than 100 people amid criticism of an acquittal and dropped charges in the shooting death of a popular businessman three years ago ...