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Hopewell council votes to pay for two recreation needs through department salary savings
HOPEWELL – City Council had a dilemma Tuesday night: Do we want to see Hopewell up in lights, or do we want to finally reach the end of the trail for a recreational trail?. After 30 minutes or so of back-and-forth discussion among councilors, it was decided to do both. Council voted 6-1 to earmark $56,000 in anticipated salary savings to pay for engineering the third phase of the Riverwalk trails network and $36,000 in salary savings to repair the electronic marquee in front of the Hopewell Community Center.
Mom reacts to arrest of 18-year-old accused of killing her teen son
COLONIAL HEIGHTS Va. (WWBT) - A Colonial Heights mother is grieving the loss of her 16-year-old son, who was shot and killed at a party just three weeks ago. “I talked to the detectives just about every day,” Ashley Devine said. “ I promised my son that I would never lose hope, I would never lose faith. I was going to stay on top of things, and that’s exactly what we did.”
Petersburg City Council votes on casino developer
PETERSBURG, Va. (WWBT) -Petersburg City Council voted on Wednesday on a company to develop the city’s possible casino. According to the Ward 5 representative W. Howard Myers, the council unanimously voted to pick Cordish Companies as its preferred casino developer and operator in the following statement:. “I am ecstatic...
Petersburg resident works to improve city, one abandoned home at at time
PETERSBURG, Va. (WWBT) - Some abandoned homes in Petersburg are getting a facelift by a resident. Marcus Squires considers himself a ‘micro-developer’ working to improve the city; one abandoned home at a time. He’s renovating some of the city’s abandoned homes, making them livable again. Recent...
Shootings in two Dinwiddie neighborhoods may be connected; 5 people shot in one of them
DINWIDDIE – The county sheriff’s department said two shootings in different neighborhoods Monday morning in the northern end of the county – one of which resulted in three adults and two juveniles being shot – may be related. The first one, reported around 8:45 a.m., occurred...
Chesterfield County Jail first institution to implement new device aiding opioid recovery
The Chesterfield County Jail has become the first institution in the nation to adopt a new FDA-approved device aimed at alleviating withdrawal symptoms among inmates struggling with opioid addiction.
From broken water fountains to proper school staffing, young women speak up to General Assembly
Lauren McCray and Khloe Atwood are just 11 years old. That didn’t stop them from traveling to the General Assembly in February alongside two other young girls with the help of Petersburg non-profit Pretty Purposed, where they spoke to lawmakers about underfunding issues affecting their schools. “Most of our...
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