Billy Shields

1 week ago | vpm.org | Billy Shields

Bernie Richardson retired in 2021 after many years as a special education assistant at Chesterfield County’s Manchester High School. Now, she sells her baked goods every summer Wednesday at the Chesterfield County Farmers Market. She specializes in unique flavor combinations, such as buttermilk coconut pie bars and 7-Up cheesecake bars.

2 weeks ago | vpm.org | Billy Shields

The document, which has gone missing for decades at a time, is being restored by the Library of Virginia. In an inconspicuous reading room on the third floor of the Library of Virginia, work is underway to restore a seminal document in the history of Chesterfield County – the 1749 Commission of the Peace, now considered the county’s original charter. “It is the birth certificate of Chesterfield County,” said Liess van der Linden-Brusse, the librarian of the Chesterfield Historical Society.

3 weeks ago | vpm.org | Jack Glagola |Keyris Manzanares |Lyndon German |Billy Shields

Do you have questions or updates? Get in touch with us at [email protected], @vpm.org on Bluesky or u/vpmnews on Reddit. Several City of Richmond neighborhoods served by the Ginter Park water tank are under a boil water advisory Tuesday, following an overnight failure at the water treatment plant on Douglasdale Road.

1 month ago | vpm.org | Billy Shields

This story contains references to intimate partner violence, also known as domestic violence. Lisette Johnson remembers telling her husband she was leaving him in July of 2009. “He said he was going to kill me if I ever leave him,” she told VPM News. “Your rational mind says, ‘How likely is that to happen? I don’t have broken bones or anything.’”He shot her several times, with their children around, before killing himself.

1 month ago | vpm.org | Billy Shields

Plans to revamp the northern corridor along State Route 10 in Chesterfield County are moving forward, with county officials soliciting feedback from nearby residents at a meeting Tuesday night at the Beulah Recreational Center. The plan — which covers a 3.5-mile stretch of Iron Bridge Road from just north of Cogbill Road, near Fire Station 11, to State Route 288 — is still in its earliest stages, with no current estimates for the cost or when development would begin.