Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) articles from July 2007

Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA) archives from July 2007

BRIEF: Letter to Richmond jail had heroin: Arrested woman's return address used.
July 31, 2007... Byline: David Ress Jul. 31--The letter was smeared with a white paste that deputies suspected was heroin. And it took just a glance at the upper-left-hand corner of the envelope, authorities say, to crack the case. There, deputies in...

Taylor details Vick's role.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Tom Campbell and Julian Walker Jul. 31--Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick "almost exclusively" financed the dogfighting and gambling operations based at his Surry County house, a co-defendant in a federal dogfighting case...

EDITORIAL: Flying High.(Editorial)
July 31, 2007... Jul. 31--Romantics may remember the tobacco leaves that graced the entrance gate to Byrd Field, but few miss the old airport. Subway stations had more charm. With yesterday's dedication of the new and improved terminal, RIC truly establishes...

EDITORIAL: Numero Uno.(Editorial)
July 31, 2007... Jul. 31--Efforts to protect endangered species often produce perverse results harmful to humans and other living things -- so it's always nice to see one that seems to have worked as intended. Recently Californians have taken cheer from the...

EDITORIAL: World of Noise.(Editorial)
July 31, 2007... Jul. 31--"In the modern world the individual no longer faces silence, no longer faces the community, but faces only the universal noise." --Philosopher Max Picard, The World of Silence. To see more of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, or...

State probes SOL practices: Investigation is on disabled students' 2007 participation.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Lindsay Kastner Jul. 31--The Virginia Department of Education is investigating allegations of testing improprieties affecting students with disabilities at a Stafford County high school. This is the third time the state has...

Technical center turnaround: Henrico schools' project for building houses leads to solid foundation for teen.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Olympia Meola Jul. 31--Kendall Jones went from making borderline failing grades to considering dropping a class in his senior year so he could stay longer at Highland Springs Technical Center. This summer, even after...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Ray McAllister column: The news was dog cruelty; sea turtles were the antidote.(Column)
July 31, 2007... Byline: Ray McAllister Jul. 31--TOPSAIL ISLAND, N.C. On an island where everything moves in slow motion, it was only fitting that our family vacation came to an end with . . . turtles. Vicki and our youngest daughter, Jamie, out on...

Drier days loom for Richmond: Forecaster: Without tropical moisture, chances of rain slim.
July 31, 2007... Byline: A.J. Hostetler Jul. 31--Weather forecast We'll soon long for those late-afternoon thunderstorms that create headaches for commuters while watering gardens and lawns. Already struggling from a lack of rain, the Richmond...

No motive in death of store owner: Police rule out robbery, try to reconstruct man's last moments.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Mark Bowes Jul. 31--Farooq Anwar's killer apparently had another motive besides robbery. Police say the person who fatally shot the Chesterfield County store owner left behind the store's daily receipts, along with Anwar's...

Inmates in Warsaw standoff surrender.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Latane Iii Jul. 31--WARSAW -- Three inmates who had armed themselves with homemade knives and barricaded themselves in a prison hallway surrendered to jail authorities Sunday. The standoff at the Northern Neck...

Crashes bring back memories of 1974: Traffic helicopter hit Richmond home, killing 9-year-old.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Douglas Durden Jul. 31--For Richmonders with long memories, the recent helicopter crashes involving news crews in Arizona and Texas strike a familiar, tragic note. On May 24, 1974, WRVA Radio's traffic helicopter plunged into...

No motive in store slaying: Chesterfield police not sure what led to shop owner's death.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Mark Bowes Jul. 31--Farooq Anwar's killer apparently had another motive besides robbery. Police say the person who fatally shot the Chesterfield County store owner left behind the store's daily receipts, along with Anwar's...

Taking the bite out of your dog: Training can help a pet, owner live in harmony.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Janet Caggiano Jul. 31--Holly failed to keep her aggression in check when she showed up for her first day of school. So the 118-pound Great Dane was expelled before setting foot in the classroom. "She went ballistic,"...

Redskins: Landry signs; Samuels injures knee: Left tackle damages his right MCL for the second time since'03.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Paul Woody Jul. 31--ASHBURN -- When the Washington Redskins began their afternoon practice yesterday, there was a feeling of relief among the coaches and front-office staff. The contract with first-round draft choice LaRon...

Rountree again will argue evidence was unreliable: Lawyers will appeal; she is serving life for professor's murder.
July 31, 2007... Byline: David Ress Jul. 31--Piper A. Rountree will appeal a court ruling rejecting her argument that police improperly influenced witnesses to identify her as they investigated her ex-husband's murder. Her lawyers again want to make...

Bolling to back Romney campaign: He will support ex-Mass. governor's bid for president.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Tyler Whitley Jul. 31--Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling will endorse Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney today. Bolling also will be chairman of the former Massachusetts governor's Virginia campaign. The endorsement was...

West Nile monitoring varies by locality.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Tammie Smith Jul. 31--They aren't finding any West Nile-positive mosquitoes in Henrico County, they are finding too many in Richmond, and in Chesterfield County they aren't even looking. Localities differ on what they are...

Council wins court ruling: Richmond dispute over hiring powers allowed to proceed.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Michael Martz Jul. 31--The Richmond City Council has won the first round of its legal battle to prevent Mayor L. Douglas Wilder from hiring and firing employees of the council and the city assessor. Judge Margaret P. Spencer...

Plan loosens dogs' time on chains: Richmond proposes an hour-a-day limit, ban on confinement.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Michael Martz Jul. 31--Dogs shouldn't live their lives at the end of a chain or a rope. When they do, they become dangerous to anyone or anything within reach. That's the message of a proposed ordinance to make it...

Honduran man dies in SUV crash.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Juan Antonio Lizama Jul. 31--A 51-year-old Honduran native died in a single-vehicle crash in South Richmond yesterday afternoon. Ramon A. Dubon, who lived on Clarkson Road in Richmond, was thrown from a sport utility vehicle...

Honduran man dies in SUV crash in South Richmond.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Juan Antonio Lizama Jul. 31--A 52-year-old Honduran man died in a single-vehicle crash in South Richmond yesterday afternoon. The man was driving a sport utility vehicle, which crashed at 4:19 p.m. into a brick retaining wall...

Mary Lenore Bedinger dies: She spent 38 years as MCV technologist, then turned her focus to volunteer work.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Jeremy Slayton Jul. 31--When Mary Lenore Vinson Bedinger retired from the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals in 1982, she wasn't going to sit back and relax. "I remember her saying that she wanted to do things for other...

Northern Neck inmates surrender.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Latane Iii Jul. 31--WARSAW -- Three inmates who had armed themselves with homemade knives and barricaded themselves in a prison hallway surrendered to jail authorities Sunday. The standoff at the Northern Neck...

Gas prices fall to summer low: Gallon is down 29 cents in Richmond from May, and further drops are predicted.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Margaret Matray Jul. 31--Gas prices in Richmond yesterday were the cheapest they have been all summer, and they could fall another 10 cents in the next week and a half. Motorists in the Richmond area paid an average of $2.78...

Va. banks planning to merge: Virginia Financial, FNB Corp. planning 67-branch operation.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Carol Hazard Jul. 31--FNB, meet VFG. The two bank holding companies plan to combine in a merger of equals. The combination of FNB Corp. and Virginia Financial Group Inc. would create one of the largest independent bank...

Bergman demonstrated mastery repeatedly.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Daniel Neman Jul. 31--Ingmar Bergman taught us a new way to watch movies. The great Swedish filmmaker, who died yesterday at the age of 89, turned cinema into art. Other directors had tried it before with experimental films...

Starting left tackle sprains MCL, likely will be out a month.
July 31, 2007... Byline: Paul Woody Jul. 31--ASHBURN -- When the Washington Redskins began their afternoon practice yesterday, there was a feeling of relief among the coaches and front-office staff. The contract with first-round draft choice LaRon...

Feeling the burn: Jimmie Johnson's hot start has gone up in flames in recent weeks, leaving the defending series champion . . .
July 31, 2007... Byline: Ralph N. Paulk Jul. 31--INDIANAPOLIS Fortunately, for Jimmie Johnson, his season hasn't gone up in flames the way his charred No. 48 Chevrolet did at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. Yet, if he continues to extend his...

EDITORIAL: Vacancies.(Editorial)
July 30, 2007... Jul. 30--Emory Widener has announced he will take senior status as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. The news opens another vacancy on the Richmond-based bench. Widener previously had said he would make...

Towers no easy fit in Henrico: They're not allowed on school grounds, but that may change.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Will Jones Jul. 30--Not in my backyard? Or the schoolyard? The location of cell towers can be controversial, and ongoing discussions in Henrico County prove the point. A cell tower proposed in Short Pump has hit a snag...

Cautious on surveillance: Charlottesville officials look at putting cameras on mall where attacks have occurred.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Carlos Santos Jul. 30--CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Tourists who flock to this city's brick-lined, tree-shaded downtown mall may soon find themselves surreptitiously followed by panning cameras -- 30 of them, to be exact. City...

Montoya's move to NASCAR thrills some fans, upsets others.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Juan Antonio Lizama Jul. 30--When Juan Pablo Montoya jumped to NASCAR, he won a legion of new fans for himself and for the stock-car racing series, but he lost some fans, too. Montoya, a native of Colombia, won the...

Preserving a source of pride: VUU is making plan to care for grand buildings.
July 30, 2007... Byline: By Gary Robertson Jul. 30--It was the turn of the 20th century, when the state of Virginia was full-bore into a period of repression against blacks that would last into the Civil Rights era. That's when one of the most...

Bible translated for Islanders: Seminary student: Ranonga residents felt joy on hearing Bible in their own language.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Robin Farmer Jul. 30--Alpheaus Zobule, who is working toward a doctorate in theology, never read the Bible in his native language while growing up on a South Pacific island. That's because Lungga, one of 70 languages spoken...

Appeals jurist takes senior status: Widener's departure brings 4th Circuit vacancies to five.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Tom Campbell Jul. 30--Judge H. Emory Widener Jr. of the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has taken senior-judge status, bringing to five the vacancies on the 15-member appellate court. Widener, now in his 80s,...

Group unites military families: Blue Star Mothers' Richmond members support one another.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Brandon Shulleeta Jul. 30--Kathy Hurley knows what it's like to lie awake in bed. She would keep her cell phone nearby in case she received a call from her son, who has served two tours in Iraq. At a support-group gathering...

Allstate 400.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Ralph N. Paulk Jul. 30--INDIANAPOLIS -- Even as Tony Stewart dueled with Kevin Harvick with 10 laps remaining at Indianapolis Motor Speedway yesterday, he was clearly the man to beat. Stewart wrestled away the lead from...

Redskins Lloyd says, does little: Skins look for more this season from expensive receiver.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Paul Woody Jul. 30--ASHBURN Brandon Lloyd is listed as a wide receiver for the Washington Redskins, but he's actually an enigma wrapped in shoulder pads and the No. 85 jersey. Lloyd will cordially consent to an interview then...

BRIEF: Chamber's inVision Henrico event is Wednesday.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Margaret Matray Jul. 30--The Greater Richmond Chamber will host its inVision Henrico breakfast Wednesday. The event will include casual networking followed by breakfast and a presentation by Ted Chandler, president and chief...

Fields of Glory: Manassas battleground survives test of time - and developers.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Bill Lohmann Jul. 30----Slideshow: Tour Manassas MANASSAS You can still walk the hallowed ground where thousands were killed, the Civil War turned for a time in the Confederacy's favor and Gen. Thomas J. Jackson became...

Hamlin rubs some the wrong way: McMurray, Gordon among those who criticize Gibbs driver.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Ralph N. Paulk Jul. 30--Denny Hamlin didn't endear himself with several drivers yesterday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The former Chesterfield resident was criticized for being overly aggressive in some unpredictable...

Hoosier daddy: Stewart pushes past Harvick for 2nd win at Indianapolis win in three years.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Ralph N. Paulk Jul. 30--INDIANAPOLIS -- Tony Stewart darted in and out of traffic almost effortlessly yesterday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. And when the time came to strut his stuff, he confidently assumed command before an...

Fueling Hispanic pride: NASCAR is counting on Montoya's popularity and success to attract fans.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Juan Antonio Lizama Jul. 30--For the L?pez family, watching the Nextel Cup race from Indianapolis yesterday was all about Juan Pablo Montoya. And when the four-hour race was over, they had reason to cheer. Montoya finished...

EDITORIAL: Hopeful Signs.(Editorial)
July 30, 2007... Jul. 30--Last week produced encouraging news from the Middle East. Representatives from the Arab League visited Israel on an official mission. Never before had the League treated Israel -- once derided as the Zionist Entity -- as an implied...

Vick associate has court date this morning: Co-defendant has a plea agreement with prosecution.
July 30, 2007... Jul. 30--A figure in the Michael Vick dogfighting case is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Richmond this morning after originally pleading not guilty to the alleged conspiracy. Tony Taylor, 34, of Hampton, who along with the...

Carl M. Goode Sr. dies; helped break race barriers: He helped integrate Army, cooled tensions in Petersburg.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Ellen Robertson Jul. 30--Carl Matthews Goode Sr. was "the calm in the middle of the war" his entire life: --in the Army, where he helped break racial barriers; --on the Petersburg School Board, where he helped people see...

Starting up.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Greg Edwards Jul. 30--The seeds for a new business can lie around the landscape of our daily lives waiting for the right set of conditions to start growing. Barbara Bingham, 36, of Midlothian found and began nurturing her...

Peers help peers on health issues: Chesterfield program taps mental-health clients to direct others to services.
July 30, 2007... Byline: A.J. Hostetler Jul. 30--Last year, Marsha Smith found her first job in 13 years through a program that hires mental-health clients in Chesterfield to assist residents seeking similar aid. She's one of three peer-providers in...

Relic collector's museum 'most remarkable'.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Bill Lohmann Jul. 30--WHITE OAK D.P. Newton hung up the phone after giving extensive directions to a caller wanting to visit his White Oak Civil War Museum. "To tell you the truth," he said, "I don't know how people find the...

State aid to Tech families pushed.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Julian Walker Jul. 30--Some state lawmakers want to create a fund for victims of the April 16 shooting at Virginia Tech that left 33 people dead. Any significant action on the proposal is likely several months away -- the...

Young soccer player dreams big: Midlothian boy tries out for youth teams in Argentina, Spain.
July 30, 2007... Byline: Juan Antonio Lizama Jul. 30--This 12-year-old has exceptional soccer skills. His coach has connections in high international soccer circles. Those things enabled Adam Warren of Midlothian to live an experience beyond his dreams....

Welcoming the world: Minorities are now the majority in Henrico schools, where diversity is a challenge and an opportunity.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Olympia Meola Jul. 29--They are children who fled their home in battle-scarred Kosovo -- with breakfast still cooking on the stove -- because tanks were approaching. They are the "Lost Boys" of Sudan, who found their way...

Intense focus for Stegmaier.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Julian Walker Jul. 29--An intense focus to complete his master's degree in public administration spurred James J.L. "Jay" Stegmaier to compress his studies into a 12-month marathon of learning at the University of Virginia. ...

Schools find ways to help foreigners: Area systems offer liaisons, printed material, ESL help, 'culture fests' to aid learning.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Olympia Meola Jul. 29--Henrico County schools have created ways to cater to individual student communities. Laburnum Elementary School near Richmond International Raceway hires a Somali interpreter as a liaison between the...

Richmond names chief of economic development: Currin, who led tobacco panel, to help craft long-term strategy.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Michael Martz Jul. 29--Richmond's new economic development director has experience in helping wean communities off tobacco. Carthan F. Currin III, a state lobbyist and former executive director of the Virginia Tobacco...

Conference at UR on immigrant solidarity: Parents whose son died in Iraq attend, criticize military recruitment.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Margaret Matray Jul. 29--Carlos Arredondo's son, Alexander Scott Arredondo, was 14 the first time he was approached by a military recruiter. Alex joined the Marines when he was 17. And he died in Iraq in 2004 when he was...

Antique gift now as good as old: Restoration repairs 'romantic garden ornament' from 1415.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Carlos Santos Jul. 29--UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE Poking around the grounds at the University of Virginia can result in the unearthing of some truly oddball history. Take the 15th-century church spire from...

Deal reached to replace Clover Hill High School: Chesterfield board awards $76.5 million contract for new school on Genito Road.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Holly Prestidge Jul. 29--After several years of discussion about location, cost and even necessity, construction on the replacement Clover Hill High School will finally begin. The Chesterfield County School Board awarded a...

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Bob Lipper column: League bosses on trial.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Bob Lipper Jul. 29--Al McGuire once said sports is a coffee break, meaning the proper question for David Stern, Roger Goodell and Bud Selig these days is, "One lump of arsenic or two?" Running a big-time sports cartel used to...

Aching for attention: In rugged sport, rugby players blend bleeding and bonding.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Ethan Ramsey Jul. 29--A financial analyst puts up numbers at fly-half. A Harley motorcycle mechanic works on the second row. A lawyer watches everyone's back at fullback. And a recruiter and a county planner play the...

MYSTERIES: Royalty, recluse, bullies, bears.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Jay Strafford Jul. 29--Being a member of Britain's royal family can be a pain, especially if you're 21, only 34th in line for the throne, and your impoverished half brother has cut off your allowance. That's the situation...

Kaine gets questions from Tech families: Shootings survivors group shares concerns on security and paying for medical bills.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Marti Covington Jul. 29--When Colin Goddard returns next month for his senior year at Virginia Tech, pieces of metal from the gunshots he suffered this spring will still be in his body. The bullet remnants are a lifelong...

Ex-wife's appeal fails in death of professor.
July 29, 2007... Byline: David Ress Jul. 29--A state appeals court rejected Piper A. Rountree's argument that police improperly led witnesses to identify her during the investigation of her ex-husband's 2004 killing. Rountree's lawyers had argued...

NASCAR: Cup teams thinking big: Drivers believe the trend of expansion to four-car operations will continue.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Ralph N. Paulk Jul. 29--INDIANAPOLIS -- Nextel Cup drivers tend to agree to disagree. Predictably, they differ on the impact of some teams expanding to four cars. Some believe this week's mergers involving two influential...

Hopkins wins in battle of attrition.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Walt Amacker Jul. 29--THIRTEEN CAUTION FLAGS -- one winner. And it could have been almost anyone in the Late Model Sportsman 100-lap race at Southside Speedway on Friday night in a free-for-all that started with 18 cars and...

Sales-tax holiday isn't just for kids: First weekend in August, back-to-school shopping is only a part of the lure.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Margaret Matray Jul. 29--Stephanie Wass doesn't even like to shop. But she did so last August to take advantage of buying school clothes for her 6-year-old daughter without having to pay the state's 5 percent sales tax. ...

African American Repertory Theatre announces lineup.(Website overview)
July 29, 2007... Byline: Cynthia McMullen Jul. 29--African American Repertory Theatre, the organization formerly known as Living Word Stage Company, enters its sixth season this fall. Because AART is in transition, its Web site is, too. That's why...

ON THE AISLE: Beacon plays cost just a can of food.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Cynthia McMullen Jul. 29--Hopewell Preservation Inc.'s Beacon Theatre is looking back to the future this weekend. Artistic director Kenny Holley says many older Hopewell residents remember when a can of food admitted them to...

Come. Sit. Stay.: Pet-friendly accommodations, amenities become more common.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Katherine Calos Jul. 29--When Dr. Julia Nunley packs up for a family trip, there's often a place in the car for a black-haired 3-year-old named Gracie. Her dog. The miniature schnauzer went to Vermont when she was 10...

Big dreams take hold on Cary Street: Multiple projects offer once-decrepit stretch bright future.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Margaret Matray Jul. 29--Residents, business owners and developers remember what West Cary Street near the Fan District looked like more than a decade ago. They recall the dilapidated buildings, the dry patches of dirt...

Defense suffered along with Griffin: After he was hurt last season, unit tumbled in the league rankings.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Paul Woody Jul. 29--ASHBURN The difficult thing about getting hurt during the season is that a player can return to action, but that doesn't mean he has recovered from the injury. Cornelius Griffin, a Washington Redskins...

Learned librarian keeps state's treasures: New Library of Virginia head has devoted 29 years to institution.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Gary Robertson Jul. 29--It may seem a little out of order. But Sandra Treadway became Virginia's state librarian July 1 before she ever had a library degree. She'll pick up a master's degree in information and library...

John Graham, author, teacher, dies: For 35 years, he taught literature to U.Va. students.
July 29, 2007... Byline: Ellen Robertson Jul. 29--To youngsters and their parents, Dr. John Graham, who died July 16 at his Charlottesville home, was the author of a book they loved to wear out. His "A Crowd of Cows," published in 1968, reveled in...

Venue shift granted in land case: Suit over Cloverleaf Mall parcel transferred from Richmond to Chesterfield.
July 28, 2007... Byline: Julian Walker and Holly Prestidge Jul. 28--A Richmond Circuit Court judge granted a change of venue to Chesterfield County officials yesterday. The decision allows a lawsuit over the purchase price of a piece of land at Cloverleaf...

BRIEF: leolde Pet owner convictedof cruelty, cleared in dog's attackB2: YOUR VIEW Reader snapshots INSPIRATIONS DREAMS TAKE SHAPE IN FAIRFIELD Sea Dead.
July 28, 2007... Byline: Bailey Stephens Jul. 28--KING WILLIAM With Beach Boys tunes rocking out of the DJs' speakers, Joe Hanson and Jim Mueller sat around Mueller's '46 Plymouth, shooting the breeze and talking about . . . what else? Cars. XX XX XXXX X...

Woman seeks mother's eviction: Court battle heats up; daughter says she's sole owner of Henrico home.
July 28, 2007... Byline: Bill Mckelway Jul. 28--For most of her life, Josephine Mann has not asked for much. But in a whirlwind of reversed fortunes, the 86-year-old widow is having to fight a legal battle whose origins go back more than two decades...

VMFA: A work in progress: Museum's expansion, renovation on track to be done by fall'09.
July 28, 2007... Byline: Katherine Calos Jul. 28--Construction is looking up at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and soon you'll have to look up to see it. Progress on the museum's $122 million expansion and renovation has reached ground level....

Tech adding office to help victims' families: Relatives dealing with shootings will gain single point of contact at school.
July 28, 2007... Byline: Rex Bowman Jul. 28--Virginia Tech announced yesterday that it is creating an Office of Recovery and Support to coordinate the university's outreach to families most directly affected by Tech's April 16 massacre. Jay Poole,...

Symbol of summer: At Camp Hanover, kids can connect with God while having fun.
July 28, 2007... Byline: Melodie N. Martin Jul. 28--At the end of a winding gravel road and into the heart of Camp Hanover, insects buzz from the nearby treeline and the shouts of unseen children seem distant. When dropping his teenage daughter off,...

Teenagers arrested in series of assaults: Two accused in string of downtown attacks dating to February.
July 28, 2007... Byline: Carlos Santos Jul. 28--CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Police are hoping the arrest of two 15-year-old boys will halt a string of unprovoked assaults in the city's downtown area that has raised questions about the safety of shoppers and...

BRIEF: Police ID woman dead in James River.
July 28, 2007... Byline: Staff Reports Jul. 28--Richmond authorities have identified the woman found dead Tuesday in the James River as Roberta Starkes, 61, of Richmond. Her body was discovered shortly after noon in the river around 14th Street,...

Pickler offers smooth sound.
July 28, 2007... Byline: Melissa Ruggieri Jul. 28--The girl Simon Cowell called a "naughty little minx" is really more of a kitten. An adorable kitten who is an erratic singer but a darling presence. Kellie Pickler, the sixth-place finisher of the...

Cole's melodies brighten Fridays at Sunset: Singer proves she's still got all ability, 4 decades into career.
July 28, 2007... Byline: Melissa Ruggieri Jul. 28--With her short, glittery dress that showed plenty of slender leg and her long, glossy locks, Natalie Cole belies her age of 57. A superstar with four decades worth of material to revisit, Cole...