As expected, the Richmond City Council on Tuesday passed an extension that will give taxpayers until June 1 to pay their personal property tax bills in full.

“Uniting Communities on Hunger,” a consortium created to target the needs of the region’s hungry, will meet at 9 a.m. May 25 at the Smith Banquet Hall in the Smith Memorial Building at Randolph College.

A Bedford man accused in a regional cigarette theft conspiracy was convicted in a jury trial here Tuesday.

The State Corporation Commission will hold a public hearing next month on Appalachian Power’s request to increase rates to pay for the rising cost of fuel used in generating electricity.

A Bedford County grand jury Tuesday indicted a former school resource officer accused of having a sexual relationship with a student.

Liberty University announced today that Norman Mintle, a former administrator at Regent University, will serve as Liberty’s new dean of the School of Communication.

The Lynchburg Police Department is participating in the “Special Olympics Dough Raiser” event to support Special Olympics Virginia on Wednesday at CiCi’s Pizza in the Candler’s Station Shopping Center.

Dominion Virginia Power residential customers will typically pay an estimated 34 cents a month more to cover the cost of new energy conservation programs.

Approximately 10,000 Dominion Virginia Power customers in western Henrico County were without electricity this evening, and the culprit was a snake.

The towns of Orange, Madison and Louisa also held elections Tuesday.