Format: 2013-05-22

School Board Members Say Dove Court Project Guts Maintenance Budget

A group of four Richmond school board members says construction of the proposed new Dove Court School significantly will drain maintenance dollars from all of the schools in the district.

Health Centers Gear Up For Affordable Care Act Coverage

More than $2.5 million in federal funds is being made available to help Virginia health centers enroll uninsured individuals into health insurance coverage. 

Convicted Head Of Prostitution Ring To Be Sentenced Today

A North Carolina woman is due in federal court in Richmond today to be sentenced for running an interstate prostitution ring.  Charles Fishburne reports.

Astronomer Says Stonewall Jackson Shot By Moonlight

A new theory about the death of Confederal General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson who was shot by his own men...has been advanced by a Texas State Astronomer.  Charles Fishburne reports.

Richmond Police and Firefighters to Get Raises in Amended Budget

Richmond City Council has amended Mayor Jones’ budget to include pay increases for the city’s 1,100 police and firefighters.

Meet Audie Cornish of All Things Considered

All Things Considered co-host Audie Cornish tells WCVE’s Dan Rosenthal about the difference between reporting and hosting, how two journalists can live under one roof and how she developed near-perfect diction growing up outside Boston to Jamaican parents.

John Tyler Community College Names Raspiller President

Edward Raspiller will become the seventh president of John Tyler Community College in August.

Dr. Ted Raspiller will become President of John Tyler Community College in Augus

Charges in Heathsville Bomb Threat Case Dropped

The Commonwealth’s Attorney in Northumberland County has dropped the charges against a man in the case of a bomb threat at the county courthouse in Heathsville a year ago this month.

Louisa Man Charged in Bogus Pardon Plan for Former Legislator

A Louisa County man faces a preliminary hearing next month on charges he swindled the family of a former state legislator who is now in prison -- promising, but not delivering a presidential pardon. 

Economic Development in Dinwiddie County

Good news on the job front in Dinwiddie County. There’ll be a grand opening for a new company this morning at 11 at what was once the Ingram Books building on Weakley Road.