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Parents fight for access to help child with illness similar to dementia
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - A Chesterfield girl has a rare disease that is slowly taking away all of her abilities. It’s similar to dementia and could kill her. While there’s no official cure, there’s a trial drug that her family believes can help her.
Chesterfield Board of Supervisors appoints police chief recommendation committee
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) -The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors has appointed three people to the five-person police chief recommendation committee. These people will be responsible for finding the successor of the current chief, Col. Jeffrey Katz, who announced his retirement in early March. His last day will be May 1. He was hired to serve the department in January 2018.
Petersburg bus service expanding to Prince George to assist displaced residents
PAT will be expanding service on South Crater Road to the Days Inn in Prince George County, where around 50 seniors and people with disabilities were relocated due to elevator repairs at the Carriage House apartments earlier this month.
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.
Car crashes into hotel in Chesterfield
CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - A car crashed into the Quality Inn on Old Stage Road on Wednesday evening. Chesterfield Fire and EMS officials say crews were called to the scene just after 7:30 p.m. There were no injuries, but the hotel was evacuated because the crash knocked out the main...
Henrico Crime Report: April 19-25, 2024
– Police arrested and charged a citizen(s) with possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, and a warrant service at a train station April 19 at 4:30 p.m. 5200 block of Williamsburg Road – Police arrested and charged a citizen with being drunk in a public place and filing a false police report April 19 at 7:48 p.m.
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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