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C&F selling West Point Downtown Business Center

By AMY JO MARTIN — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:28:00 EDT

WEST POINT – The West Point Downtown Business Center is under contract.

Deputy commits suicide same day police investigate alleged sexual relations with female inmate

By AMY JO MARTIN — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:35:00 EDT

NEW KENT – A longtime Henrico deputy accused of having sexual relations with a Henrico Jail East female inmate died last month from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

James City man's body recovered from York River

By Cortney Langley, clangley@vagazette.com — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:39:00 EDT

Swept away by current, never came back up

– A James City County man drowned Sunday, swept away from friends by a quick-moving current, authorities said.

Parents charged in 2011 death of infant daughter in West Point

By ROBIN LAWSON — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:03:00 EDT

WEST POINT - New charges have been filed against the parents of a five-month-old girl who allegedly died of shaken baby syndrome in 2011.

Route 605 in King and Queen County closed following damage from Tropical Storm Andrea

By FRANCES HUBBARD — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:50:00 EDT

KING & QUEEN – Officials from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) say they are working quickly to repair the damage to Route 605 following Tropical Storm Andrea last week.

Contest held to name second park in New Kent County

By AMY JO MARTIN — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:36:00 EDT

NEW KENT – It's time to name that park!

National study searching for King William High School and West Point High School Classes graduates from 1960-1963

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:54:00 EDT

In 1960, classes of 1960-63 took part in Project Talent, a national study of 440,000 American teenagers across the country; Study is reconnecting with participants ahead of historic follow-up study

— Fifty-three years after the landmark Project Talent study was first administered, researchers are seeking the classes 1960-63 from King William High School and West Point High School to discover what became of their lives.

Mixed results locally for Virginia democratic primary election

By FRANCES HUBBARD — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:31:00 EDT

State Senators Ralph Northam and Mark Herring will join gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on the democratic ticket in November after winning Virginia’s primary election on Tuesday.

Concealed weapon permits on the rise

By FRANCES HUBBARD — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 05:00:00 EDT

Issuances nearly double in last couple years

King William, King & Queen, and New Kent counties are all on track to once again surpass the previous year's issuance of concealed weapons permits.

Sewage overflow in West Point prompts shellfish ban in upper York River

By AMY JO MARTIN — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:37:00 EDT

WEST POINT – Overflowing sewage in the Town of West Point has caused a shellfish ban in the upper York River.