Richmond Banks Bullish on VSU Business
0Three local banking institutions recently invested a combined $70,000 to scholarships, tuition assistance and programming in the Reginald F. Lewis College of Business. SunTrust and Wells Fargo each contributed $30,000 as part of their ongoing support of corporate scholarships. Bank of America awarded the college with a $10,000 grant to launch an administration and finance internship program.
Police Blotter
0AUSTIN RD (13xx block) 07/05/2015 12:00 p.m. – Unknown suspect/s entered crawl space of vacant residence and stole miscellaneous items. BERMUDA CROSSROAD LN (121xx block) 07/07/2015 5:00 p.m. – Miscellaneous items reported stolen from parking lot/garage. BRIDGETOWN CR (140xx block) 07/15/2015 4:38 p.m. – Money reported stolen from business. BURNT OAK TR (51xx block) 07/10/2015 6:15 p.m. – Miscellaneous items reported stolen from residence. BUTTERMINT DR (84xx block) 07/08/2015 12:01 a.m. – Unknown suspect/s entered shed and stole miscellaneous items. CHAGFORD DR (36xx block) 07/13/2015 11:00 p.m. – Electronics reported stolen from vehicle. CHALKLEY RD (107xx block) 07/13/2015 11:00 a.m.…
Crime of the Week
0Crime Solvers needs your help with solving a grand larceny case. On July 9, a man broke into the King Deli located at 6101 Belmont Rd. In order to gain access to the store, he shattered the front door glass with a garden timber. Once inside the store, the thief stole over 40 packages of cigarettes and tobacco products. The suspect is described as a younger black male, possibly in his late teens or early twenties. He stands about 5’ 7” tall with a thin build. For more information on this case, please visit the Chesterfield County/Colonial Heights Crime Solvers…
Recently Deceased
0Adams, Miss Liza Harrison, 63, of Chesterfield. Battista, Mr. Mario Roy, 92, of North Chesterfield, a World War II Army veteran, widower of Totty Battista. Bruce, Mr. Robert Samuel, 95, of North Chesterfield, a retired Army colonel who was a World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War veteran, widower of Gaynelle Phillips Bruce. Dawson, Addie Nicol, 2, of North Chesterfield, daughter of Paul and Nicol Dawson. Dudding, Mrs. Patricia Bullock, 56, of Chesterfield, wife of Richard Aubrey Dudding Jr. Farrar, Mrs. Charlotte Hunter, 95, of Chesterfield, widow of Otho E. Farrar. Funtila, Mr. Porfirio L. Sr. 93, of North Chesterfield, husband of Silvina Serrano Funtila. Hodge, Mr.…
Where Will You Be?
0You have read, many times over the need for adequate numbers of properly operating smoke alarms in your home. You have also read about the need to perform exit drills in your home to ensure that everyone wakes up when the smoke alarms are activating. The third thing that I know you have read in my articles is to stay low and go until you get outside to your designated, safe meeting place. These three items should be givens in your family’s home escape plan in the event of a fire. Since some of you think that this will never…
Health, Conservation Groups Urge DEQ to Reject Dominion’s Coal Ash Plan
0In a powerful display of collective concern, 27 conservation and public health organizations submitted a request to Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality, asking Director David Paylor to reject Dominion Power’s closure plan for coal ash ponds at four sites in Virginia. Organizations from across the Commonwealth and several national groups said that these sites present serious ongoing pollution problems that pose a threat to the health of aquatic life and to Virginians’ enjoyment of the James and the Potomac, two of the Commonwealth’s most valued rivers. At the Chesapeake Energy Center, Dominion’s own recent sampling results revealed arsenic in groundwater…
Howlett Line Civil War Driving Tour on August 1
0The Chesterfield Department of Parks and Recreation, in partnership with the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia, will offer a driving tour of Civil War battle sites that played a major role in the 1864 Bermuda Hundred Campaign on Saturday, August 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., beginning at Henricus Historical Park. Learn about a larger ring of earthen fortifications that made up a line of defenses known as the Howlett Line. Constructed in late May 1864, after the Battle of Ware Bottom Church, this defensive position would prevent Federal troops from launching any further operations to capture Petersburg and…
Every two seconds someone needs blood: Red Cross urges blood donations
0The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood in August and help meet the constant need for blood products by patients. Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. Summer is an especially difficult time to collect enough blood to meet the needs of hospital patients. Despite travel and other activities that may cause some donors to be less available to give, the Red Cross must collect 15,000 blood donations every day to meet the needs of patients at approximately 2,600 hospitals and transfusion centers across the country. Bruster’s Ice Cream in Chester, on Iron Bridge Road,…