Urbanna and Deltaville news

Portsmouth schools budget cuts avoid layoffs, but hurt elsewhere

PilotOnline.com / Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:41:59 -0500

PORTSMOUTH School leaders aren't weighing massive layoffs to balance steep cuts, but employees and students would still feel some pain under the division's latest proposed budget for next year. There would be fewer employees through attrition, larger class sizes and significant fee hikes in employee health care plans under Superintendent David Stuckwisch's proposed budget.

VCU offers $5,000 reward in case of missing student

TimesDispatch.com / Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:01:01 EST

Virginia Commonwealth University yesterday offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the location of Jonathan S. Dorey, a foreign-exchange student who has been missing more than a week. Also yesterday, about a dozen people gathered in the rain about 3 p.m. outside Gladding Residence Center before embarking on a search of Richmond bicycle trails around Belle Isle and elsewhere. Dorey enjoys…

Newport News mother gets 23 years for prostitution of daughter for drugs

DailyPress.com / Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

A Newport News mother who allowed a man to sexually abuse her 10-year-old daughter during a drug binge at a Hampton motel was sentenced Friday to 23 years behind bars.

Fluvanna police brutality suit advances

DailyProgress.com / Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:50:23 EST

A federal judge is allowing a police brutality lawsuit against Fluvanna County’s sheriff and a Fluvanna sheriff’s deputy to move forward.

Area Catholic school grows

Fredericksburg.com / Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Catholic educational and extracurricular offerings growing at St. Michael the Archangel High School in Spotsylvania

Recent Capture Encourages Police

DNRonline.com / Sat, 13 Mar 10 00:00:00 -0600

HARRISONBURG - The capture of a woman who had been on Rockingham County Sheriff's Office's most wanted list for almost a decade is giving area police renewed hope that time is running out on other criminals on the lam.

Spring ahead — and change the batteries

GoDanRiver.com / Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:10:12 EST

It’s time to turn the clocks ahead again — Daylight Saving Time starts at 2 a.m. Sunday — and Fire Marshal Shelby Irving reminds residents that this is the perfect time to change the batteries out in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.

Bristol Virginia City Council candidate intent on improving city’s financial standing

Tricities.com / Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:44:59 EST

John “Jay” Dorton believes lessons learned in a business career would serve him well as a member of the Bristol Virginia City Council.

Pair to play at Emory deli

SWVAtoday.com /

David and Ann Ledgerwood agree that one of their greatest pleasures is retreating to the front porch swing in the summer with their mandolin and guitar. “Ann plays the mandolin and I strum the guitar,” said Ledgerwood, “and we talk about our day and count our blessings.”