Richmond Times-Dispatch:
A Caroline County woman will be sentenced today after being convicted a second time of killing her state trooper husband.
In March, jurors recommended that Donna L. Blanton, 42, be sentenced to life in prison, one day after convicting her of first-degree murder.
The Free Lance—Star’s headline on their site says the defense might request a […]

Richmond Times-Dispatch:
A 21-year-old man accused of firing a gun during a shooting incident in Ashland turned himself in yesterday to town police.
Vodell Dupree Tillman of Caroline County is charged with reckless discharge of a firearm and with firing a gun in Ashland.
Police said last week that while Tillman is accused of firing a weapon during […]

From the Caroline County Sheriff’s Office:
On August 17, 2008, Deputy P.H. Blasiol responded to motor vehicle crash in Ruther Glen.  After investigating, Charles J. Smithers, 59, of Ruther Glen was charged with Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Driving on a Restricted license.  He was held on a $1,000 secured bond and a court […]

You know, I thought I had seen/heard the last of the Huckster after he opened his mouth and removed any doubt of his stupidity by making a joke about someone aiming a gun at Barack Obama.
Alas, we weren’t that lucky.
He’s talking specifically about Mitt Romney and how Romney should have ignored a Massachusetts Supreme Court […]

New York Daily News:
In the annals of shameless lawsuits, this one takes the cake.
A Coney Island businessman is suing the city for damaging the Bentley he was driving when he killed a Brooklyn dad in a hit-and-run accident.
Harry Shasho, who pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, says the NYPD failed to safeguard […]

Read the previous coverage here.
Well, Colonial Beach has done the same thing as Caroline County (The Journal Press):
The Spring of 2008 witnessed the Town of Colonial Beach ushering in a new regime – three new council members, Burkett Lyburn, Ronald “Sparky” Ridgely and Karen Payne; and one new mayor, Fred Rummage. Almost immediately the composite […]

Our esteemed Governor seems to think that the Commonwealth of Virginia borders Delaware:

Did we take over the People’s Republic of Maryland while I wasn’t looking?
H/t: Black Velvet Bruce Li, Virginia Virtucon, Hot Air

At the beginning of the 2008 calendar year a 2% pay increase went into effect for the Caroline County Board of Supervisors (BOS).
At the beginning of July 1st — the beginning of the 2008/2009 fiscal year — the budget adopted by the board increased their pay by 5%.
That makes a total of a 7% increase […]

First, Stargate SG-1 got the ax in 2007 — while in the middle of a major storyline — after ten seasons . It managed to survive through two made-for-DVD movies.
And now Stargate Atlantis has been shown the door with plans for a television movie to wrap-up the cliffhanger from this final season (Gateworld’s continuing coverage).
And […]

Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Authorities have arrested a 15-year-old Caroline County boy in Sunday morning’s shooting in Ashland, and they are searching for a 21-year-old man.
Police charged the teenager with malicious wounding in the shooting, which took place shortly after midnight in the 300 block of New Street. They did not release the boy’s name because of his […]