Powhatan

A paper-shredding truck sponsored by the Powhatan Anti-Litter Council was a popular feature again, shredding 4,500 pounds of paper in a few hours. Powhatan Junior FFA held its annual plant sale. Nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies, and educational groups handed out information, offered ...

Blessed Sacrament Huguenot's Noa Hasty was locked in on the mound against Blue Ridge Christian on April 20. “Today was the best command he's had that I've seen him have,” coach James Poore said of Hasty's performance. “He was pitching, he wasn't throwing. He was pitching.” Hasty's fastball had a ...

In talking to other schools and researching the bidders, Johns said he found Sodexho had overcome the same challenges Powhatan faces with other schools and turned them into self-supporting operations by the first or second year. Johns said he is confident this can happen in Powhatan schools, too.

The judge ordered Stephenson, 20, of Powhatan County, to supervised probation. “You've got a daughter that deserves better than ... About four months earlier, Stephenson was charged with a misdemeanor for eluding police in Powhatan in a July 1 incident. He was found guilty in August and sentenced to ...

The annual Powhatan Earth Day Celebration will be held on April 19, starting with a tree planting at the Powhatan Animal Control Office and continuing a few hours later with an entertaining and educational event on the Courthouse Green. Agriculture and all things equine will be front and center at the ...

Powhatan's girls lacrosse team never took the lead from the Patrick Henry Patriots on April 11, but the Indians made the Patriots work for every single goal. Despite several surges from the Indians offense, and forcing a tied score twice, Powhatan fell to Patrick Henry 16-7 at Powhatan High School. “I was so ...

ISO notified Powhatan Fire and Rescue in late summer of 2017 it would be conducting its evaluation in the fall to allow the local department time to gather the required documentation, Singer said. On Nov. 6, 2017, the ISO representative met with assistant chief Pat Schoeffel, 911 director Tom Nolan, and ...

Salerno is returning as a county employee after a time away, having previously served as a deputy clerk for the Powhatan County Circuit Court Clerk's Office. Most recently, she worked as the senior executive assistant with Cumberland County. It was in that position that she started doing work in the area of ...

It was a fairly classic matchup between two Region 4B teams at Powhatan High School on March 28. Powhatan and Midlothian engaged in a pitchers' duel through almost six innings of play. That is, until Indians coach Marie Crump went to her bench for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the sixth.

One of the big challenges for Powhatan this year is that the Local Composite Index, which is the formula the state uses to calculate funding, increased from .4033 to .4302, Jones said. This recalculation happens every two years with a biennium, and there were about 79 school divisions that saw an increase ...

With its new branch under construction up the road, a local bank has found a new, separate home for its back office, while also dipping its toe for the first time into residential mortgage lending. New Horizon Bank in Powhatan earlier this month purchased a 9,000-square-foot office building that will serve as ...

“Offensively, we came out strong early,” Powhatan head coach Marie Crump said. “We gave up four runs, but we kept at it. That's the key. Offensively, if you can keep your bats going and put pressure on the other team and obviously that puts you ahead in one category anyway. Dinwiddie is a good team, ...

Photo by Jessica Broverman Belmont County murder suspect Meredith Broome appears Thursday in Ohio County Circuit Court. Meredith Broome, aka Meredith McLeod, was expected to be returned today to Belmont County to face charges in connection with the murder of her stepfather, former Powhatan ...

“The issue that really affected Powhatan County the most is that the governor included a no loss provision in his budget for divisions that saw an increase in their local composite index, including Powhatan. That would have softened the blow of us receiving less state money and was why we were using the ...

POWHATAN – Amidst all of the drama and high emotions of the Powhatan County Board of Supervisors' meeting on Monday, Feb. 26, comments from a supervisor that were captured on the county's official recording when the board was on a break also made some waves. The board took a break ...

May's first state tournament win has him hungry for more as he will graduate and move on to Powhatan High School. “I want to be a state champion ... Until then, May will just have to focus on following in Gerardi's footsteps at Powhatan High School when he joins the Indians in the fall. If his performance in ...

Graham said he invited a few friends to the set, including Landy Pavalonis of Powhatan, who ended up becoming an extra on the show. During his visit, Pavalonis said he asked a member of the production crew if they needed anyone and was directed to apply on Facebook. About half an hour after he ...

It wasn't a pretty start for the Powhatan girls basketball team in the opening round of the Region 4B tournament at Powhatan High School on Feb. 19. The visiting No. 10 seed Huguenot Falcons jumped out to a large lead and the No. 7 seed Indians were playing from behind. Powhatan found its rhythm and ...

POWHATAN, Va. – The ruins of a 12,000-square-foot Powhatan mansion totally destroyed by fire over the weekend still smoldered Monday. A son of the Powhatan couple that owns the $5.9 million home said the family is "really thankful to the lord everyone is safe" and there was "no loss of life." Will Phillips ...

Powhatan District Chief Taylor Goodman said in an email release that it appeared there was a long delay in discovering the overnight fire, which was called in from a neighbor's home. “This allowed the flames to overtake a significant portion of the home before the fire department was called,” he said.

A 29-year-old man who was shot and killed Sunday outside a Subway restaurant in downtown Richmond has been identified by Richmond police, who also have charged a Powhatan man with murder. Around 3:15 p.m. Sunday, officers with the Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department heard a ...

Belmont County - XTO Energy says they're "coming down the home stretch," repairing problems caused by that Feb. 15 well pad explosion in Powhatan. At this hour, workers are getting ready to go in and kill that well. XTO's spokesperson says in order to do that, they'll have to divert the gas first.

POWHATAN POINT, Ohio (WTRF) - According to XTO Energy officials, the well control team has successfully stopped the flow of the gas in the affected well shortly before 10 a.m. Wednesday. Families are returning home with the help of XTO Energy officials. AEP will be working to restore power supplies to ...

POWHATAN – The Powhatan County School Board voted last week to redistrict the county's three elementary schools for the 2018-2019 school year with little fanfare and no additional ... The Option II plan involves 63 students leaving Flat Rock, with 31 going to Powhatan and 32 going to Pocahontas.

The electoral board is in charge of maintaining the integrity of every election held in Powhatan County, so it needs the right people with the right ethics and morals on that board to ensure the U.S. Constitution is defended in all elections, said Karen Alexander, Powhatan's director of elections. She said she ...